@JohnCornyn If you’re interested in what we can do: Ban combat weapons & assault rifles, permanently; enact legislation to make arms traffickers at all levels personally criminally liable if they sell automatic weapons or any weapon without a waiting period, license & background checks.
@JohnCornyn Call for an independent criminal investigation into the use of dark money from arms traffickers to coerce, threaten & influence elected officials to prioritize their profiteering from mass murder over the right of Americans to live free from terror & bloodshed.
@JohnCornyn Join with Americans, including schoolchildren, who are protesting these endless massacres & the gun industry that generates them & publicly demand that the NRA cancel its event in Houston, to honor the lives lost & commit to 100% withdrawal of all opposition to #GunSafety laws.
@JohnCornyn Call for a bipartisan conference of elected officials & #GunSafety experts & advocates, to map out the fastest possible route to ending the time of terror imposed on Texans by a lawless industry & those who prioritize that industry’s money over Texan lives.
@JohnCornyn Make clear that the purpose of this conference is the permanent end to any sale, possession, transfer, or use of combat-style weapons in the United States, outside of the proper military personnel & their training & preparedness for actual combat.
@JohnCornyn Demand that any Republican in Texas who has diverted funding through Medicaid, the school system, or other state or local programs, away from mental health services for underserved communities, either commit today to reverse that betrayal or resign.

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