Our
hearts are broken at the news of yet another
devastating school shooting, this time at the
Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.
Young
children, from preschoolers to sixth
graders, had their safety ripped away in a hail
of bullets. Three children and three adults lost their
lives.
This is just the latest in an
unending pattern of gun violence in the United States.
The Nashville tragedy is the country's 123rd
mass shooting this year alone.
We cannot stand idly by
while the lives of children are snuffed out in the very
places where they should feel safest! We cannot
look away as educators are gunned down in their places
of work!
The U.S. Congress must take
immediate, decisive action to enact comprehensive gun
control legislation that includes: universal background
checks for all gun purchases, federal
"red flag" laws for those who are a danger to themselves
and others, regulation of online gun sales, and a ban on
high-capacity magazines and military-style assault
weapons.
The time for empty words and
political posturing is over. We demand that
Congress summon the courage to face down the gun lobby
and make the safety of our nation's children its top
priority.
P.S.
Let the tragedy at the Covenant School in Nashville be
the catalyst for the change we so desperately need. We
cannot afford to lose another innocent life to gun
violence. Sign the
petition.
Subject: More children died in another school shooting
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