The Illinois Senator won't let the memory of the Highland Park shooting just fade away. Here, she pens a passionate op-ed about creating action from tragedy.
Last month, we proved that bipartisan compromise on gun safety is possible. For the first time in decades, we signed into law, on the federal level, provisions to help keep us safer.We can’t stop until, at the very least, we ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines at the federal level.
Action on the federal level won’t be easy because national Republicans continue to seem more concerned with cashing checks from the gun lobby than protecting the safety of Americans. Our razor-thin majority for Democrats in the Senate simply is too small. And even though I’m ready to suspend the filibuster to pass life-saving legislation, right now we don’t have the support we need.I’m sick over the thought of raising my two daughters in a country where I have to think about sending them to school with ballistic protective backpacks.
If you’re angry right now, you should be. But don’t let these feelings fade away as the memory of yet another national tragedy fades into the background.
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