| 1 | 1 | | 86R13433 CLE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Reynolds H.C.R. No. 88 |
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| 5 | 5 | | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Polls show that a majority of Americans support |
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| 7 | 7 | | stricter gun laws, including universal background checks, |
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| 8 | 8 | | mandatory waiting periods for gun purchases, and a ban on the sale |
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| 9 | 9 | | of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, A 2018 national poll found that 67 percent of |
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| 11 | 11 | | Americans support a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons, |
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| 12 | 12 | | which are weapons with military features that enable shooters to |
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| 13 | 13 | | spray large amounts of ammunition quickly; semiautomatic rifles |
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| 14 | 14 | | with a detachable magazine and a pistol grip are among the assault |
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| 15 | 15 | | weapons that two-thirds of Americans believe should be banned from |
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| 16 | 16 | | sale; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, National polling also indicates that 53 percent of |
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| 18 | 18 | | Americans support a ban on the sale of high-capacity magazines; a |
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| 19 | 19 | | majority of Americans are aware that when high-capacity magazines |
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| 20 | 20 | | are used to give a mass shooter more rounds of ammunition, deaths |
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| 21 | 21 | | and injuries rise sharply; an investigation into mass shootings in |
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| 22 | 22 | | the United States found that high-capacity magazines were used in |
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| 23 | 23 | | half of the shootings between 1982 and 2012; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, The high level of support for universal background |
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| 25 | 25 | | checks reflects concern about the "gun show loophole" that allows |
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| 26 | 26 | | as many as 40 percent of all gun sales to be completed without a |
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| 27 | 27 | | background check of the gun buyer; polls show that 97 percent of |
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| 28 | 28 | | Americans and 97 percent of gun owners support universal background |
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| 29 | 29 | | checks; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, National polls also show a high level of support for |
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| 31 | 31 | | mandatory waiting periods for gun purchases; 83 percent of |
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| 32 | 32 | | Americans believe that a "cooling off" period between purchasing |
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| 33 | 33 | | and obtaining a gun would save lives; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, Americans support an assault weapons ban and other |
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| 35 | 35 | | stricter gun laws because such laws would make us all safer; now, |
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| 36 | 36 | | therefore, be it |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 38 | 38 | | hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to pass |
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| 39 | 39 | | stricter gun laws, including a ban on the sale of assault weapons; |
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| 40 | 40 | | and, be it further |
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| 41 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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| 42 | 42 | | copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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| 43 | 43 | | the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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| 44 | 44 | | Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the |
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| 45 | 45 | | members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that |
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| 46 | 46 | | this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a |
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| 47 | 47 | | memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |
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