Give me a moment to explain what happened yesterday.

In the morning, our movement showed up like never before. A sea of 560 orange-clad survivors, doctors, priests, nuns, rabbis, nurses, teenagers, and everyday Pennsylvanians flooded through every part of the PA Capitol. We met with more than 100 legislators, rallied, and demanded action. I was filled with hope. With joy. With power.

Then, I watched as we lost both bills by singular votes in the House. That means more homemade machine guns spewing up to 1,200 bullets in our communities. It means more firearms are trafficked into our communities, all because a handful of cowards caved to the gun lobby. 

I know we all need a moment to pause, to sit with our stubborn hope and righteous fury. My team does. But, we cannot wait a moment to let Pennsylvanians know exactly which legislators believe more guns and more bullets are the answer to our violence.

We are planning a $50,000 campaign to help voters understand exactly what happened – and the danger it poses. We have no gimmicky “matching” gift this time. We just have you. Will you channel your rage into action and help us reach this goal with a $5 donation today?

As we get closer to November, we want voters to understand how their legislators betrayed them and their right to live safely from illegal machine guns and trafficked guns. We'll be doing high-visibility activities like educational mailers, phone calls, door knocking, protests in front of legislative offices, local media blitzes, and storytelling by healthcare professionals and faith leaders – all focusing on strategic legislators in flippable seats. 

We’re going after Representatives Craig Williams, K. C. Tomlinson, Joe Hogan, Valerie Gaydos, and their ilk –  other anti-gun safety Republicans in districts where we know the majority of voters want gun safety. And we’re turning our eyes to places like York – whose police commissioner addressed our rally yesterday saying that criminals with machine gun conversion switches are literally outgunning his officers – and where Representatives like Seth Grove explicitly voted in opposition to law enforcement.

We have our work cut out for us to make sure the constituents of these cowards know what they’ve done. This is a marathon, not a sprint, and it’s going to take all of us to reach our $50,000 goal and fund our major summer and fall plans leading up to November 5th, Election Day. I know we’ve been asking a lot of you lately but I must ask you one more time: will you join our forward march with a $5 contribution right now?

Thank you for being with us,
Adam Garber
Executive Director
CeaseFirePA Action