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Tell Senator Toomey to Support S.42.

S.42 will close gaps in our system and ensure that almost every gun sale will go through a background check. This is one of the first bills taken up in this new session of Congress, and we are ready to see it move swiftly. But it can’t get stalled in the Senate. Please ask Senator Toomey to support S.42 today.

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Often people will ask us if their legislator supports or opposes commonsense gun violence prevention policies. We have devised a scoring system designed to give citizens a snapshot of where their elected officials stand. Here are the results.

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CeaseFirePA18 hours ago
‪Young people are fueling the gun violence prevention movement‬
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What did you do when you were 13? On Tuesday, he led a Philly gun-violence protest | Jenice Armstrong
Ryshee Shaw is only 13 but he pulled off something many of us would never even attempt when he led the “Rise Up Break the Chains Youth March” down Broad Street to City Hall on Tuesday to protest gun violence, mass incarceration, bullying, and other issues.
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CeaseFirePA21 hours ago
Vanansio Samson recieved texts from his son about him wanted to kill himself. He begged law enforcement to take his son’s guns away from him temporarily but the police didn’t have the tools to do so. Months later he was arrested as a suspect in a mass shooting at an Antioch church that killed one woman
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Emanuel Samson's father says he begged police to take son's guns before church shooting
In court Wednesday, Vanansio Samson described talking to police in 2017, after he got a suicidal text message from his son.
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CeaseFirePA1 day ago
‪Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are ranked the 11th and 13th high murder rates nationwide among large cities. We need to do more #TimeForAction ‬
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Which big American cities have the highest homicide rates? And how does Pa. stack up? | The Numbers Racket | Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The data for Pennsylvania should be a wake-up call for policymakers.
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