Tell Congress: Ban semi-automatic assault weapons & high-cap magazines!
Raise the age of gun purchases to 25!
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Dear Friend,
A Fourth of July neighborhood parade. Another young white man with a
military-style semi-automatic assault rifle, who, this time, killed six
people and injured 26 more, many of them children. [ [link removed] ] Our scarred hearts
are again aching for the victims, their families, and the Highland Park
community.
There’s no good reason for civilians to own high-capacity magazines and
weapons designed for war, especially civilian young men who could barely
be considered adults.
[1]Tell Congress we need comprehensive gun policy reform now, including a
ban on military-style semi-automatic assault weapons and high capacity
magazines, and raising the age of gun purchases to 25.
The Highland Park mass shooting occurred mere weeks after the Buffalo and
Uvalde shootings, and barely a week after President Biden signed into law
the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, [ [link removed] ] the first anti-gun violence
legislation to come out of Congress in a generation. While we are grateful
for any progress on gun policy reform, the new law takes just baby steps –
it will do very little to curb our epidemic of gun violence and stop the
parade of young men with assault rifles from becoming mass murderers.
According to the FBI, mass shootings (or “active shooter” events with more
than three deaths) are happening with increasing regularity. The number of
mass shootings in 2021 was 52% higher than 2020 and about double each of
the three previous years. [ [link removed] ] In the United States, military-style
semi-automatic assault weapons are used in the majority of mass shootings,
[ [link removed] ] and the majority of mass shooters obtain their deadly weapons legally
due to our lax laws. [ [link removed] ]
Meanwhile, our overall epidemic of gun violence, of which high-profile
mass shootings are only a small fraction, continues to rise. In 2020, the
last year with complete data, gun deaths exceeded 45,000, representing a
14% increase from the year before, a 25% increase from five years earlier,
and a 43% increase from a decade prior. [ [link removed] ]
[2]Tell Congress to pass comprehensive gun safety reform now, including a
ban on military-style semi-automatic assault weapons and high capacity
magazines, and raising the age of gun purchases to 25.
We must demand true leadership from our elected representatives in order
to rein in our rising gun violence epidemic. We need comprehensive reform,
not just baby steps. It’s urgent – the lives of our children and families
are increasingly at risk in our increasingly violent, armed society.
*Please forward this email to everyone you know who is concerned about gun
violence, and ask them to sign too. The more of us who take action and
speak out, the faster we can move gun safety policy forward and save
lives.
We will never stop fighting for the safety of our families and
communities.
In solidarity and love,
– Gloria, Kristin, Donna, Monifa, Jessica, and the entire
MomsRising/MamásConPoder team
[1] “[3]Highland Park parade shooting was planned for weeks; gunman
dressed like a woman during the rampage, police say,” NBCNews.com, July 5,
2022.
[2] “[4]What Will the First Federal Gun Reform Law in Three Decades
Actually Do?” The Trace, July 1, 2022.
[3] “[5]US saw sharp rise in ‘active shooter’ incidents in 2021, FBI data
shows,” The Guardian, May 25, 2022.
[4] [6]Mother Jones: A Guide to Mass Shootings in America
[5] [ [link removed] ]Ibid.
[6] “[ [link removed] ]What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.,” Pew Research
Center, February 3, 2022.
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