The goal of this petition is to make illegal the sale, transportation, and ownership of handguns and assault-style rifles.
Handguns and assault rifles serve no purpose but to kill and have no place in recreational hunting.
In 2005, 75% of the 10,100 homicides committed using firearms in the United States were committed using handguns, compared to 4% with rifles, 5% with shotguns, and the rest with a type of firearm not specified.