It is past time for Congress to take action in gun deaths in the U.S.

Gun violence is one of the leading causes of death in our country and these deaths are preventable.

We get angry and demand those in Congress do something. Truth is, many members of Congress have presented bills, but they go absolutely nowhere in the Republican controlled Congress. Here are a few bills that Republicans refuse to address: a bill to strengthen background checks on gun purchases, a bill to ban assault weapons, a bill to prohibit the sale of bump-stock devices, a bi-partisan bill that would prevent anyone convicted of domestic violence in the military from buying a gun.

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