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BAN ASSAULT-CAPABLE WEAPONS

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: Monday, March 5, 2018
DEMAND A 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 types of weapons – and Am…

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Feinstein renews effort to ban assault weapons
WASHINGTON – The weapon used to kill 17 people in last month’s rampage at a high school in Parkland, Fla., was banned from manufacture and sale in the United States for 10 years under a law written by Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The…
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DISARM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION Thursday, March 1, 2018
Domestic Abusers should not have guns!

Congress should act to close the boyfriend loophole by passing the Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act/Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act (S.1539/H.R. 3207). The bill from Senator Klobuchar (D-MN) and Representatives Dan Donovan (R-NY) (the ONLY Republican in Congress to sign on) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) would close the loopholes in federal law that allow stalkers to b…

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