Ban Assault Weapons Now
Congress must ban assault weapons and pass strong gun safety laws to protect families, schools, and communities from preventable gun violence.
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Stop the Slaughter. Ban Assault Weapons.
Friends,
More mass shootings. Too many lives have been stolen. Too many families have been shattered. Too many communities have been forced to carry grief that should never have existed in the first place. We are tired of the funerals. Tired of the prayers with no policy. Tired of the excuses from politicians who offer sympathy in public while protecting the weapons that keep slaughtering our neighbors in private. Enough is enough. Congress must pass a federal ban on assault weapons.
Let us be clear: people should be able to live, learn, worship, work, and heal without fearing that a weapon of war will turn an ordinary day into a massacre. As champions for progress, we believe eligible individuals can own firearms. But no right is untouchable when it is stripped of responsibility, accountability, and public safety. Assault weapons are designed to maximize carnage. They do not belong in our neighborhoods, our schools, our libraries, our hospitals, or anywhere innocent people gather. Weapons of war have no place in civilian life.
A ban on assault weapons must be part of a larger effort to finally drag our gun laws into the present. That means universal background checks for all gun and ammunition sales, so deadly loopholes cannot keep costing lives. That means red flag laws that are actually enforced before warning signs become body counts. That means preventing domestic abusers from accessing firearms, because violence in the home too often becomes violence in the community. It means limiting magazine capacity, banning bump stocks, requiring concealed carry permits, restricting open carry, and prohibiting firearms in schools, libraries, and hospitals where people should be safe.
It also means establishing mandatory waiting periods that can stop impulsive violence before it becomes irreversible tragedy. And it means ending liability shields that protect gun manufacturers, sellers, and interest groups when negligence and disregard for human life contribute to harm. Victims of gun violence deserve their day in court. Families who have lost everything should not have to watch powerful industries cash checks while hiding behind special legal protections.
The truth is brutal and simple: assault weapons make mass killings deadlier, communities more traumatized, and survival less likely. They do not protect freedom. They terrorize ordinary people. And every day Congress refuses to act, it sends a message that profit, cowardice, and political calculation matter more than human life.
Now is the time to demand our elected officials act. We cannot afford to wait any longer.
People Power United members believe in the possibility of change and work to make it happen. Here are a few people-powered actions we can take to make our community safer:
Take Action: Tell Your State Lawmakers to Ban Assault Weapons
Take Action: Tell Your Lawmakers: Everyone deserves to live in a community free of gun violence
Take Action: Call your member of Congress at (202) 224-3121 and tell them: “Urgent action is needed to ban assault weapons. Our families and friends are being slaughtered by weapons of war, and assault weapons must be banned.”
We owe the victims more than mourning. We owe them action. We owe their families courage. We owe our communities laws that value human life over firepower. Ban assault weapons. Save lives. Act now.
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The fascination of Americans with guns, ALL GUNS, needs to end now. Movies and media glorify them, toy manufacturers make them for children to "pretend" to shoot someone or something. It is a culture build on greed and irresponsibility of the media, and gun/toy manufacturers. How many more people will die as a result of mass shootings where deranged people think that killing others will even their score?
This is exactly the kind of clear, straight talk that is needed for these divisive issues.