John—

Last year, while I was on campus with a friend, I got a notification on my
phone about a school shooting just down the road from us.

At the Covenant School in Nashville, a former student armed with two
semi-automatic rifles and a handgun shot and killed three nine-year-old
students and three staff members. It became the deadliest mass shooting in
Tennessee history.

I wish I was surprised, but we've all become accustomed to gun violence in
our communities. Inaction was not—and still is not—an option.

So I joined students from over 300 schools across the country in walking
out as we called on Congress to take meaningful action to prevent more
tragedies like the one at the Covenant School. It has been a year, and we
are still calling on Congress to do something about the deadly weapons
that caused this preventable tragedy.

[ [link removed] ]Join me in honoring the Covenant community by urging your lawmakers to
pass a ban on assault weapons.

[ [link removed] ]BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS

The day of the walkout I remember a mix of emotions.

As our community continued to grieve, we were joined by thousands of
people from all over Nashville—students, teachers, parents,
grandparents—and together we used our grief and heartbreak and turned it
into action.

[ [link removed] ]Image from the Covenant students' 2023 walk-out, following the shooting at
their school. Students are marching down a Nashville street. They're
wearing red Students Demand Action shirts / school uniforms and are
holding posters that feature text like "Guns are the #1 killer of American
youth" and "Divest from the gun industry. #KillerBusiness".

Our progress in the past year fills me with hope. We have passed laws
recognizing the need to do more about stolen firearms, and we're taking
that momentum forward to demand stronger gun safety laws.

[ [link removed] ]Send a message urging your lawmakers to support a ban on assault
weapons to prevent future tragedies.

We won't forget March 27, 2023: We will honor the lives lost and the grief
of our community by making sure our lawmakers know that we, their
constituents, are counting on them to prioritize our lives over political
agendas.

Thank you for being with me in this movement,

Zack Maaieh
He/Him/His
Tennessee Students Demand Action


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