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

In America we’ve come to expect the haunting and harrowing cycle of
inaction from elected officials after mass shooting incidents. And like
clockwork in the days following, those on the Right decry any attempts to
even discuss commonsense gun reform legislation as a way to prevent future
tragedies – choosing instead to point the finger at anything but guns as
the problem and offering no solutions in the process.

We must explicitly reject these efforts to distort and distract from the
reality of the situation we’re facing. If we’re too timid to even discuss
solutions such as commonsense gun reform at a time like this, we are
doomed to experience future tragedies as the cycle inevitably repeats
itself.

The time for action is NOW.

[ [link removed] ]Sign and send the petition to the Senate today and urge them to end the
filibuster and pass commonsense gun reform legislation! >>

Unless the filibuster is eliminated, we can and should expect tragedies
like this to continue.

Months after the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012, Congress took up gun
background checks with bipartisan support. The bill died on the Senate
floor despite majority support because it failed to override a filibuster.

Contrary to what some politicians say, the filibuster does not "encourage
consensus." If it did, a measure with near-universal support like gun
background checks would have passed years ago. Instead, the filibuster is
the final refuge of obstructionists who seek to block any and all sensible
reform. How many more mass shootings will happen before we abolish the
filibuster?

[ [link removed] ]Tell the Senate: end the filibuster and pass commonsense gun reform! >>

Thank you for all that you do and for your advocacy in making our nation a
safer place.

Zach, People For the American Way

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