A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.

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While 88% of Americans think people should be required to obtain a permit
before carrying a concealed gun in public, the gun lobby is working
tirelessly in state capitals across the country to undermine public safety
by passing permitless concealed carry laws.^1

Permitless carry laws allow people to carry concealed firearms without
undergoing basic weapons training and background checks. Permitless carry
bills have been introduced in at least 9 states already just this year and
have already passed in at least two (Utah and Montana).

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition now and urge your state legislators to OPPOSE
permitless concealed carry laws!>>

Loosening the restrictions and making it easier for anyone to obtain a gun
is beyond reckless.

According to Shannon Watts, founder of the gun control group Moms Demand
Action, the annual rate of aggravated assaults with a firearm has
increased 71% in Alaska since 2003, when that state became the first to
allow concealed carry without a permit.^2

Our country should be collectively taking steps to reduce gun violence -
not increase it!

[ [link removed] ]Please add your name to the petition now to tell your state legislators
you OPPOSE permitless concealed carry laws!>>

Thanks for everything you do.

In community,

Amol, People For the American Way

[1] [ [link removed] ]"88% of Americans think you should get a permit before carrying a
concealed gun in public" Everytown For Gun Safety Research and Policy
(2015)

[2] [ [link removed] ]"States eye allowing concealed carry of guns without permit" ABC
News, 1/24/21


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