Friend,
A new study shows that California's red flag law may have prevented as
many as 58 mass shootings since it was initiated in 2016.(1)
Red flag laws save lives. So why is the Senate considering cutting the red
flag provision from the gun safety bill?(2)
States that have passed ERPO laws have already proven that they work,
disarming those who threatened mass shootings at schools and workplaces.
We need the Senate to keep red flag provisions in the bill.
[ [link removed] ]Sign our petition and tell the Senate to include red flag provisions in
the bipartisan gun safety bill!
Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws, commonly known as "red flag
laws," save lives by allowing courts to temporarily remove access to
firearms from people who are dangers to themselves or others.
After many of the recent mass shootings, including in Buffalo and Uvalde,
it was discovered that the shooters previously exhibited behaviors that
would have counted as red flags. It's no-brainer legislation, and the
current deal on gun safety in the Senate provides incentives for states to
pass red flag laws.(3)
But NRA-funded politicians are trying to stop the red flag provisions.
North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer actually said, "I think we are more
interested in red waves than we are in red flags quite honestly as
Republicans."(4)
We can't let the Senate play politics with our children's lives. We need
as many people as possible to tell the Senate to include the red flag
provisions in the gun safety legislation.
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to tell the Senate to include red flag provisions in
gun safety legislation!
Yours in the fight for gun safety,
Irene, along with Amber, Angela, Annie, Mai, Isidra, Jay, Lindsay,
LisaMarie, Mai, Raquel and Scottie (the Courage team)
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