We want to share the story of our son Jerry, who was slaughtered eight years ago alongside 48 others inside of Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, by a gunman with an assault weapon. But if you’re short on time, can you chip in $15 to help Ban Assault Weapons NOW’s work to elect gun safety champions who will pass a ban on assault weapons like the one that stole our son from us? We can’t tell you how much your support would mean to us. >>

Tomorrow marks eight years since we turned on the TV, only to see our son Jerry’s car outside of Pulse Nightclub in the coverage.

We prayed we were wrong – but it was at that moment that we knew: Our son was among the 49 innocent lives stolen that night at the barrel of an assault rifle.

An assault rifle that, when we identified his body, had completely destroyed his chest.

But we don’t want Jerry to be remembered that way.

Because it’s impossible to describe just how special Jerry was.

He was silly, sweet, and friendly; he would've done anything for his friends and family.

He was the kind of kid who would call us every morning and every night.

We couldn't have asked for a better son.

Posing with family photos of Jerry

The horror of losing your child is unimaginable. Eight years later, we’re still just as heartbroken about his murder as we were the day it happened.

But, we’re also enraged.

Because for eight long years, assault weapons have been allowed to continue roaming our streets, tearing even more families like ours apart.

So, we’re honoring Jerry the best way we know how by taking this fight into our own hands and working to finally get a federal assault weapons ban passed and these weapons of war out of our communities for good.

That’s why we’re proud to support BAWN’s work to elect gun safety champions dedicated to passing this critical ban and keeping even more parents from knowing the pain of losing their child to an assault weapon. We’re personally asking you to step up and chip in $15 now to help honor Jerry and the 48 other innocents massacred at Parkland eight years ago tomorrow. BAWN is fighting relentlessly to elect a gun safety majority who will FINALLY pass a ban on assault weapons – and to REMOVE every single lawmaker standing in the way of this lifesaving ban. So, can we count on you? The more you give, the more funds BAWN can rush to gun safety candidates committed to protecting our families by banning assault weapons. >>

No parent should have to go through what we went through.

Thank you for bringing us closer to a reality in which weapons of war no longer devastate families and communities across our country.

Thank you,
Maria and Fred Wright
Parents of Jerry Wright
Committee Members of Ban Assault Weapons NOW