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'March For Our Lives' planned for downtown Longview

Several people plan to be involved in a 'March For Our Lives" in downtown Longview.
Photo Courtesy March for our Lives Longview

Several members of the Longview community plan to hold a 'March For Our Lives' at 3 p.m. Saturday at Heritage Plaza in Downtown.

According to a release sent by a representative from the group, people who plan on marching this weekend "support the right of law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms, as set fourth in the United States Constitution. But with that right comes responsibility."

The group believes elected officials need to act on the issue of gun control by:

1. Passing a law to ban the sale of assault weapons like the ones used in Las Vegas, Orlando, Sutherland Springs, Aurora, Sandy Hook and, most recently, to kill 17 innocent people and injure more than a dozen others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Of the 10 deadliest shootings over the last decade, seven involved the use of assault weapons.

No civilian should be able to access these weapons of war, which should be restricted for use by our military and law enforcement only. These guns have no other purpose than to fire as many bullets as possible and indiscriminately kill anything they are pointed at with terrifying speed.

2. Prohibiting the sale of high-capacity magazines such as the ones used by the shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School—and so many other recent mass shootings.

States that ban high-capacity magazines have half as many shootings involving three or more victims as states that allow them.

Limiting the number of bullets a gun can discharge at one time will at least force any shooter to stop and reload, giving children a chance to escape.

3. Closing the loophole in our background check law that allows dangerous people who shouldn’t be allowed to purchase firearms to slip through the cracks and buy guns online or at gun shows.

They also believe that lawmakers should require a background check on all gun sales, with no exceptions.

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