John,

It has been three years since nine people were killed and 17 more were injured in a mass shooting in Dayton, OH. That attack was the third in a horrific string of mass shootings — in Gilroy, CA and El Paso, TX — that killed a total of 35 people. Parents, grandparents, children. All gone in seconds.

And this year, we witnessed yet another string of mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, and Highland Park. 

These shooters used military-grade assault weapons, these tragedies could have been prevented by a ban on assault weapons. These shootings keep happening because our lawmakers have not taken essential action to ban weapons of war from our streets — until now. 

We have never been closer to banning deadly assault weapons and finally saving lives. Last week, the House passed an assault weapons ban for the first time in decades and now the bill will move to the Senate – and we are counting on all of our grassroots activists to demand this lifesaving change.

We can help change our laws and keep more families from losing a loved one to senseless gun violence, but it will only happen if we all work together.

That's why I'm reaching out to you today with an urgent request: Please, before our midnight deadline, will you be one of the 10,000 people we need to sign our petition calling on the Senate to finally ban assault weapons and save lives?

Thank you for not giving up on this effort that will save lives.

Liz Dunning
Gun Violence Survivor
Vice President of Development