Machine guns fire, reload, and fire again as long as the trigger is held down.
In response to 7 deaths in the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, Congress regulated machine guns. Machine gun homicides are almost unheard of today.
Semi-automatic guns fire, reload and fire again as fast as the trigger can be pulled. Semi-automatic guns make possible mass shootings at elementary schools, movie theaters, and drive-by shootings.
In response to 12 deaths in a CO movie theater, Congress did nothing.
In response to 26 deaths in a CT elementary school, Congress did nothing.
In response to 8,000+ firearm homicides last year, Congress did nothing.
This petition requests that the government regulate semi-automatic firearms in the same manner and for the same reasons that machine guns are regulated