Stand Up and Take Action 1. Urge your members of Congress to protect children from gun violence. Support common sense gun safety and gun violence prevention measures for the nation including: n
Universal background checks;
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Limits on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines;
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Consumer safety standards, childproof safety features, and authorized-user identification technology for all guns;
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Better preventive and therapeutic services for children and families facing violence in their homes and communities and for children with unmet mental health needs;
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Adequate funding for gun violence prevention research and programs; and
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Resources and authority for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and law enforcement agencies to properly enforce gun laws.
2. Urge state and local governments to protect children from guns. Urge your state legislators and local officials to: n
Support laws to prevent child access to guns including childproofing and keeping all guns secured from unsupervised children;
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Support universal background checks;
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Support limits on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines; and
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Oppose efforts to limit the ability of schools, physicians and others to warn parents and students about the dangers of guns.
3. Parents, remove guns from your home and be vigilant about where your children play. 4. Boycott businesses and products that glamorize and normalize violence. 5. Bring attention to the number of children killed and injured by gun violence and the truth about guns. 6. Offer parents, children and teens the resources, support and tools to survive and combat the culture of violence. For details, go to page 36
Protect Children, Not Guns 2013
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