Friday, June 6, is Wear Orange Day. We will be wearing the color orange tomorrow to honor victims and survivors of the gun violence epidemic, and we encourage you to join us.
Gun violence is not random or inevitable — it is driven by easy access to guns.
🟠 We wear orange to honor William Aboaje Samir Crawford and the loved ones who survived him. When William was murdered, Philadelphia had laws on the books that could have stopped his killer from obtaining a gun. But the rules couldn’t be enforced because decades ago, the General Assembly said municipalities can’t pass local gun safety laws. Click here to hear the story, told by William’s father, Stanley.
🟠 We wear orange to honor the 11 victims and many survivors of the 2018 mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. A community was shattered because of the shooting, the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history. The killer used a military-style weapon that has no place in our communities to inflict mass carnage. Click here to see a firsthand account from a survivor.
🟠 We wear orange to honor Brackenridge, PA Police Chief Justin McIntire and the family members who miss him every day. Chief McIntire was shot and killed by a suspect who used an unregulated machine-gun conversion device to make their handgun more deadly. Pennsylvania lawmakers have an opportunity to outlaw aftermarket devices like the one that killed Chief McIntire. Click here to watch the McIntire family tell their story.
🟠 We wear orange to honor the thousands of Pennsylvanians who are directly impacted by gun violence every year. Letting this epidemic continue unchecked is a policy choice Pennsylvania cannot afford to make.
