Petition - Ban Assault Weapons and High Capacity Magazines Now!
PETITION BACKGROUND: Thoughts and prayers are not enough. Americans deserve a strong response from our elected leaders. 290+ gun violence prevention groups, chapters and allies have joined the Campaign Against Assault Weapons to ban #WeaponsOfWar to keep our families and communities safe. We invite you to join our campaign by signing our petition.
Dear President Donald Trump and Members of 116th Congress:
Too many Americans are being senselessly gunned down in public spaces in towns and cities across the nation.
With easy access to military-style assault weapons and high capacity magazines, too many individuals have turned our schools, malls, concerts, movie theaters, and places of worship into a war zone filled with terror, devastation and terrible loss.
Military-style semi-automatic assault weapons are designed to efficiently kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time available. There is absolutely no reason for assault rifles, assault pistols, and assault shotguns to be sold on the civilian market.
Congress did not take action after Aurora, Sandy Hook, Orlando, Las Vegas, Sutherland Springs, Parkland, Pittsburgh and many other devastating mass shooting incidents and the scope of death and destruction caused by a man with weapons of war is growing.
Your thoughts and prayers are not enough. We demand that you act now to stop the carnage with an effective ban on the civilian use of these weapons. NOW is the time to act!
Thank you.
Campaign Against Assault Weapons:
Say No to #WeaponsOfWar by Signing Our Coalition Petition
After the deadly mass shootings in Sandy Hook, Orlando, Las Vegas, Sutherland Springs, Parkland and Pittsburgh, we are saying enough to #WeaponsOfWar! Join a broad coalition of 293 organizations, chapters and allies on a #CampaignAgainstAssaultWeapons. Please say NO to #WeaponsOfWar by signing our petition to ask Donald Trump and the Members of 116th Congress to pass a civilian ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines.
Click HERE for more information on assault weapons from the Violence Policy Center.
SENATE: Senator Diane Feinstein introduced the Assault Weapons Ban 2019 legislation on January 9, 2019. Click HERE to review the legislation.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Representative David Cicilline is expected to introduce the companion bill in February. His Assault Weapons Ban legislation for the 115th Congress can be viewed HERE.
Senator Diane Feinstein has also created THIS RESOURCE GUIDE on an Assault Weapons Ban of 2018.
THANK YOU FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST ASSAULT WEAPONS:
A New Routine for America
AIDS CT
All Saints Church Pasadena Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
American Federation of Teachers
Amnesty International USA
Anna's Place: A Franciscan Hospitality Center
Antelope Valley (Brady) California
Arizonans for Gun Safety
Art = Ammo, Artists Against Gun Violence
Avaaz
Ban Assault Weapons Now
Battle Born Progress
Birmingham (Brady) Alabama
Brady Baltimore, Maryland
Brady Barnwell County, South Carolina
Brady Bergen County, New Jersey
Brady Boston, Massachusetts
Brady Campaign at Indiana University
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence united with Million Mom March
Brady Dayton Chapter, Ohio
Brady Monongalia County, West Virginia
Brady Sussex County, New Jersey
Brady Twin Cities, Minnesota
Brady University of Michigan
Brady/Million Mom March Greater Pittsburgh Area, Pennsylvania
Brady/Million Mom March Middlesex County, New Jersey
Brave New Films
Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition
Broader Representation Advocacy Team- Political Action Committee (BRAT-PAC)
Buffalo (Brady), New York
California Team Enough
Californians For Gun Safety
Camden-Burlington (Brady), New Jersey
Campaign to Unload
Ceasefire Oregon
CeaseFire Pennsylvania
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church
Central Arkansas (Brady)
Central Lutheran Church
Central Minnesota (Brady)
Central Ohio Brady/Million Mom March Chapter
Central Oklahoma Brady
Charleston Brady, South Carolina
Chicago's Citizens for Change, Inc.
Childrens Firearm Safety Alliance
Clark County (Vancouver) Million Mom March, Washington
Cleveland Brady, Ohio
Cleveland School Remembers Stockton Brady, California
Coalition Against Gun Violence, a Santa Barbara County Coalition
Coalition for Peace Action
Coalition of Nebraskans Against Gun Violence
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
CODEPINK Women for Peace
Colorado Ceasefire
Colorado Faith Communities United to End Gun Violence
Concert Across America to End Gun Violence
Congregation Kol Ami
Connecticut Against Gun Violence
Contra Costa County Brady, California
Dallas (Brady), Texas
Delaware Coalition Against Gun Violence
Delaware Million Mom March
Democracy for America
Denver (Brady), Colorado
DeSoto Country Brady, Mississippi
Disarm Hate
District of Columbia (Brady)
Doctors for America
Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, NY
Dominican Sisters of Peace
Emerson College Brady, Massachusetts
End the Madness
Episcopal Peace Fellowship
Equality California
Equality Florida
Essex County Million Mom March, New Jersey
Every Child Matters
Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence
Families4peace
Felician Sisters of Livonia
First Church
FIVE AWAKE
Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence
Franciscan Action Network
Franciscan Peace Center
Franciscan Sisters
Franciscan Sisters of Mary
Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph
Franciscan Sisters of the Poor
Friends Against Violence Everywhere (FAVE)
GAYS against GUNS
Gays Not Guns
Georgetown Against Gun Violence
Georgetown County Brady, South Carolina
Georgia Alliance for Social Justice
Georgians for Gun Safety
Global Exchange
Grand Strand Brady, South Carolina
Grandmothers Against Gun Violence - Cape Cod
Grandparents Against Gun Violence (MO)
Greater Chicagoland Brady, Illinois
Greater Danbury Brady, Connecticut
Greater Phoenix Million Mom March, Arizona
Greater Rochester Brady/Million Mom March, New York
Greenwich Council Against Gun Violence
Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart
Gun Violence Prevention Center of Utah
GunControlToday
GunsDown
Gunsense Vermont
Hampton Roads Million Mom March, Virginia
Hands Up for Gun Safety (HUGS)
Hawaii Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence
Healing 4 Our Families & Our Nation
Heeding God's Call
Herndon-Reston Alliance To End Gun Violence
Holman United Methodist Church
Hoosiers Concerned About Gun Violence
Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
International Health & Epidemiology Research Center
Iowans for Gun Safety
Jefferson County (Brady), West Virginia
Jessi's Message
Jewish Women International (JWI)
Joint Action Committee
JPIC Office of the Wheaton Franciscans
Jr Newtown Action Alliance
Justice, peace and integrity for creation committee
Lake County (Brady), Illinois
Lane County (Eugene) Million Mom March, Oregon
Las Vegas (Brady), Nevada
Latah County Brady Chapter, Idaho
Latin America Working Group Education Fund
League of Women Voters of Florida
Lexington and Central Kentucky Million Mom March
LGBT4GVP
Long Beach Brady, California
Long Island Brady Chapter, New York
Los Angeles Brady, California
Louisiana Violence Reduction Coalition
LPAC
MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence
Macomb County (Brady), Michigan
March For Racial Justice #M4RJ
Marin County (Brady), California
Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence
Massachusetts Brady
Mercer County Million Mom March, New Jersey
Metro Atlanta Million Mom March, Georgia
Metro St. Louis Brady, Missouri
Michigan Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence
Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Caucus
Michigan Million Mom March
Mike the Gun Guy
MomsRising
Monmouth Center for World Religions and Ethical Thought
Montgomery Brady, Alabama
Montgomery County (Brady), Maryland
Mountain View United Church
MoveOn.org Civic Action
Mt. Vernon Unitarian Church
Napa County Brady, California
Nashville Brady, Tennessee
National Action Network
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Council of Jewish Women
National Die-In, USA
National Domestic Violence Hotline
National Education Association
National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund
National Medical Council on Gun Violence
National Physicians Alliance
National Women's Law Center
Nevada-Placer Brady, California
New Castle Promise
New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence
New Orleans (Brady), Lousiana
New Yorkers Against Gun Violence
Newtown Action Alliance
NoRA
North Carolina Council of Churches
North Carolinians Against Gun Violence Education Fund
Northeast Kansas Brady, Kansas
Northern Central Florida (Brady)
Northern Nevada (Brady)
Northern Virginia Million Mom March
Northland Minnesota Million Mom March
Northwest Corner Committee for Gun Violence Prevention
New York Youth/Team Enough
New York City Brady Chapter
New York University Law Brady chapter
Oakland/Alameda County Brady, California
Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence
Oklahoma Gun Sense
One Pulse for America
Orange County Brady, California
OSAGE NATION (Brady), Oklahoma
Pacem in Terris-Delaware
People Demanding Action
Physicians for the Prevention of Gun Violence
Pomona Valley Brady, California
Portland Million Mom March, Oregon
Pride Fund to End Gun Violence
Progressive Congress Action Fund
Project End Gun Violence
Protect Minnesota
Protest Easy Guns
Psychiatrists for Gun Violence Prevention
Rabbis Against Gun Violence
Raleigh Brady, North Carolina
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
Rhode Island Brady
Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence
Richmond Million Mom March, Virginia
Riverside County (Brady), California
Rutgers University Brady, New Jersey
Sacramento Valley Brady, California
Safe Campus Colorado
Safe Tennessee Project
San Diegans for Gun Violence Prevention
San Diego Brady, California
San Fernando Valley Brady, California
San Francisco Brady, California
San Joaquin Valley (Brady), California
San Luis Obispo (Brady), California
San Mateo County Brady, California
Santa Barbara Brady, California
Santa Clara County Brady, California
Santa Cruz County Brady, California
Santa Fe (Brady), New Mexico
Sarasota County (Brady), Florida
Savannah Brady, Georgia
Seattle Brady, Washington
SF State (Brady), California
Silent March
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, PA
Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities
Sisters of St. Francis of Tiffin, OH
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Albany Province, NY
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, LA Province
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St Louis, MO
Sisters of St. Joseph, St Paul, MN
Solano County Brady, California
Sonoma County Brady, California
South Florida (Brady)
Sravasti Abbey
St. Charles, Missouri (Brady)
St. Louis University Law (Brady), Missouri
St. Mark's Episcopal Church Capitol Hill DC
St. Sabina's Church
Stanford University (Brady Chapter), California
States United to Prevent Gun Violence
Step Up, Step Out: End the Culture of Violence, a ministry of Asylum Hill Congregational Church
Stop Handgun Violence
Stop Killing Innocent People (SKIP)
Stop the Violence Coalition, Buffalo, NY
Stop the Violence Prayer Chain, Wilm. DE
Survivors Empowered
Survivors Lead
Team 26
Temple Micah Gun Violence Prevention Group
The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus
The Connecticut Effect
The ENOUGH Campaign
The Greater Phoenix Million Mom March
The Washington office on Latin America
Theodore Parker Church UU Social Action Committee
Tri-City Alameda County Chapter (Brady), California
UltraViolet
Union for Reform Judaism
Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of New Jersey
University of Michigan Brady Chapter, Michigan
Vanderbilt University Brady Chapter, Tennessee
Ventura County Brady, California
Violence Policy Center
Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles
Virginia Center for Public Safety
Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Coalition
Vision Quilt
Washing Ceasefire Foundation
Washington Ceasefire
We The People For Sensible Gun Laws
Westchester County Million Mom March, New York
Western Illinois (Brady)
Wheaton Franciscans
Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Ed Fund
Women Against Gun Violence
Women Against the Violence Epidemic (WAVE)
Women's March
Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice, St. Louis, MO
Yolo County Brady, California
YWCA USA