Recess Rallies For Gun Safety Near You
Dear Friends & Neighbors,
Total deaths in U.S. mass shootings between 1982-2012, with the Federal Assault Weapons ban taking place between 1994-2004, showing increase of mass shootings after Federal Assault Weapons Ban expired in 2004. Attribution: GliderMaven, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
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This August, as the Senate is back home for recess, gun sense activists are keeping the fight close to home by showing up to various senators’ district offices to demand action on any or combination of:
- passing background checks on all gun sales, hence the Universal Background Checks
- Federal Assault Weapons Ban
- strong Red Flag law.
Enter your zip code HERE to find a Recess Rally happening in your area! Check back often, as more events will be scheduled throughout the week! These rallies are supported by: Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action, and Everytown For Gun Safety.
After discussions with various people about the topic of gun control law, I feel there is need to clarify some basic understanding:
- Keep in mind that there may be federal background checks for people purchasing guns now, but that often does not include purchases from person-to-person or sales during gun shows. Universal background checks should be all inclusive, without exception.
- To better understand Universal Background Check, please click HERE.
- There was Federal Assault Weapons Ban between 1994-2004. There appears to be increase of mass shootings since the expiration of Federal Assault Weapons Ban in 2004, indicated by the chart below, presented at: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-mother-jones-full-data
Total deaths in U.S. mass shootings between 1982-2012, with the Federal Assault Weapons ban taking place between 1994-2004, Attribution: GliderMaven, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
- To better understand Federal Assault Weapons Ban, please click HERE.
- If you check out the Mass shootings in the United States, the Deadliest mass shootings since 1949, of the 27 incidents, 25 were using semi-automatic (rifle, pistols, shotguns, revolver), 1 using rifles, revolver, pistols, and shotgun, and 1 using shotgun and revolver. That is why many people feel that the Federal Assault Weapons Ban should be brought back. Please carefully view the definition of Assault Weapon, excerpt from wikipedia, in italics, below:
Assault weapon is a term used in the United States to define some types of firearms.[1] The definition varies among regulating jurisdictions, but usually includes semi-automatic rifles with a detachable magazine and a pistol grip, and sometimes other features such as a vertical forward grip, flash suppressor or barrel shroud.[1][2] Some firearms are specified by name.[3] At the time that the now-defunct Federal Assault Weapons Ban passed in 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice said, “In general, assault weapons are semiautomatic firearms with a large magazine of ammunition that were designed and configured for rapid fire and combat use.”[3] The origin of the term has been attributed to legislators, gun control groups, the media and the firearms industry.[1][4][5][6][7] It is sometimes conflated with the term “assault rifle“, which refers to selective-fire military rifles that can fire in automatic or burst mode.[5]
After the December 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, many news organizations ran stories about assault weapons, explaining their varying definitions and presenting varying opinions about whether they should be banned again at the federal level.[1][5][8][9]
- To better understand Red Flag Law, please click HERE.
Please click HERE to find rallies near you either on Saturday (August 17, 2019) or Sunday ( August 18, 2019).
Stephanie Ruhle is joined by Shannon Watts, who has been called the NRA’s worst nightmare about how this has become the norm on a local level and to discuss her new book, “Fight Like a Mother.” in the video “Mom’s Demand Action Founder On How To ‘Fight Like A Mother’, Velshi & Ruhle, MSNBC“, below:
Classrooms across America were left almost barren as tens of thousands of students walked out of their classrooms Wednesday to demand action on gun violence and school safety. It was one of the biggest student protests since the Vietnam era. (March 14), in the video “Students Across the US Demand Action on Guns“, below:
16 presidential candidates came to our #GunSenseForum and spoke about their plans to end America’s gun violence crisis. The day was full of hope, tears, and determination, but one thing was clear: gun violence prevention will be front and center in 2020, in the video “Presidential Gun Sense“, below:
Activist and founder of “Moms Demand Action” Shannon Watts joins AM to DM to talk about gun violence. Shannon Watts responds to the two tragic shootings in El Paso and Dayton, discusses the extent to which Trump is responsible for the them, and urges the Senate to come back from recess, in the video “Gun Control Activist Shannon Watts Urges Senate To Come Back From Recess“, below:
Please click HERE to find rallies near you either on Saturday (August 17, 2019) or Sunday ( August 18, 2019).
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