Hi John,

This week marks two years since back to back mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton left the country grieving. On August 3, 2019 a gunman, motivated by white supremacy and anti-immigrant hatred, opened fire in a Walmart in El Paso, TX killing 23 people and wounding 23 others in the deadliest attack on Latinos in modern American history. The country went to sleep mourning that needless tragedy and woke up to news of another. Just 13 hours after the El Paso shooting, a gunman in Dayton, OH opened fire outside a bar, killing nine people and wounding 17 others.

Both shooters used semi-automatic assault rifles, equipped with high-capacity magazines to carry out their attacks. In Dayton, the shooter’s AR-15 rifle was equipped with a 100-round magazine. He fired 41 shots into the crowd in less than 30 seconds.

Right now, in Washington state it is perfectly legal for a gunman to buy a 100 round magazine like the one used in Ohio. It happened in Dayton, Ohio. Next time, it could happen in Dayton, Washington.

High-capacity magazines make shootings more deadly. Plain and simple. Whether a state prohibits high-capacity magazines is the single greatest predictor of mass shooting rates.

We have been fighting for the last three years to pass a bill in the Washington State Legislature to restrict access to these lethal accessories. But time and time again, lawmakers have failed to act. We are determined to do whatever it takes to get this lifesaving policy passed. But we need your help.

Please, contact your legislators today and demand they take action to restrict access to high-capacity magazines next session.

Thank you,
Nelago (she/her)