Watching a war unfold in front of us, it’s easy to forget the seeds of violence here. Now is the time to create urgency, both in the CA legislature and in Congress, for these bills to be passed. Even if you’ve called on them before, call again. Remind your legislators that these are the bills that save lives!

• UPDATE: Action #1: LOCAL – AB-1769 prohibits gun shows at the Ventura County Fair and Event Center.
• UPDATE Action #2: STATE – SB.915 prohibits gun shows at all CA state-owned property.
• Action #3: FEDERAL – Pass national background check laws and close the “Charleston Loophole.“
• Action #4: FEDERAL – For those who didn’t come home from school that Valentine’s Day, and all those before and since…it’s time to pass H.R.1808/S.736 – Assault Weapons Ban of 2021

UPDATE: Action #1: LOCAL – AB-1769 prohibits gun shows at the Ventura County Fair and Event Center – This bill will be heard in the Assembly Public Safety Committee March 8th, at 9am.

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Quote: Ivy Schamis, teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the massacre. “Valentine’s Day should be a day of love and laughter, but on February 14, 2018, it was the opposite for me and my students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Today marks four years since a former student ambushed our building with an AR-15.”

Valentine’s Day was the 4th anniversary of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that claimed the lives of 14 students and 3 educators. (President Biden’s statement here) In their names and in the names of others whose lives were cut short by our country’s shameful epidemic of gun violence, we have a responsibility to demand change.

• Action #1: LOCAL – AB-1769 prohibits gun shows at the Ventura County Fair and Event Center.
• Action #2: STATE – SB.915 prohibits gun shows at all CA state-owned property.
• Action #3: FEDERAL – Pass national background check laws and close the “Charleston Loophole.“
• Action #4: FEDERAL – For those who didn’t come home from school that Valentine’s Day, and all those before and since…it’s time to pass H.R.1808/S.736 – Assault Weapons Ban of 2021

Update: Remington Arms agreed Tuesday (2/15) to pay the families of five adults and four children killed in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School $73 million. This is the first time a gun manufacturer has been held liable for a mass shooting in the U.S.

Action #1: LOCAL – AB-1769 prohibits gun shows at the Ventura County Fair and Event Center.

Why ban gun shows?: Sen. Dave Min, D-Irvine: “Gun shows are designed for one purpose — to sell and distribute guns in our community and every time a gun is sold, it increases the chances of another act of violence.” He added that gun shows are “a common venue for straw purchases” of weapons that later end up in the wrong hands. Ghost guns, the term for untraceable partially assembled weapons sold as kits, are also a big seller at gun shows and the ready-to-assemble kits have become one of the biggest sellers at the events. “The state of California should not be profiting off the sale of guns. This is blood money.” We agree.

(Ventura County Star) “Assemblymember Steve Bennett, D-Ventura, and State Sen. Monique Limon, D-Santa Barbara, introduced AB-1769 (Firearms: prohibited places) Wednesday targeting the long-running battle over the fairgrounds shows held several times a year by Utah-based Crossroads of the West. If successful, the ban would likely take effect on Jan. 1, 2023.” This bill specifically prohibits gun shows at the Ventura County Fair and Event Center.

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