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25 Mar, 4 tweets, 6 min read
1/ President @JoeBiden beat the NRA & passed the Assault Weapons Ban & the Brady bill in 1994. After the Sandy Hook tragedy, he led the @WhiteHouse task force to #EndGunViolence & met with the victims' families & gun violence prevention groups. #TheTimeIsNow
2/ After the Sandy Hook tragedy, @BarackObama asked @JoeBiden to lead the @WhiteHouse task force to #EndGunViolence because there was no one better equipped to tackle this life or death issue. He knows what needs to be done & he should do it. #TheTimeIsNow nytimes.com/2013/01/15/us/…
3/ On January 4, 2016, @BarackObama signed an array of executive actions to reduce gun violence. While @POTUS strategizes on how to pass legislation, he can pass executive actions that could save many lives. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-offi… #TheTimeIsNow #EndGunViolence
4/ Two weeks after @JoeBiden was elected, a large coalition of gun violence prevention groups sent him a letter recommending a sweeping set of executive actions to #EndGunViolence. @CNN @MSNBC @nytimes @CBS @ABC @NBCNews @politico @washingtonpost static1.squarespace.com/static/5a9cdd6…

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1/ We thank the following House Reps for cosponsoring @RepCicilline's bill to #BanAssaultWeapons during the last Congress. We encourage all to sign on as original cosponsors of the bill during 117th Congress as well.
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24 Feb
1/ Today, 165 families and survivors directly impacted by gun violence sent a letter to urge the @SenateGOP @SenateDems to confirm Merrick Garland as U.S. Attorney General. newtownactionalliance.org/press-releases
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1/ Gun control does not lead to gun confiscation. In 1934, Congress passed the National Firearms Act to limit the availability of machine guns/short-barreled shotguns/short-barreled rifles/silencers/other similar weapons that were often used by criminals during the Prohibition.
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1) Today is the grim one-year anniversary of nation's deadliest attack on Latinos in modern US history. A 22yo white extremist armed with an assault weapon killed 23 & wounded 22 at a @Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. #DisarmHate #BanWeaponsOfWar #EndGunViolence #HonorWithAction
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2 Feb 20
1) This week, we are proud to join @Everytown & other GVP groups to lift up the voices of survivors on National Gun Violence Survivor Week. Many of these stories were shared at the National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence. #MomentsThatSurvive newtownfoundation.org/nationalgunvio…
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1) We have changed the conversation dramatically since the Sandy Hook mass shooting tragedy in 2012. Gun control was barely mentioned in 2008 or 2012 Elections but now ALL 19 Democrat Presidential candidates support an assault weapons ban! @nytimes
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