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weapons ban. 

Dear MoveOn member, 

The mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, is horrific,
heart-wrenching, and one more reason our country needs to confront the
epidemic of gun violence with every tool we have.
 
A Buffalo supermarket. A school in Uvalde. A Fourth of July Parade outside
Chicago. A nightclub that was an oasis for the LGBTQ+ community in
Colorado Springs. The tragedies are too numerous. The deaths too many. The
tears and anguish boundless. And while the motives differ across these
mass shootings, we do know one measure that would lessen the tolls of
these attacks: reinstating the successful 1990s assault weapons ban. A
vast majority of Americans agree: It's time to ban assault weapons.^1
 
[ [link removed] ]Thoughts and prayers aren't enough. Congress must act. We had an
assault weapons ban within the past two decades, and Congress must vote to
reinstate it immediately.

Congress must reinstate the assault weapons ban immediately. It worked in
the past and can work again. We need commonsense, impactful action to
tackle gun violence. Most Americans agree: Civilians do not need
military-grade weaponry.

[3]Sign the petition

The scenes out of Monterey Park are horrific. The community deserves an
outpouring of care and compassion. In a broader sense, we need to use our
tools to confront the culture of violence—and, in particular, we owe the
full force of our efforts to confront a huge surge of violence against our
Asian American neighbors and communities, a surge that has gone unchecked
over recent years. There is so much work to be done.
 
Banning assault weapons will have immediate impact. It won't solve
everything, but it would do so much good.
 
The assault weapons ban was initially supported by bipartisan
consensus—and voters of all walks of life agree that AR-15s have no place
in civilian life. During the George W. Bush presidency, Republicans in
control of Congress let it lapse—and the results have been devastating.^2 
 
Some states, including California, have taken strong measures, but local
and state efforts are not sufficient to confront the challenges. We need a
federal ban on assault weapons—and while we know such a ban does not alone
end the epidemic of gun violence, it is a critical component to any
robust, genuine response. 
 
Massacre after massacre occurs because of military-grade assault weapons,
high-capacity magazines, and the fast and deadly impact of these weapons.
Without AR-15s and other assault weapons, the level of mass gun violence
would drop immediately.^3
 
Many Republican voters agree with these measures, but Republican elected
officials, who are in a ghoulish embrace with the NRA and others in the
gun lobby, want to talk about anything other than guns when it comes to
gun violence. That's why Republican leaders need to hear loud and clear:
Voters expect you to take real action and will respect you for passing an
assault weapons ban and other commonsense measures.
 
And if you don't, we will hold you accountable.
 
[ [link removed] ]Please add you name: Congress must reinstate the assault weapons ban
immediately. And we'll make sure that Democrats know momentum is on their
side to push forward, that sensible Republicans see they have the mandate
to bring bipartisan support to such a measure, and that the rest of the
Republicans know they'll be held accountable for choosing assault weapons
over our children and communities.
 
Thanks for all you do.

–Justin, Sana, Oscar, Cheryl, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Polling is clear: Americans want gun control," Vox, June 1, 2022
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2. "How Congress Passed an Assault Weapons Ban in 1994," The New York
Times, June 22, 2021
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3. "Assault weapon ban significantly reduces mass shooting," Northwestern
Now, March 25, 2021
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