“It’s time,” says the group Demand a Plan. “Join more than 750 mayors and 750,000 grassroots supporters to demand that President Obama and Congress step forward with a plan to end gun violence.”

Here’s what they want:

– Require a criminal background check for every gun sold in America
– Ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines
– Make gun trafficking a federal crime, including real penalties for “straw purchasers”

And they make it easy for you to press these demands by e-mailing or calling your members of Congress and your president.

Eli Sanders was The Stranger's associate editor. His book, "While the City Slept," was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He once did this and once won...