Add your name to the petition to demand Congress reinstate an assault weapons ban.
Dear MoveOn member,
What should have been a regular Wednesday morning for students and administrators at Apalachee High School in Georgia turned tragic.
Two students and two teachers were killed because a 14-year-old had access to an AR-15, a military-grade assault weapon, that allowed him to cause death, injury, terror, and trauma.1,2
Mass shootings like these can be prevented from happening again if we ban assault rifles in this country. We don’t have to continue like this. These types of weapons were once banned, and we didn’t face these frequent tragedies.3 It’s time for Congress to bring that ban back immediately. Add your name to demand that Congress reinstate the assault weapon ban.
Despite what Trump, his staunch defenders, and the gun lobby may want us to believe, this public health crisis is not normal and should never be. Our children and school administrators deserve to go to school without the fear of being gunned down. We also deserve to be out in public without the fear of being shot.
Thoughts and prayers are not enough. Congress must reinstate the assault weapons ban immediately. It worked in the past and can work again.
Public opinion is on our side. The majority of Americans are in support of having commonsense gun laws, including the assault weapons ban.4,5 The reality is that other countries don’t experience mass shootings the way America does. And when they do, their governments take meaningful action, in a way that ours is reluctant to do.
But with your help, we can change that. Our country has witnessed tragedy after tragedy—and Congress has refused to take more action, despite President Biden’s being in support of their renewing the assault weapons ban.6
The thoughts and prayers of lawmakers will never be enough. We need them to take action to protect our loved ones.
Will you add your name to call upon Congress to reinstate a federal assault weapons ban?
Thanks for all you do.
–Toni, Alexis, Kelsey, Mia, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. “A 14-year-old student fatally shot 4 people in a rampage at a Georgia high school, officials say,” The Associated Press, September 5, 2024
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-high-school-lockdown-3969d34cf6a7adc787facf21c469ef4d
2. “Georgia school shooter used an AR-15. Why are these weapons so popular for mass shootings?” The Daytona Beach News-Journal, September 5, 2024
https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/crime/2024/09/05/georgia-school-shooting-what-ar15-why-popular/75082856007/
3. “How Congress Passed an Assault Weapons Ban in 1994,” The New York Times, September 8, 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/us/politics/congress-assault-weapons-ban.html
4. “Key facts about Americans and guns,” Pew Research Center, July 24, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/196744?t=12&akid=404713%2E37680734%2EtrqZWH
5. “Fox News poll finds voters overwhelmingly want restrictions on guns,” Axios, April 29, 2023
https://www.axios.com/2023/04/28/fox-news-poll-voters-want-gun-control
6. “Biden, citing attack on Trump, renews call for assault weapons ban,” The Washington Post, July 17, 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/17/biden-assault-weapons-ban-ar15-trump/
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