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DESCRIPTION:HELP STOP GUN VIOLENCE\n\nCongress 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.\n\nSIGN PETITION HERE: 
 https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/ban-assault-weapons-now-5\n\n\nWhy is 
 this important?\n\nAs our nation reckons with the epidemic of gun violence 
 and as a vast majority of Americans support more restrictions, we can't let 
 our gun laws be limited by Republican obstructionism, the power of the gun 
 lobby, or a handful right-wing justices with whom Mitch McConnell and 
 Donald Trump packed the Supreme Court to further the agenda of right-wing 
 zealots.\n\nCongress has a popular mandate to act—and now is the time. We 
 had an assault weapons ban within the past two decades, and Congress must 
 vote to reinstate it immediately.\n\nThe 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 and are not what the framers of 
 the Constitution envisioned in drafting the Bill of Rights. During the Bush 
 presidency, Republicans in control of Congress let it lapse—and the 
 results have been devastating.\n\nMassacre after massacre occur 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 incidence of mass gun violence would drop immediately.\n\nMany 
 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.\n\nAnd if you don't, we will 
 hold you accountable this November.\n\nPlease add you name: Congress must 
 reinstate the assault weapons ban immediately. And we'll make sure 
 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.\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/10/18850370.php
SUMMARY:Call to Action: Sign Petition to Ban Assault, Military-grade Weapons
LOCATION:Sign the petition online: 
 https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/ban-assault-weapons-now-5\n\nFind a March 
 for Our Lives protest near you:  
 https://marchforourlives.com/march22/https:
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