URGE SENATORS PETERS & STABENOW TO ADVOCATE FOR A BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS!
By MUUSJN on Friday, September 1st, 2023
Racism + Assault Weapon = 3 Killed in Florida
Urge Senators Peters and Stabenow to Vote for A BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS
BACKGROUND
On Saturday, August 26th, a young man in his 20’s deliberately shot three Black people at a dollar store in Jacksonville, Florida. This young man, according to declarations he sent to his father and swastikas on his AR-15 rifle, indicated that he identified as Nazi who hated Black people. This disgusting racial hatred and the willingness to use violence is a sign there’s a sickness in our society. It deeply violates our religious values of love and respect for the dignity of all people. There are things we can do to address this sickness
Assault weapons are considered to be the weapons of choice of those who wish kill large numbers of people in a short amount of time. As of this August, there were over 470 mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
In Michigan, there has been progress in adopting gun violence prevention laws that some other states would envy: expanding background checks; requiring safe storage of guns; and red flag laws that restrict people who are a danger to themselves and others from having a gun. However, a ban on assault weapons, that has the potential to keep dangerous guns out of the hands of dangerous people. It’s a reform that should be adopted in Michigan and at the national level.
President Joe Biden has repeatedly urged Congress to pass a ban on assault weapons. An assault weapons ban has been adopted in 10 states: Delaware, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington and Washington DC. Assault Weapons Ban bills were introduced in both the U.S. House and the Senate in 2023. You are urged to contact Michigan Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow to advocate for passage of S. 25. Along with 41 other senators, they are co-sponsors of this legislation.
S 25 would limit access to semi-automatic rifles:
- It defines kinds of a semi-automatic rifles that count as assault weapons and restricts large capacity ammunition feeding devices;
- It outlines restrictions on manufactoring, sale, ownership, or transfer of assault weapons that were owned before passage of this law; and
- It provides for an optional buy-back program.
Individuals would be allowed to sell existing assault weapons but only after the completion of a Brady Background Check.
Call Sen. Gary Peters and Sen. Debbie Stabenow 1-202-224-3121
Tell Them:
- We must stop the epidemic of deaths by deadly assault weapons;
- Assault weapons are meant to be weapons of war, not a killing machines for unstable people;
- Urge Sen’s Peters & Stabenow to urge their colleagues to become co-sponsors of SB 36 vote for an assault weapons ban NOW!
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