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Happy New Year, John!
2019 was wild, wasn’t it?
In 2018 we marched and formed chapters around the country. But in 2019, we got *busy*
Check out some highlights
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To recap some of our greatest hits:
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After
packing
the
House
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(of
Representatives),
H.R.
8
--
the
Bipartisan
Background
Checks
Act
--
passed!
This
was
the
first
gun
violence
bill
to
pass
through
the
House
in
a
generation.
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Over
300
young
people
from
around
the
country
came
together
for
#OurPower
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--
our
first
ever
summit
to
equip
and
train
student
organizers
with
the
tools
and
skills
they
need
to
take
on
the
NRA
and
fight
for
gun
safety
laws.
*
We
unrolled
our
Peace
Plan
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--
a
bold,
comprehensive
layout
for
the
policies
and
steps
a
future
president
should
take
to
end
the
gun
violence
epidemic.
*
In
collaboration
with
Giffords,
we
brought
nine
of
the
leading
Democratic
presidential
candidates
together
in
one
of
the
first
presidential
forums
on
gun
violence
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and
talked
to
them
about
policy
and
violence
prevention.
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Our
student
lobbyists
took
to
the
Hill
and
social
media
through
the
#WeNeedToKnow
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campaign
with
Brady
to
advocate
for
more
funding
for
gun
violence
research.
And,
just
a
few
weeks
ago,
Congress
reached
a
deal
to
allocate
$25
MILLION
towards
that
research.
So, yeah, I would say between all of this, dozens of legislative victories at the state level, PLUS all the NRA fails [[link removed]] , it was a pretty good year. All of it was thanks to the support of activists, families, educators, and young people from around the country -- like you!
But we’re not done yet. Despite all our hard work, not enough change has happened. 2019 was the deadliest year [[link removed]] for mass killings dating back to the 1970s -- most of it was mass shootings. And everyday gun violence has kept with the same record highs we’ve been seeing.
Political corruption and inaction are still delaying bills. Every historic gun violence prevention bill that has passed the House has stalled in the Senate without even being given a vote. So much more could be done if we had elected officials who listened to the people instead of Wayne LaPierre and his NRA money.
That’s why, in 2020, we’re committed to registering as many young people to vote as possible AND turning them out to vote. When #GenerationLockdown [[link removed]] votes, we vote for gun safety candidates, just like we did in historic numbers in 2018. We Vote For Our Lives.
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Thanks for being a part of this journey -- together, we’ve changed the political climate on gun reform, and only together can we make real change possible. It’s been almost two years since we said #NeverAgain, but we’re not shutting up anytime soon.
We’re fighting for peace and justice. We’re taking on the NRA. And we’re going to win.
In solidarity,
March For Our Lives
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