86R13433 CLE-D
	By: Reynolds	H.C.R. No. 88

	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, Polls show that a majority of Americans support
	stricter gun laws, including universal background checks,
	mandatory waiting periods for gun purchases, and a ban on the sale
	of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines; and
	WHEREAS, A 2018 national poll found that 67 percent of
	Americans support a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons,
	which are weapons with military features that enable shooters to
	spray large amounts of ammunition quickly; semiautomatic rifles
	with a detachable magazine and a pistol grip are among the assault
	weapons that two-thirds of Americans believe should be banned from
	sale; and
	WHEREAS, National polling also indicates that 53 percent of
	Americans support a ban on the sale of high-capacity magazines; a
	majority of Americans are aware that when high-capacity magazines
	are used to give a mass shooter more rounds of ammunition, deaths
	and injuries rise sharply; an investigation into mass shootings in
	the United States found that high-capacity magazines were used in
	half of the shootings between 1982 and 2012; and
	WHEREAS, The high level of support for universal background
	checks reflects concern about the "gun show loophole" that allows
	as many as 40 percent of all gun sales to be completed without a
	background check of the gun buyer; polls show that 97 percent of
	Americans and 97 percent of gun owners support universal background
	checks; and
	WHEREAS, National polls also show a high level of support for
	mandatory waiting periods for gun purchases; 83 percent of
	Americans believe that a "cooling off" period between purchasing
	and obtaining a gun would save lives; and
	WHEREAS, Americans support an assault weapons ban and other
	stricter gun laws because such laws would make us all safer; now,
	therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas
	hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to pass
	stricter gun laws, including a ban on the sale of assault weapons;
	and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
	copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
	the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
	Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
	members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
	this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
	memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.