John–
Last week, several Students Demand Action volunteers and I went to Las Vegas to call out the gun industry and demand accountability. Days after the gun industry's party at SHOT Show, multiple horrific acts of gun violence in my home state of California, killed at least 18 people and wounded at least 10 others.
It's tragedies like these that motivate me to continue in this work, and make sure we demand action. Add your name to our petition to join us in holding the gun industry accountable for this deadly crisis.
Weapons like the one used in Monterey Park are made by a gun industry that profits off keeping these weapons of war in civilian hands. The fact that a gun like the one used is even commercially available to civilians shows how little certain actors in the industry care about public safety. We know guns are the leading cause of death of kids and teens in America and create so much fear, grief and trauma in communities across the country–including within the AAPI community.
We don't have to live like this, and our loved ones should never die like this. We won't stop fighting to end gun violence and holding the gun industry accountable, to honor the victims and survivors of this tragedy and all forms of gun violence.
Thank you for joining us,
Justin Funez
He/Him
Students Demand Action
