The Orlando shootings
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- Published on Monday, 13 June 2016 16:45
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PAOV – Over the weekend, the U.S. saw the deadliest mass shooting in its history. As always, Canadians are standing in sympathy and solidarity with our American friends and neighbours. If you’d like to take action in the wake of the violent attacks in Orlando, please consider adding your signature to one of their petitions below:
1. Enact stricter weapon legislation in the City of Orlando. Orlando resident Dylan Wolstencroft started this petition after news broke on Sunday of the violent attack at Pulse nightclub. “Following the two back-to-back shootings which occurred in Orlando, Florida, one of which has now become the biggest and deadliest mass shooting in the nation's history, there is no question that there needs to be stricter weapon regulation in The City Beautiful,” Dylan writes. He’s petitioning Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer to help enact tighter gun violence legislation in his hometown.
2. Lift the ban on gun violence research. Sarah Clements’ mother taught second grade at Sandy Hook Elementary School when six of her colleagues and 20 first graders were killed by a gunman in 2012. Since then, Sarah has fought for Congress to end a ban on research into gun violence by the Centers for Disease Control.
“An average of 32 people are killed by a gun in America every day, and yet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) can’t even conduct research into the root causes of all forms of gun violence,” Sarah writes. Her petition has more than 170,000 signers and continues to gain traction in the wake of another mass shooting.
3. Improve background checks to reduce gun violence. In October of last year, a mass shooting happened in Oregon and Umpqua Community College. Since then, the group Students UNITE have been petitioning Congress to fortify a national background check system to prevent assault weapons from falling into the wrong hands.
“Everyone is affected by these mass shootings. Whether you are black, white, Latino, Asian American, Indian American, the failure of Congress to pass legislation on simple gun control laws will eventually affect all of us. For some people, it already has. Every day, 88 Americans are killed with guns,” the student wrote. Their petition now has more than 100,000 signers.
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