Keep These Lethal Weapons Off Our Streets!

The Assault Weapons Ban from 1994 is set to expire on Monday, September 13, 2004. How can someone argue that we should let this ban "sunset" to allow semi-automatic weapons in our streets. Read more about the ban by clicking on the title.

You can also go to the Physicians for Social Responsibility website for more information on gun violence. Here are some facts from the PSR website:

After the Ban went into effect in 1994, violent crimes
declined 26.5 percent from 1994 to 2001.
National Crime Victimization Survey Violent Crime
Trends 1973-2001,. Bureau of Justice Statistics,
October 25, 2002.

On April 14, 2003, a gunman carrying an AK-47 assault
rifle sprayed bullets at students in a New Orleans high
school gymnasium, killing one student and wounding
three others.
Expand ban on assault weapons,. State Journal-
Register, May 22, 2003.

Between 1998 and 2001, 41 of 211 law enforcement
officers slain were killed by assault weapons.
Marty Langley and Kristen Rand, .Officer Down,.
Violence Policy Center Report, May 2003.

Washington-area snipers killed 10 people and injured
three others using a Bushmaster XM-15 M4 A3
semiautomatic assault rifle during the three-week reign
of terror in October 2002.
Tim Harper, .Return of assault weapon feared in
US,. Toronto Star, May 24, 2003.

Assault weapons are often used in mass shootings and
have been implicated in the death one in five law enforcement
officers killed in the line of duty. The ban must be
renewed and strengthened to combat the epidemic of gun
violence in our society.

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