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Listen up: If you marched with us then we need you now. What should be simple, routine, and evenly applied to all gun purchases isn’t. But now, we have a chance to fight for federal legislation. #HR8
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If 97% of Americans agree on something, then it shouldn't matter if your representative is a Republican or a Democrat – they should be fighting for
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And background checks work. When Connecticut adopted a background check law for handgun sales, the homicide rate dropped 40% and the suicide rate dropped 15%.https://everytownresearch.org/background-checks-save-lives/ …
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In an average month, 50 women in the US are shot to death by intimate partners. A background check stopping domestic abusers from buying guns could have saved their lives. When a domestic abuser argues with a gun, they are 5x more likely to kill someone.https://everytownresearch.org/guns-domestic-violence …
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TL;DR: Policy change > thoughts + prayers. Both Democrats and Republicans die from gun violence. Bullets don't discriminate and neither should our legislators. Let’s bring the people’s pressure to Congress and create the change this country needs to save lives.
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Cannot be achievable without also creating a gun registration system which countries have used to confiscation.
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We love you David!

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The Bill of Rights is against UBCs. The only vote that matters.
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They only polled around 1268 or so people. That is not anywhere near a large enough sample size to make a claim of 97% of Americans being in favor of anything. It's not even 1% of voters polled. Be accurate, not disingenuous.
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