John,
As a 24-year veteran of the Air Force, I don’t take gun ownership lightly. I was trained for safety and accountability, and I have always been acutely aware of the potential dangers that come with being armed.
When I was deployed in Iraq and Bosnia, I took the utmost care to handle my weapon responsibly in order to keep myself and the people around me safe. As a civilian, I take gun ownership just as seriously, and I always store my gun securely—unloaded, locked, and separate from ammunition—when out of use.
This is one of the reasons why I am so troubled by the NRA's reckless "guns everywhere" agenda. The National Rifle Association leadership doesn’t appear to be interested in responsible gun ownership, public safety, or anything other than their bottom line. Instead, they fly around the world in private jets, spend obscene sums on lawyers, and foment extremism—all while trying to roll back common-sense gun safety laws like requiring background checks on all gun sales.
Gun violence kills more than 100 people every single day in our country and wounds hundreds more. We have collectively shouldered the staggering weight of gun violence, and we can’t put up with it any longer. That's why I volunteer with the North Carolina Chapter of Moms Demand Action and serve on the Everytown Veterans Advisory Council.
Everytown and Moms Demand Action are working every day to defeat the NRA's extremism, advocate for common-sense gun safety measures, and end gun violence in America. And we rely on your grassroots support to keep our movement strong. Support Everytown and Moms Demand Action's movement to end gun violence by making a grassroots donation today.
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We need leaders who can stand up to the pressure from the gun lobby and NRA’s extreme leadership, and we need legislators to make data-driven decisions that will make us safer on a larger scale. We need to push past the noise, politicization, and rhetoric that is working to divide us and come together to make our country safer.
Thank you for being a part of this movement,
Shannon Klug
Member, Everytown Veterans Advisory Council
Volunteer, North Carolina Moms Demand Action
