Yesterday, a man killed 10 people at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, with what has been described as an AR-15-style assault rifle.

Some things to consider as we lament yet another firearm tragedy in a country where the gun homicide rate is 25 times that of other rich countries:

• One week ago today, another man killed eight people in Atlanta, Georgia.

• Just a few days before that, a judge in Colorado struck down the city of Boulder’s ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

• The Atlanta shooter allegedly bought his gun the same day he killed eight human beings with it.

• That’s because Georgia is one of 40 states in this country that imposes NO waiting period for buying a gun.

• Meanwhile, Republican legislators in the Peach State are trying to force through a flagrantly anti-democratic law that would prohibit eligible voters from registering and voting on the same day.

• In fact, Republican legislators are pushing more than 250 voter-suppression bills in 43 states — including Colorado.

Throughout much of this country, it is easier to buy a gun than to exercise your constitutional right to vote.

And Republicans — in state houses and in Congress — are actively trying to make that absurd, discriminatory, deadly disparity even worse.

Tell Congress:

Make it easier to vote and harder to buy a gun. Pass the For the People Act (H.R.1/S.1), including its automatic and same-day voter registration provisions. And pass commonsense gun regulations, starting with expanded background checks and a ban on assault weapons.

Add your name.

Thanks for taking action.

For progress,

- Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen

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