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John, let me tell you about my son.

Camilo was 18 in 2008, so his first opportunity to vote was Obama's first
presidential election. When I asked him about his plans to vote, he
shrugged it off, but I insisted that it was important for him to vote and
to make a plan to do so. He'd want to tell his children and grandchildren
that it was the first election he voted in. And by 2012, he was voting and
telling others to do the same, all without my encouragement.

But Camilo will never have children or grandchildren to tell about his
first vote.

In December of 2014, Camilo went to a neighborhood club to celebrate
completing his training to become a paramedic. On leaving the club, a gun
was fired into the crowd. One bullet hit Camilo in the heart, ending his
beautiful life and his bright future.

During this year of COVID-19, I often think of how Camilo would have been
a first responder. He would be saving others' lives if a gun hadn't ended
his.

John, gun violence prevention is on the ballot this year. After
Camilo was killed, I was shocked to learn that Americans are 25 times more
likely to die of gun homicide than citizens of our peer countries. Every
day, more than 100 people die from a gun in this country. The pandemic has
only made this situation more dire. Gun sales have soared, many to
first-time buyers, raising concerns of safe storage and handling.
Meanwhile, loopholes in our background check system continue to go
unaddressed due to the NRA's allies in office.

John, we need to vote. We need to elect Gun Sense Candidates to
office up and down the ballot.

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I wish Camilo were here to tell you about the importance of voting. That's
why this year, I vote for him and the countless others like him who will
no longer be able to cast their ballot for the future they believe in.

This year and every year, let's vote for them.

Thank you for being a part of this movement.

Clare Senchyna
Survivor of Gun Violence
Volunteer
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

P.S. [ [link removed] ]You can read more about my story and the stories of other
survivors of gun violence at Moments That Survive.




Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is a campaign of Everytown for Gun
Safety Action Fund. As a movement of Americans fighting for commonsense gun
policies, we depend on contributions from supporters like you to fund important
work to reduce gun violence.

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