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CONCEALED-WEAPON RECIPROCITY BAD FOR FLORIDA

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION Monday, February 26, 2018
Call or Resistbot: OPPOSE OVERRIDING RESTRICTIONS ON CONCEALED CARRY
Update (2/22/18): The House has passed HR 38 in early December of 2017. It now awaits consideration in the Senate.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and his fellow Republicans have proposed the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, a pair of bills introduced to the House and the Senate. These bills would require that citizens who are allowed to carry concealed weapons …

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Column: Concealed-carry reciprocity would be bad for Florida
The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 is moving through Congress on a path to threaten public safety, damage responsible gun…
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PROTECT OUR ELECTIONS

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: Friday, February 23, 2018
CALL or RESISTBOT: SAFEGUARD OUR ELECTIONS WITH MANDATED ONLINE POLITICAL AD DISCLOSURE
Last fall, we learned that Russian operatives spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on political ads across Facebook, Twitter and Google to influence the outcome of the 2016 US elections. Because online political advertising is not currently covered by political ad disclosure regulations (unlike television, print, and radio advertising), th…

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Facebook to verify ads with postcards after Russian meddling
Facebook will soon rely on centuries-old technology to try to prevent foreign meddling in U.S. elections: the post office. Baffled in 2016 by Russian agents…
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BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS NOW

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: Thursday, February 22, 2018
CALL or RESISTBOT: DEMAND FEDERAL BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS

In 2004, the NRA successfully pressured the Republican-controlled government into not renewing the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban. The ban had worked to protect lives: after it expired the number of gun massacre deaths (which had decreased over 40% during the ban) jumped nearly 2.5 fold.
Gun violence experts are now renewing their calls for a nationwide ban on these t…

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