Friend -

To go to bed mourning one mass shooting and then wake up to news of another ⁠-- this isn't the America I grew up in, but it is sadly the reality for my three daughters and kids nationwide.

Today, they awoke to the news that 29 lives were stolen from us in two horrific acts of mass gun violence in the past 24 hours alone. On top of that, there are dozens more of our friends and neighbors who have been injured, are mourning the loss of a loved one, or are reckoning with their community being ripped apart.

This is not the world our kids deserve.

I come from a state where we've now had 20 years of gun violence, starting with Columbine, which happened just before my first daughter was born.

All three of my daughters have grown up in the shadow of this violence that my generation didn't -- scared to go to school, to a movie theatre, or to a community event, because of what now happens too often in the United States of America.

It's not just the kind of mass shootings that we commonly think of, but it's the kind of violence that goes on every single day in neighborhoods across America.

We cannot sit idly by. There are commonsense solutions that the vast majority of Americans support that would make a real difference. We have to demand action and hold our leaders accountable at the ballot box if they fail.

So today, I am calling on Mitch McConnell to bring the Senate back in session this week to vote on commonsense gun safety legislation. We need to keep our communities safe. Sign my petition if you agree Congress must act immediately to say enough is enough.

America's kids have a job: it's to go to school, to learn, and to explore. It's not their job to keep weapons of war out of our communities, or to pass background checks to make sure people with no business having guns don't have them. That's our job.

Add your name if you agree we have to act now and chip in today to support gun safety groups like Gabby Giffords' organization, which are fighting every day to keep our kids safe.

-Michael

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