NO to gun glorification! Ban assault weapons now!
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Dear Friend,

Yesterday, a gunman entered Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, and
shot to death three 9-year-olds and three educators. [ [link removed] ] It was the 13th
school shooting of the year, and the 129th mass shooting of 2023. [ [link removed] ]
Again, our hearts are broken. 

And again, the shooter used military-style assault rifles and
high-capacity magazines, the weapons of choice for mass murderers. [ [link removed] ]
Still, firearms are the leading cause of death of children and adolescents
in the United States. [ [link removed] ] This is unacceptable. 

[1]Tell Congress to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines now!

The number of mass shootings terrorizing communities every year is rising
rapidly, from 417 in 2019 to 610 in 2021 to 647 in 2022. [ [link removed] ]  In the face
of such horrific gun violence devastating families and communities for
generations, no one should be glorifying guns, especially our elected
leaders. [ [link removed] ]

There’s no starker example of gun glorification than the fact that assault
weapons, designed  for war to kill as many human beings as possible as
quickly as possible, are in wide civilian circulation. 

[2]Tell Congress to stop the glorification of guns, starting with banning
assault weapons and high-cap magazines.

Gun glorification tells everyone they should have a gun, clears the way
for everyone to get a gun, and urges everyone – including those with a
record of wanting to harm themselves or others – to pick up a gun to solve
their problems, which is what tragically happened in Nashville. 

There’s nothing more important than the safety of our children, yet we
continue to allow them to be put in the way of harm from gun
glorification:

* Kids are harmed by the environment of “guns everywhere,” including –
increasingly – in schools. [ [link removed] ]
* Kids are harmed by the constant reminder of guns in the news and from
active shooter drills.
* Kids are harmed by language and policies that “otherizes” them,
telling them that somehow they are different and don’t belong, which
puts targets on their backs for bullying and worse, and “guns
everywhere” increases the likelihood of resorting to violence as a
solution.
* Kids are harmed by easy access to guns, especially in the middle of a
youth mental health crisis, when youth suicide is on the rise. [ [link removed] ]
* Kids are harmed when scarce resources are invested in militarizing
schools rather than in providing counseling services.

[3]Tell Congress to stop the glorification of guns, starting with banning
assault weapons and high-cap magazines.

America’s moms do not believe that guns are glorious - in fact, just the
opposite. Guns bring injury and death. They wreak pain and trauma on
families and communities over generations. 

In a country where there are more guns than people, and gun violence rates
continue to climb, it’s long past time to reject and dismantle gun
glorification!

* Please forward this email to everyone you know who is concerned about
gun violence, and ask them to sign too. The more of us who take action and
speak out, the faster we can dismantle gun glorification and open the way
to getting the comprehensive gun policy reform we desperately need to keep
our children safe!

[4]Sign now to stop the gun glorification and urge a ban assault weapons
and high-cap magazines!

We will never stop fighting for the safety of our families and
communities.

In solidarity and love,

- Gloria, Jessica, Kristin, Kelsey, and the entire
MomsRising/MamásConPoder team

References: 

[1] Joe Hernandez, “[5]What we know about the deadly shooting at a
Nashville elementary school,” NPR.org (March 28, 2023)
[2] “[6]One nation, under gun violence: Nashville school shooting is
America's 129th mass shooting in 2023 as nation is on course for the MOST
mass shootings ever,” DailyMail.com (March 27, 2023)
[3] Scott Pelley, “[7]What makes the AR-15 style rifle the weapon of
choice for mass shooters?” CBSNews.com (May 29, 2022)
[4] “[8]Current Causes of Death in Children and Adolescents in the United
States,” New England Journal of Medicine (April 20, 2022)
[5] Janie Boschma, Curt Merrill, John Murphy-Teixidor, “[ [link removed] ]Mass shootings
in the US Fast Facts,” CNN.com (Jan. 24, 2023) 
[6] Katie Glueck, Azi Paybarah and Leah Askarinam, “[ [link removed] ]In More Than 100
G.O.P. Midterm Ads This Year: Guns, Guns, Guns,” The New York Times (May
27, 2022)
[7] Sarah Mervosh, “[ [link removed] ]Trained, Armed and Ready. To Teach Kindergarten,”
The New York Times (August 5, 2022)
[8] Farzana Akkas, “[ [link removed] ]Youth Suicide Risk Increased Over Past Decade,”
Pew Charitable Trust (March 3, 2023)


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