04/29/2023
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NEW: A Texas man firing an AR-15 in his front yard killed five people in a neighboring home after they asked him to stop shooting because a baby was sleeping. Police said all were shot execution-style; the youngest victim was 8-years-old.
We’re only a third of the way through 2023, but there have already been at least 172 mass shootings (defined as any incident in which four or more people are shot and wounded or killed, excluding the shooter). More than 13,000 Americans have been shot and killed this year, including more than 540 children. Another 10,000 people have been shot and wounded. And community after community is left mourning in the uniquely American hell the gun industry has created by selling ever-deadlier guns to as many people as possible and then encouraging them to shoot first and ask questions later.
An AR-15 shouldn’t be more sacred than the life of a 15-year-old. These weapons were designed to be used by highly trained soldiers in battle, not marketed to lonely, angry men to carry out violent revenge fantasies.
is organizing a nationwide Mother’s Day of Action on May 13 to demand that members of Congress act with the urgency and courage this issue demands — and reinstate the 1994 bipartisan ban on assault weapons.
We’re now up to 10 states and Washington, D.C., with bans on assault weapons because of our sustained advocacy, and we’ll keep fighting until every community in America has one. Because the value of our children’s lives will always be greater than the value of an AR-15, and mothers never give up. Text FEDUP to 644-33 to join our Mother’s Day of Action and demand a safer future for our families.
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