169 children have been killed in mass school shootings since 1999. Enough is enough.

Hi,

From Columbine High School to Robb Elementary School, 169 children have been killed in mass school shootings since 1999.1

169 children.

Now, in the wake of the horror of Uvalde, Americans want to know, will Congress finally do something?!

The answer could be yes. All Democrats have to do is end the filibuster.

A majority in both houses of Congress support common sense gun legislation. And while ending the filibuster was considered a fringe position at the time of the Sandy Hook shooting, nearly every Senate Democrat voted to end the filibuster in January when considering voting rights bills.2

And there's one other reason this time could be different: The NRA is facing bankruptcy and is weaker than it's ever been.3 If we make enough noise and put enough pressure on Congress, we can finally beat the NRA and get something done.

Will you make a donation and help pressure Congress to finally do what's necessary to end gun violence and make it safe for kids to go to school again?

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A stunning 84% of voters, including 77% of Republicans, support requiring all gun purchasers to go through a background check.4 And after the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, a bill to require universal background checks passed the House of Representatives and got 54 votes in the Senate.5

Yet because of the filibuster rule, 54-46 isn't enough to pass a bill in the Senate.

But since then, things have changed. Momentum is growing to end the filibuster, and after yet another horrific school shooting, how can Senators Manchin and Sinema look parents in the eye and say that an arcane rule is more important than protecting our kids?

We've had enough of NRA-owned Republicans sending "thoughts and prayers." We've had enough of Democrats who say these reforms are too extreme.

Donate now and help end the filibuster so we can finally end these mass shootings and protect our kids.

Thanks for standing with us,

Robert and the team at Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. ABC News, "From Columbine to Robb, 169 dead in US mass school shootings," May 25, 2022.

2. Vox, "Democrats' failure on filibuster reform will haunt them," January 19, 2022.

3. CBS News, "NRA, long viewed as invincible, faces shrinking membership and revenue," May 27, 2022.

4. Morning Consult, "Voters Are Nearly United in Support for Expanded Background Checks," March 10, 2021.

5. The Washington Post, "From Sandy Hook to Buffalo and Uvalde: Ten years of failure on gun control," May 24, 2022.

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