Pass Universal Background Checks for Gun Sales


Pass Universal Background Checks for Gun Sales
The Issue
This year, 3,044 students aren't going to graduate because they were killed by a gun. That's 3,044 kids who won't be walking across a stage to receive a diploma. 3,044 kids who won't go on to become doctors, teachers, lawyers, or artists. 3,044 kids who never got to pursue their dreams. They are The Lost Class.
Graduation season is meant to symbolize potential. But for so many families, graduation season is a reminder of all the lost potential. That's why we need to work together to make sure we don't continue to lose more graduates to guns. Join Change the Ref and the fight to pass universal background checks on all gun sales by signing this petition calling on the United States Congress to pass it into law. Let’s ensure that the futures of our students and our country remain bright and full of possibility.
Petition Starter
225,176
The Issue
This year, 3,044 students aren't going to graduate because they were killed by a gun. That's 3,044 kids who won't be walking across a stage to receive a diploma. 3,044 kids who won't go on to become doctors, teachers, lawyers, or artists. 3,044 kids who never got to pursue their dreams. They are The Lost Class.
Graduation season is meant to symbolize potential. But for so many families, graduation season is a reminder of all the lost potential. That's why we need to work together to make sure we don't continue to lose more graduates to guns. Join Change the Ref and the fight to pass universal background checks on all gun sales by signing this petition calling on the United States Congress to pass it into law. Let’s ensure that the futures of our students and our country remain bright and full of possibility.
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Every day at school I look for the nearest exits. In every class I think about the fastest route to my sisters classroom. Every second that passes I think about my little brother at his elementary school, and how I can’t do anything to protect him. I don’t want my siblings to know this fear. I don’t want anyone, young or old, to ever, ever know thi...
they do background checks when you apply for a job. shouldn't background checks be done when you're about to buy a device capable of killing other people? common sense.
Let's make America safer
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Petition created on June 18, 2021