Friend,
As Pennsylvania kicks off the 2023 legislative session, we do so under a new governor for the first time in nearly a decade. Governor-elect Josh Shapiro has pledged bold, bipartisan leadership — and we’re going to need every bit of it to tackle our gun violence epidemic that kills 1,700 Pennsylvanians per year.
2022 ended with the Lancaster murders of a dedicated mother and nurse named Courtney Cooper, fatally shot by her boyfriend, and of Luis Oscar Sanchez, a father of two with a third on the way[1]; with the York City murder of Demetres Lewis, where the city’s police captain believes the annual homicide rate hasn’t been so high in 20 years[2]; and with a mass shooting in rural Lycoming county that left four people dead by a rifle[3].
As Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, Josh Shapiro prosecuted gun traffickers and cracked down on ghost guns, noting “gun violence is ravaging our communities.”[4] He’s right, and it’s time to end this crisis.
Ask Governor Shapiro to make tackling gun violence a top priority for his administration and tell him we need new gun safety laws, including lost and stolen firearms reporting and Extreme Risk Protection Orders.
Governor-elect Shapiro has a track record of working toward bipartisan solutions. Please ask him to make a commitment to work for our safety in his inaugural address so that the General Assembly, and all Pennsylvanians, know we have a gun safety champion in the Governor’s office.
Sign the petition now.
Sincerely,
Adam
1. https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/editorials/terrible-violence-in-lancaster-shows-why-we-need-laws-that-keep-guns-out-of-hands/article_873cbc82-7b56-11ed-bae1-131d3d3366a4.html
2. https://www.abc27.com/local-news/york/man-killed-in-overnight-york-city-shooting/
3. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2022-11-05/coroner-4-dead-including-gunman-in-pennsylvania-shooting
4. https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/ag-shapiro-5-arrested-allegheny-county-gun-trafficking-related-offenses/QBD4UD5NVZGG5DAA5JUXIOCUPU/
