Ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines!

There’s no good reason for civilians to own high-capacity magazines and assault weapons designed for war.

Military-style semi-automatic assault weapons are the firearms of choice for mass shooters, used in mass shooting tragedies from Sandy Hook to Parkland, Charleston to Atlanta, Pittsburg to Las Vegas, El Paso to Buffalo, and far too many more. They are designed to efficiently kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time. Military-style semi-automatic assault weapons and high capacity magazines are the ultimate symbols of gun glorification that are turning our schools, malls, concerts, movie theaters, places of worship, stores, highways, parades, other public spaces, and even holidays into war zones filled with terror, devastation and terrible loss. 

Tell Congress to stop glorifying guns and ban military-style semi-automatic assault weapons and high capacity magazines now!

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  • Tell Congress to stop glorifying guns & ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines now!
    -Guns are the number one cause of death for children and teens, surpassing car accidents. [1] -In 2021, more than 48,000 people lost their lives to gun-related injuries, more than in any other year on record. [2] -The number of mass shootings per year has almost doubled over the past five years, from 348 mass shootings in 2017 to 646 in 2022. [3] -AR-15s have been used in ten of the 17 deadliest mass killings in the US that have taken place since 2012. [4] -In 2022, about 20 million AR-15-style rifles were in circulation in the US, up from 8.5 million since a federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004. [5] [1] https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/child-and-teen-firearm-mortality-in-the-u-s-and-peer-countries/ [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ [3] https://www.gunviolencearchive.org [4] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65242244 [5] https://news.wttw.com/2021/03/31/northwestern-study-says-1994-2004-federal-assault-weapons-ban-worked
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    Created by Alison Duren-Sutherland
  • Tell Congress to stop glorifying guns & ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines now!
    -Guns are the number one cause of death for children and teens, surpassing car accidents. [1] -In 2021, more than 48,000 people lost their lives to gun-related injuries, more than in any other year on record. [2] -The number of mass shootings per year has almost doubled over the past five years, from 348 mass shootings in 2017 to 646 in 2022. [3] -AR-15s have been used in ten of the 17 deadliest mass killings in the US that have taken place since 2012. [4] -In 2022, about 20 million AR-15-style rifles were in circulation in the US, up from 8.5 million since a federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004. [5] [1] https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/child-and-teen-firearm-mortality-in-the-u-s-and-peer-countries/ [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ [3] https://www.gunviolencearchive.org [4] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65242244 [5] https://news.wttw.com/2021/03/31/northwestern-study-says-1994-2004-federal-assault-weapons-ban-worked
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    Created by Bevin Gwiazdowski
  • Decatur
    Tell Congress to stop glorifying guns & ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines now!
    -Guns are the number one cause of death for children and teens, surpassing car accidents. [1] -In 2021, more than 48,000 people lost their lives to gun-related injuries, more than in any other year on record. [2] -The number of mass shootings per year has almost doubled over the past five years, from 348 mass shootings in 2017 to 646 in 2022. [3] -AR-15s have been used in ten of the 17 deadliest mass killings in the US that have taken place since 2012. [4] -In 2022, about 20 million AR-15-style rifles were in circulation in the US, up from 8.5 million since a federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004. [5] [1] https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/child-and-teen-firearm-mortality-in-the-u-s-and-peer-countries/ [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ [3] https://www.gunviolencearchive.org [4] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65242244 [5] https://news.wttw.com/2021/03/31/northwestern-study-says-1994-2004-federal-assault-weapons-ban-worked
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    Created by Pamela Grisham
  • Warwick
    Tell Congress to stop glorifying guns & ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines now!
    -Guns are the number one cause of death for children and teens, surpassing car accidents. [1] -In 2021, more than 48,000 people lost their lives to gun-related injuries, more than in any other year on record. [2] -The number of mass shootings per year has almost doubled over the past five years, from 348 mass shootings in 2017 to 646 in 2022. [3] -AR-15s have been used in ten of the 17 deadliest mass killings in the US that have taken place since 2012. [4] -In 2022, about 20 million AR-15-style rifles were in circulation in the US, up from 8.5 million since a federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004. [5] [1] https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/child-and-teen-firearm-mortality-in-the-u-s-and-peer-countries/ [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ [3] https://www.gunviolencearchive.org [4] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65242244 [5] https://news.wttw.com/2021/03/31/northwestern-study-says-1994-2004-federal-assault-weapons-ban-worked
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    Created by Nancy Pontius
  • Tell Congress to stop glorifying guns & ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines now!
    -Guns are the number one cause of death for children and teens, surpassing car accidents. [1] -In 2021, more than 48,000 people lost their lives to gun-related injuries, more than in any other year on record. [2] -The number of mass shootings per year has almost doubled over the past five years, from 348 mass shootings in 2017 to 646 in 2022. [3] -AR-15s have been used in ten of the 17 deadliest mass killings in the US that have taken place since 2012. [4] -In 2022, about 20 million AR-15-style rifles were in circulation in the US, up from 8.5 million since a federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004. [5] [1] https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/child-and-teen-firearm-mortality-in-the-u-s-and-peer-countries/ [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ [3] https://www.gunviolencearchive.org [4] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65242244 [5] https://news.wttw.com/2021/03/31/northwestern-study-says-1994-2004-federal-assault-weapons-ban-worked
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    Created by Christian Davis
  • Tell Congress to stop glorifying guns & ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines now!
    -Guns are the number one cause of death for children and teens, surpassing car accidents. [1] -In 2021, more than 48,000 people lost their lives to gun-related injuries, more than in any other year on record. [2] -The number of mass shootings per year has almost doubled over the past five years, from 348 mass shootings in 2017 to 646 in 2022. [3] -AR-15s have been used in ten of the 17 deadliest mass killings in the US that have taken place since 2012. [4] -In 2022, about 20 million AR-15-style rifles were in circulation in the US, up from 8.5 million since a federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004. [5] [1] https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/child-and-teen-firearm-mortality-in-the-u-s-and-peer-countries/ [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ [3] https://www.gunviolencearchive.org [4] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65242244 [5] https://news.wttw.com/2021/03/31/northwestern-study-says-1994-2004-federal-assault-weapons-ban-worked
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    Created by lucy rodriguez
  • Tell Congress to stop glorifying guns & ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines now!
    -Guns are the number one cause of death for children and teens, surpassing car accidents. [1] -In 2021, more than 48,000 people lost their lives to gun-related injuries, more than in any other year on record. [2] -The number of mass shootings per year has almost doubled over the past five years, from 348 mass shootings in 2017 to 646 in 2022. [3] -AR-15s have been used in ten of the 17 deadliest mass killings in the US that have taken place since 2012. [4] -In 2022, about 20 million AR-15-style rifles were in circulation in the US, up from 8.5 million since a federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004. [5] [1] https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/child-and-teen-firearm-mortality-in-the-u-s-and-peer-countries/ [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ [3] https://www.gunviolencearchive.org [4] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65242244 [5] https://news.wttw.com/2021/03/31/northwestern-study-says-1994-2004-federal-assault-weapons-ban-worked
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    Created by Jessica McCrory
  • Tell Congress to stop glorifying guns & ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines now!
    -Guns are the number one cause of death for children and teens, surpassing car accidents. [1] -In 2021, more than 48,000 people lost their lives to gun-related injuries, more than in any other year on record. [2] -The number of mass shootings per year has almost doubled over the past five years, from 348 mass shootings in 2017 to 646 in 2022. [3] -AR-15s have been used in ten of the 17 deadliest mass killings in the US that have taken place since 2012. [4] -In 2022, about 20 million AR-15-style rifles were in circulation in the US, up from 8.5 million since a federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004. [5] [1] https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/child-and-teen-firearm-mortality-in-the-u-s-and-peer-countries/ [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ [3] https://www.gunviolencearchive.org [4] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65242244 [5] https://news.wttw.com/2021/03/31/northwestern-study-says-1994-2004-federal-assault-weapons-ban-worked
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    Created by Rachel Shelton
  • Tell Congress to stop glorifying guns & ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines now!
    -Guns are the number one cause of death for children and teens, surpassing car accidents. [1] -In 2021, more than 48,000 people lost their lives to gun-related injuries, more than in any other year on record. [2] -The number of mass shootings per year has almost doubled over the past five years, from 348 mass shootings in 2017 to 646 in 2022. [3] -AR-15s have been used in ten of the 17 deadliest mass killings in the US that have taken place since 2012. [4] -In 2022, about 20 million AR-15-style rifles were in circulation in the US, up from 8.5 million since a federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004. [5] [1] https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/child-and-teen-firearm-mortality-in-the-u-s-and-peer-countries/ [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ [3] https://www.gunviolencearchive.org [4] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65242244 [5] https://news.wttw.com/2021/03/31/northwestern-study-says-1994-2004-federal-assault-weapons-ban-worked
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    Created by Pamela Travis
  • Tell Congress to stop glorifying guns & ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines now!
    -Guns are the number one cause of death for children and teens, surpassing car accidents. [1] -In 2021, more than 48,000 people lost their lives to gun-related injuries, more than in any other year on record. [2] -The number of mass shootings per year has almost doubled over the past five years, from 348 mass shootings in 2017 to 646 in 2022. [3] -AR-15s have been used in ten of the 17 deadliest mass killings in the US that have taken place since 2012. [4] -In 2022, about 20 million AR-15-style rifles were in circulation in the US, up from 8.5 million since a federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004. [5] [1] https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/child-and-teen-firearm-mortality-in-the-u-s-and-peer-countries/ [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ [3] https://www.gunviolencearchive.org [4] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65242244 [5] https://news.wttw.com/2021/03/31/northwestern-study-says-1994-2004-federal-assault-weapons-ban-worked
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    Created by Patty Liu