John, 2025 was a big year for our movement.
We had some victories:
- Several cities in Utah launched “Project Childsafe” which provides free gun locks and education about the importance of locking firearms away in a safe place.
- Governor Tina Kotek of Oregon signed a gun safety bill that bans rapid-fire devices and clarifies where firearms can and cannot be carried.
- After one of their classmates was shot on campus, hundreds of high school students in Oakland walked out of class calling for an end to gun violence.
As well as some setbacks and tragedies:
- In 2025, there were at least 391 mass shootings and 13,929 gun-related deaths in the United States.
- The recent shooting at Brown University cost us two beautiful lives, injured nine additional students, and devastated an entire community.
- President Trump disbanded the Office of Gun Violence Prevention which our team worked very hard to create under the Biden administration and replaced it with one designed to make it easier to put guns in dangerous hands.
We accomplished a lot last year but it is clear there is so much more work to do if we want to keep our communities safe. Will you take a stand against gun violence in 2026? Make a donation to March For Our Lives to power our work for another year.
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Thank you,
Jackie Corin
Executive Director
March For Our Lives
