We know reinstating the assault-weapons ban and the ammunition limit will help end mass shootings, writes Bill Clinton for TIME.
In one weekend, 31 people were murdered and dozens more injured in two mass shootings just hours apart in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. The death toll may still grow. The shooters killed the young and old, men and women. In El Paso, the white-nationalist shooter’s intent was to claim as many Latino lives as possible.
For too long, America has allowed a determined, well-financed group to pretend to grieve with us while spreading paranoia among those who responsibly use guns for hunting, sport shooting and self-protection. For too long, the gun lobby and their elected allies have stalled, deflected and changed the conversation until the pressure abates and they can get back to business, heedless of the killings inevitably yet to come.
Of course, no single action can completely end mass shootings and the wave of gun violence that plagues communities across America. We know reinstating the assault-weapons ban and the ammunition limit, and making improved background checks universal, will help.
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