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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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Lawmaker Rankings

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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Statement on Philadelphia Police Shooting

Statement on Philadelphia Police Shooting

Aug 15, 2019

Our prayers are with the officers and their families. Our anger is towards our state legislature that has waited so long to act and has denied cities like Philly the power to protect its people. We are concerned for all the community members who are impacted by tonight’s events and the gun violence that plagues our streets.

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‪There are approximately 900 suicides by firearm every year in Pennsylvania. ‬

‪Governor Tom Wolf just ordered the new Suicide Prevention Task Force to study gun suicides.‬
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Pennsylvania’s Suicide Prevention Task Force will hold public meetings this fall | Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The statewide listening tour will allow Wolf’s Suicide Prevention Task Force to gather information for a suicide prevention plan, according to a news release.
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Fred Guttenberg, father of Parkland shooting victim Jaime Guttenberg, directly addresses President Trump: “I don't care about you. I care about what you do. And I hate what you are doing. Because you are using the pain of the victims of gun violence to speak in a way that allows you to look like you're going to do something, but only to play games with their emotions and not do it in the end. I don't care about you, Mr. President, but I hate what you do.” https://cnn.it/2KXvww8
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‪No flip-flopping here Senator Pat Toomey.

‪We’re calling on you to support #S42, a real bipartisan universal background checks bill. Not a political gesture
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Senator Toomey Seems Confused and Upset
In a news article about our advocacy for S 42, the Senate version of the strong bipartisan background check bill that passed the House earlier this year, Senator Pat Toomey accused CeaseFirePA of "flip-flopping on bipartisan background checks." The senator is wrong and seems upset that we are urging
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