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Our U.S. senators could vote on a gun safety bill in a matter of days—but only if we keep up the pressure. Call Now: Tell your U.S. senators to pass gun safety legislation.
For the past several days, we've been coming together to #WearOrange and demand action from our lawmakers. We've made sure they haven't been able to look away from our tragic reality: Gun violence is the leading cause of death for children and teens in this country.
As members of Congress made their way back to the nation's capital on Sunday and Monday, our volunteers and survivors greeted them at the airports with Don't Look Away signs and photos of loved ones killed by gun violence.
And yesterday, I rallied with other Students Demand Action volunteers on Capitol Hill—standing in front of the words Don't Look Away spelled out in massive letters—and we made our voices heard.
At the rally, many of us wore bulletproof vests to underscore the measures families might have to take to keep kids safe if our senators continue to shirk their responsibility to protect us.
Sadly, this isn't too far off from our reality: Sales of bulletproof backpacks have been recently skyrocketing at retailers across the country.
I belong to a generation that has been forced to grow up living in fear of gun violence. A generation that has been marked by school shootings, mass shootings, and shootings in our communities every single day that don't make national headlines.
We deserve more. And we are here to demand it.
Our rally was just the beginning of what we have planned. Today, students across the country are staging another national walkout at their schools to demand action on gun safety. And then tomorrow, members of our movement are gathering on Capitol Hill once again in even greater numbers.
Together, we'll make it impossible for our lawmakers to look away from our gun violence crisis. Together, we'll demand action: Call now and tell your U.S. senators to pass gun safety legislation because lives are at stake.
Thank you for being a part of this movement.
Avery Hamill
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National Advisory Board
Students Demand Action
