MARCH FOR OUR LIVES summer road trip.

[BigmanPigman]

https://marchforourlives.com/
This summer, we’re going on a nationwide bus tour to get as many young people as possible educated, registered, and motivated to vote. It's time to turn our energy into action. Join the millions that marched for change, and march with us to the polls this summer. RESIST! Spread the word! Thanks!

1. Fund gun violence research.
We must provide the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) with dedicated funding to research gun violence as a public health issue. Even the original sponsor of the law that limits the CDC’s ability to do this research, former Congressman Jay Dickey, said that it was a mistake. More than 100 medical organizations have called on Congress to restore funding.

Read more here.

2. Eliminate absurd restrictions on the ATF.
The gun industry has operated with little meaningful oversight for far too long. ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives), the federal agency with jurisdiction to regulate the gun industry, has been operating with one hand tied behind its back – unable to even digitize records of gun sales – or require gun dealers to conduct annual inventory checks to make sure they aren’t missing any guns. The ATF needs to become a modern agency, one capable of keeping receipts and efficiently regulating this massive industry.

Read more here.

3. Universal background checks.
It is too easy for the wrong people to obtain a firearm. Right now, federal law only requires you to obtain a background check if you purchase a gun from a licensed dealer. We must close the private sale loophole and make sure all sales undergo a background check.

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4. High-capacity magazine ban.
High-capacity magazines that hold more than 10 rounds serve only one purpose – to allow someone to shoot as many bullets as possible, in the shortest amount of time. These magazines are used in most mass shootings and need to be banned.

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5. Limit firing power on the streets.
Weapons of war have no place in our communities. Our nation requires a comprehensive semi-automatic assault rifle ban that prohibits the future production and sale of these weapons and provides a solution for dealing with those semi-automatic assault rifles that are already owned, such as a buyback program or registration. Limiting...

Read more of their 10 point plan...
https://marchforourlives.com/policy/

[flamin lib]

1. And list the NRA as a terrorist organization with ties to enemies

of the the United States.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Yep, they are linked to Russia.

What a surprise?!?
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/the-nra-is-part-of-the-trumprussia-scandal-now.html

[mountain grammy]

3. K & R