Hold Elected Officials Accountable In Wake Of Shooting: NAA

NEWTOWN, CT — The Newtown Action Alliance has called on Congress and other lawmakers to pass a slew of legislative items after yet another mass shooting in an American school.

"Nothing is more despicable and dishonorable than elected officials who say ‘now is not the time to talk about gun control’ and blame only mental illness for these school shootings," said Po Murrary, chairwoman of NAA.

The call to action comes after 17 people were killed in Parkland Florida Wednesday; it was the deadliest school shooting since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that left 20 children and six educators dead. In both instances an AR-15 rifle was used.

"Any elected official who only sends thoughts and prayers after this latest shooting are willing to sacrifice our children to protect the gun industry profits and they should be voted out in 2018 and 2020," Murray said.

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NAA called on Congress to abandon efforts to pass the Concealed Carry Reciprocity bill, and for universal background checks on all gun sales. It also urged Congress to repeal the Dickey amendment and allow government-funded research on gun violence.

The group also called on repealing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which provides federal protection to gun manufacturers and distributors from liability if a weapon is used unlawfully. It also called on lawmakers to limit high capacity magazines and to fix the National Instant Criminal Background Check system.

Here is the full list of NAA recommendations:

1. Background checks on sale of all guns

2. Close the Charleston loophole or ‘delayed denial’ where federally licensed dealers can sell guns if three business days pass without a verdict from the FBI

3. Fix the National Instant Criminal Background Check system (NICS)

4. Mandatory waiting period for gun purchases

5. Gun violence restraining order/extreme risk protection order to temporarily prohibit an individual deemed by a judge to pose a danger to self or others, from purchasing or possessing firearms or ammunition and allow law enforcement to remove any firearms or ammunition already in the individual’s possession

6. Handgun licensing, permitting, training, and registration

7. Ban bump-fire stocks and other dangerous accessories

8. Ban future manufacture/sale of assault weapons, regulate existing assault weapons under the National Firearms Act of 1934, and initiate a federal gun buyback program

9. Limits on high capacity magazines

10. Make gun trafficking a federal crime

11. Repeal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) to eliminate the corporate gun industry special protection from civil justice law that no other industry enjoys

12. Restrict and penalize firearm possession by or transfer to a person subject to a domestic violence protection order or a person (including dating partners) convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor

13. Prohibit firearm sale or transfer to and receipt or possession by an individual who has: (1) been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) received from any court an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence.

14. Repeal Dickey Amendment to adequately fund government research on gun violence

15. Child access prevention/safe storage requirement

16. Provide resources for people with mental illness

17. Enhance accountability of federally licensed firearms dealers

18. Microstamped code on each bullet that links it to a specific gun

19. ‘Smart guns’ with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) or biometric recognition (fingerprint) capability

20. Limit gun purchases to one gun per month to reduce trafficking and straw purchases

21. Prohibit open carry

22. Digitize ATF gun records

23. Require licensing for ammunition dealers

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