John,

On Wednesday, we recognized the first anniversary of the massacre in Uvalde, Texas that took the lives of nineteen children and two of their teachers.

And one year ago today, just 3 days after that unspeakable slaughter – perpetrated by a legally purchased weapon – the NRA refused to show the decency to cancel or postpone their gun fetish convention not far away in Houston.

Few things serve as stronger symbolism of this country’s inaction.

A year has passed since those children were killed. They played Little League baseball and Fortnite. They loved animals and mermaids. They were on elementary school honor roll and drew portraits of their teachers in class.

And those teachers – already serving their community in one of the best ways a person can – demonstrated their love for and commitment to their students with the kind of sacrifice few of us could comprehend. Two of them were killed standing between children and a gun. Many more were gravely injured.

One year has passed. Since Uvalde, there have been 674 mass shootings in the United States, and the pace of these tragedies is accelerating. According to the Gun Violence Archive, we’re now averaging a mass shooting every 14 hours and 15 minutes. Just one month ago, that average was every 16.5 hours.

What has Congress done? They passed meager gun control legislation last year. But in many states, Idaho being one of them, it has become easier to buy a gun, and easier to carry it wherever you like.

Legislation to raise the age requirements for purchasing an assault weapon – legislation that Uvalde families themselves begged for – failed in the Texas legislature.

For those NRA members who attended the Houston convention a year ago today, and for Republican legislators across the country, it’s business as usual.

I stand with those who lost children and family members in Uvalde last year, who have made themselves clear with their desperate call for action – any action.

I am running to represent ID-02 in Congress. I will stand up to Republicans who are in the pocket of the gun lobby. We must face this uniquely American problem that plagues all of us by delivering meaningful gun legislation to Idaho and the country.

In my last campaign, I was the only statewide candidate in Idaho who was willing to publicly support an assault weapons ban. And I still do.

I have two young sons. The tragedy in Uvalde is personal to anyone who fears that they could send their kids to school one morning, and never see them again.

The souls we lost there will never be forgotten. In their memory, in solidarity with their families who continue to fight today, and with my own children in my heart, I will never give up the struggle for real gun control in this country.

Onward together,

David Roth

P.S. Please vote, volunteer, and organize for candidates committed to gun reform. If you are able, please donate to an organization dedicated to ending gun violence. Here’s a link to Sandy Hook Promise. Thank you.

David Roth is a single, gay dad running for Idaho’s Second Congressional District. We’re going up against a GOP incumbent who has been in this seat for almost 25 years. It’s time for change in Idaho, and our grassroots campaign is building on the momentum that began in David’s race for U.S. Senate last cycle. The GOP is not planning to defend this seat, so we plan to take it from them and help Democrats retake the House majority next year. We’d love your support to build a solid campaign to bring progress to Idaho and the country.

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