San Bernardino, Sandy Hook, Aurora, Columbine - every one of these tragic mass murders involved a semi-automatic assault rifle. It's past time for Congress to act and ban them again.
14 dead and 21 wounded in our nation's latest mass shooting, this time in San Bernardino, CA. While the investigation into who the murderers were and what motivated them to take people's lives will continue, one fact is indisputable: the shooters used semi-automatic assault rifles to increase their death toll.
An assault weapons ban was in place for 10 years in the United States, and the body count from mass shootings during that time was reduced. In the 10 years since the NRA stopped the ban from being reauthorized, the death toll has spiked significantly.
This common-sense approach to increased gun safety should be passed immediately.
We're not the only ones who think so. U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-Rhode Island) announced he would introduce the assault weapons ban just minutes before the mass shooting in San Bernardino began.
Let's make sure Congress acts now, before another mass shooting has us asking "why" one more time.
