From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): BACKGROUND: Last week, the U.S. House voted on and passed national Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (HR 38), which compels states to recognize concealed carry permits from all over the country, regardless of how lax permitting standards are … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/06/two-months-after-nations-deadliest-mass-shooting-gop-house-passes-dangerous-bill Published on Wednesday, December 06, 2017 by Common Dreams “If this bill becomes law, the body count of innocent victims killed by concealed carry permit holders will only rise.” By Julia Conley, staff writer People scramble for … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): Last night the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act– a dangerous gun bill backed by the NRA — passed the House Judiciary Committee. This bill would gut state gun laws and force states to accept the more lax concealed … Continued
November 7, 2017 The Reverend Woody Dalton, Board Chair Heeding God’s Call to End Gun Violence ™ Another semiautomatic rifle massacre of innocents, this time in a sacred space, a church. If ever grief, prayer and, more importantly, action were … Continued
We Mourn with Our Neighbors in Las Vegas—and Call for Common Sense Protections to Protect Against Gun Violence My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Ten days ago, a man attached bump stocks to his firearms so they’d fire like machine guns. Then he used those firearms to rain bullets on a crowd of 22,000 people attending an open-air country music … Continued
From Groundswell (http://www.groundswell-mvmt.org/): As the families of those slain in Las Vegas bury their beloved; as the wounded struggle to survive; as detectives and forensic scientists piece together the what and why of yet one more mass shooting, what can … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): We are saddened and outraged over the shooting that claimed 59 lives and injured more than 500 in Las Vegas this week. We mourn those we lost and are keeping their families and the injured in our thoughts … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): We woke up on Monday (October 2) to devastating news. Once again, our hearts are broke as we heard reports of people hurt and killed by gun violence, this time in a mass shooting in Las … Continued
Thanks to UUPLAN (https://www.uuplan.org/) for sharing this action! The SHARE Act passed a committee on September 13th. The nickname for this legislation is the “Hearing Protection Act” as the main objective is to introduce the sale of silencers for firearms. … Continued