It's a Wednesday evening. You realized you didn't pick up some of the ingredients for dinner, so you head to your local supermarket. You look through the produce and bread aisles. And then, with shock you notice that among all the pantry-related items,
there's also a vending machine selling ammo for guns.Sign the petition to demand that states outlaw these vending machines and instead pass laws requiring background checks and licenses to purchase ammunition!These bullet-selling vending machines are now installed in
grocery stores in Texas, Alabama, and Oklahoma, with additional machines planned for Colorado. Supermarkets in other states have also contacted the company involved to request this deadly equipment in Florida, California, Alaska, Hawai'i, and more.
The U.S. already allows people to access guns and ammunition much too easily.
It is the country with the highest rate of gun violence death in the world, compared with other large, high-income nations. Gun violence is now officially considered a public health crisis in this country.
Parents are afraid to send their children to school, unsure if they'll return home.Research shows that as access to guns - or ammo - increases, so do the rates of murder and suicide using firearms.
In the first six months of 2024, the U.S. already bore witness to approximately 9,000 gun homicides, 17,000 gun-related injuries, and 284 mass shootings. Those numbers don't even include people taking their own lives using this deadly weaponry.
We don't need easy access to more bullets - we need stronger gun safety laws!We must keep children, families, and all people safe from worsening gun violence. Sign the petition now to tell individual U.S. states to pass new laws requiring all purchasers of ammunition to have a legal gun-carrying license and to pass a background check!