Over the weekend news broke that a 16-year-old in Kansas City was shot.

All he did was show up at the wrong home.

He rang the doorbell at the wrong address. 

In our line of work, organizing is all about talking to our neighbors, and knocking on doors.

While our work continues, in the last few years the real threat of gun violence exists as a notion that we have to consider. 

If we are at the wrong house, or speaking to the wrong people, does their distrust of our presence mean that a gun is their response? Is it now the responsibility of every passerby in a neighborhood to suspect that a shooting may be an appropriate response?

Our national, cultural obsession with guns is costing innocent lives every single day. 

Action on gun reform and legislation is not a want - it is a must. There is no more room for countless tragedies in our hearts.

John, help us create the change we want to see in our nation by chipping in today.

In solidarity,

- No Dem Left Behind