image of ... [[link removed]]Dear John,
Today is the beginning of #WearOrangeWeekend to demand an end to gun violence. Wearing orange to bring attention to gun violence was started by friends and family to honor the life of Hadiya Pendleton, who at 15 was fatally shot in a Chicago park in 2013.
Now, it marks the beginning of Gun Violence Awareness Month, a month that also recognizes so many sorrowful anniversaries tied to gun violence — Breonna Taylor’s birthday, the massacres in Orlando and Charleston and, as always, the daily barrage of gun violence in all its forms that takes lives by suicide, within our communities, and within our homes.
Every day, over 100 Americans [[link removed]] are dying from gun violence. Our elected officials must act to save lives. Because of your support, we have made so much progress to hold our politicians accountable — but there is still more to do.
Today, post a picture on social media and tell us why you #WearOrange. Tag us on Twitter [[link removed]] and Facebook [[link removed]] to demonstrate the power of our movement.
Gun violence is a uniquely American public health crisis, and our elected officials must respond with a public health approach [[link removed]] to effectively save lives.
This approach is a toolbox for public safety. These tools can be effectively implemented to make our communities safer — whether they are extreme risk laws [[link removed]] that put time and space between guns and individuals at risk of harming themselves or others, investing in underserved communities and community violence prevention [[link removed]] programs, implementing and enforcing universal background checks [[link removed]] , or reforming law enforcement [[link removed]] so that Black and Brown Americans don’t have to worry if a broken tail light will cost them their lives. Communities across the country are demanding that our lawmakers vote for and implement these public safety tools.
The best way to carry the memories of the loved ones we have lost to gun violence is for our elected officials to immediately implement the public health approach to end gun violence.
Together, we call on our lawmakers in Congress, in our state houses, and in our local governments to accompany their orange shirts with a true commitment to passing and implementing the laws that will keep us safe.
Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Josh Horwitz
Executive Director
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
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