Dear Friend,
[ [link removed] ]Business Must ActFollowing the tragic hate-motivated mass shooting last
August in El Paso, Texas, [1] moms and family members across the country
cried out for Walmart to act — to exert its leadership for safer
communities with fewer guns. Then a month later, Walmart announced that it
would significantly shrink its gun sales and begin lobbying Congress for
gun reform. [ [link removed] ] This was huge!
Walmart’s example showed that when moms and families speak out, big
culture change can happen! That’s why MomsRising has joined the Business
Must Act coalition, [ [link removed] ] which is demanding that some of America’s largest
businesses and favorite brands step up to improve gun safety for their
customers and for the communities they serve.
[2]Click here to take action. Demand that America’s businesses:
1) Prevent customers from bringing guns into their stores;
2) End political donations to lawmakers who stand in the way of gun
reform; and
3) Invest in community-driven gun violence intervention programs.
Americans are grappling with the consequences of gun violence every day,
yet our government has failed to pass legislation to protect our loved
ones and communities. It’s time to also look to large American employers
to take responsibility for their workers, customers, and communities, and
do everything they can to keep us safe from the estimated 393 million
firearms in civilian hands. [ [link removed] ]
The Business Must Act coalition has taken a look at where some of
America’s largest businesses and favorite brands stand on gun safety, and
released the first-ever Gun Safety Scorecard. [ [link removed] ] A research firm analyzed
how the nation’s 29 largest retailers measure up in three specific
categories and assigned them letter grades. Reviewing the scores, it’s
easy to see that while some of these businesses are currently leading in
this issue, others can do much much more.
[3]Take action now and help us demand that America’s businesses take
responsibility for the gun safety of the communities they serve and the
customers they profit from.
Out of the 29 retailers studied for the Business Must Act scorecard, 25
experienced an incident involved a firearm in their stores, [ [link removed] ] which just
shows how the vast majority of businesses have grappled with the nation’s
gun crisis first-hand. It’s time for them to stop sitting it out!
Sign our Business Must Act petition, and we will send your signature to
some of the country’s largest companies and favorite brands to tell them
it’s time for them to take action for gun safety.
SIGN NOW⇒ [4][link removed]
The more people who sign on, the louder the message that we expect the
companies and brands we consume to take responsibility for the safety of
the business environment we shop in and that they profit from. So please
forward this email to your family members, friends, neighbors, and
everyone you know who wants gun safety and ask them to sign too!
We will never stop fighting to protect our children and loved ones from
violence.
In solidarity,
Gloria, Kristin, Donna, and the entire MomsRising Together team
[1] “[5]Minutes Before El Paso Killing, Hate-Filled Manifesto Appears
Online,” New York Times, Aug. 3, 2019.
[2] “[6]Did Walmart just change the gun debate?” CNN.com, Sept. 4, 2019.
[3] [ [link removed] ]Business Must Act
[4] "[ [link removed] ]There are more guns than people in the United States, according to
a new study of global firearm ownership," The Washington Post, June 19,
2018.
[5] [ [link removed] ]Business Must Act
[6] Ibid.
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