This is tough for me to write – but I had to reach out to you. Two years ago, one of my close friends survived the Oxford High School mass shooting. But four of his peers didn’t. And in the two years since the slaughter, our legislators have continued to sit idly by while more and more Americans of all ages live through these tragedies. But enough is enough – we MUST kick every cowardly lawmaker who won’t take action to stop mass shootings out of office once and for all. Can I count on you to chip in $15 before midnight? Each and every donation goes DIRECTLY to electing gun safety candidates from coast to coast. >>
On the morning of November 30th, 2021, the unimaginable happened:
A fifteen-year-old shooter armed with a military-grade weapon stormed Oxford High School in Oxford, Michigan, and stole the lives of 4 innocent students – and wounded 7 other students and educators.
It has been two years since this tragedy.
But in those two years, students across the country have been subjected to countless mass shootings tearing their schools apart, and in 2023 alone:
… 3 innocent students were killed and 5 more were wounded at Michigan State University
... 3 elementary students and 3 educators were massacred at a Nashville private school
… 2 attendees were stolen and 17 more were wounded at a high school graduation ceremony in Richmond, VA
... 5 young people were wounded at Morgan State University's Homecoming celebrations
…And so many more tragedies played out at school campuses of all kinds across the country.
When will enough be enough? That’s why I’m calling on 500 gun safety champions to join me before midnight and PROVE to our legislators that Americans want an end to mass shootings IMMEDIATELY. Will you pitch in $15? The more you give, the more BAWN can give to candidates who are committed to ending mass shootings and passing a federal ban on the assault weapons that make them so deadly. >>
I know exactly what these massacres can do to a community.
When my cousin and best friend, Alex, was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, it tore the Parkland community – and my family – apart.
So I need you to make a crucial choice in this moment:
Either we can sit back, let the gun lobby and the politicians they back continue to block meaningful action, and watch these massacres continue…
Or we can band together right now, support gun safety candidates and leaders, and prove we have what it takes to put a stop to the bloodshed.
Because the truth is, if it can happen in Oxford, Chapel Hill, Nashville, Baltimore, and Parkland – it can happen ANYWHERE.
We can’t afford to back down. Not when the gun lobby is padding gun-loving politicians’ campaign coffers with MILLIONS in blood money. That’s why BAWN and I are counting on you to join us before midnight. Will you be one of the 500 supporters to join us before midnight? We need everyone on our team if we’re going to elect leaders who will work to prevent tragedies like the one at Oxford High School two years ago, and the more than 600 mass shootings that have already taken place in 2023. So, can you rush $15? Every dollar goes to supporting gun safety candidates up and down the ballot. >>
Thanks for all that you do,
Sam
Gun safety activist and cousin of Alex Schachter