Over 100 business execs demand 'urgent action' from lawmakers over gun violence

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More than 100 business executives demand 'urgent action' from lawmakers for 'America's gun violence crisis.'

Scores of executives from some of the nation's biggest business demanded"urgent action" from lawmakers on "America's gun violence crisis," writing in a letter that the tragedies are"preventable."

The letter references the recent back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, that left more than 30 people dead within just hours. In addition to the harrowing mass shootings, it also references the gun violence that has afflicted communities in Chicago, Gilroy, and more, saying,"This is a public health crisis that demands urgent action."

It continued:"Doing nothing about America's gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable and it is time to stand with the American public on gun safety."

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Dont trash the 2nd amendment & throw sportsman & hobbyists under the bus for the consequences of Mentally ill idiots doing 1 deed after another.

How many people have died from guns? How many human lives have died from abortion?

no doubt there are a 1000 businessmen that want congress to butt out

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Yes Rich people who pay other people who are armed to protect them while at the same time demanding guns to be taken away from citizens. Now I wonder why?

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