If we’re going to change our nation's gun laws and get weapons of war off our streets, we need to keep talking about the carnage caused by assault weapons. We need to keep talking about the lives lost. #BanAssaultWeapons
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July 2012: A gunman walked into a darkened movie theater in Aurora, Colo., murdering 12 people and injuring 70. The youngest victim was 6 years old. The gunman had purchased 6,000 rounds of ammunition in the months prior to the shooting.
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December 2012: A young man entered an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., armed with an assault weapon. He murdered six educators and 20 first graders. One child was shot in the head after telling his classmates to run.
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June 2016: A gunman entered a nightclub in Orlando with an assault rifle, spraying revelers with gunfire. The shooter fired hundreds of rounds and killed 49 people. Many of the victims were shot in the head at close range.
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October 2017: A gunman opened fire on concertgoers in Las Vegas, turning an evening of music into a killing field. The shooter used multiple assault rifles fitted with bump-fire stocks to kill 58 people. This is the deadliest mass shooting in our history—so far.
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sell bullets according to the task at hand. hunting sharpshooting not 6000 rounds .
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thank u so much for remembering those who were murdered and for never forgetting them
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Before you take guns away from law abiding citizen, tell us how you are going to remove them from criminals first!
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So what's the name of the bill you introduced to the Senate?
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