With six more mass shootings this past weekend, 2023 is on track to be a record year for gun deaths in America, thanks in no small part to the NRA and the Republican politicians who serve them.¹

For decades, MoveOn members have told us that gun violence is one of the top issues we should confront as a nation. And with gun violence occurring at a record pace—52 mass shootings in January alone, killing or maiming nearly 300 people—we hope to do just that.²

We are planning a national effort to pressure Republican members of Congress who are utterly out of step with their constituents who want gun safety. Specifically, we want to put up high-profile billboards in as many of their districts as we can afford.

Right now, the GOP controls the House by the slimmest of margins and with 18 Republicans who represent districts that President Biden won. These are districts where constituents want gun safety laws, where these representatives will feel and respond to pressure, and where they'll be held accountable if they show more loyalty to the NRA than their own voters.

"Rep. X, your party received $15 million from the gun lobby. Was it worth it?"³

"Zero days since a mass shooting in America. Rep. X: Supporting the NRA over our families."

If your answer is yes, that you agree gun violence and the money that allows it to continue fuel an epidemic we must end, will you chip in $5 a month to help kick off our campaign and keep the billboards up for as long as it takes to exert maximum pressure on GOP House members?

We need to raise $100,000 before we can launch these billboards, so let us know today if you want us to start.

And lest anyone think our country's inability to act in the face of such tragedy is caused by anything other than NRA blood money, here's how much the top five Senate recipients of NRA money have raked in:⁴

Mitt Romney: $13,648,000
Richard Burr: $6,987,000
Roy Blunt: $4,556,000
Thom Tillis: $4,421,000
Marco Rubio: $3,303,000

Blood money. Every drop of it massacring school children, people of color, LGBTQ+ youth, parents, bystanders, and our elderly.

We know what we are up against. We have known it for decades. But we also know what works. Direct action. Which is why we need your help.

It's why we're asking you to chip in $5 a month to help us raise $100,000 to kick off our effort and then help sustain it. Will you chip in?

These billboards will use messaging that research shows will best move voters to hold the gun lobby and their marionettes in Congress accountable. Also, the billboards will spotlight the most vulnerable Republicans in swing districts that give us the best chance of making clear that siding with the NRA will cost them politically.

We know that the vast majority of Americans want more gun safety laws, including the reinstatement of the federal assault weapons ban. And we know that if Republicans in these crucial districts side with the NRA, voters will hold them accountable—and vote them out next November, helping usher in a Democratic majority that can build upon last year's historic gun safety legislation to take commonsense next steps.

But most importantly, we want these billboards to make clear that we will no longer stand by and allow gun violence to continue unchallenged.

As soon as we raise $100,000 (or it is clear we will), we will start. But if we don't see that level of support from our members, we won't be able to move forward. Remember, MoveOn is funded primarily by generous donations from grassroots supporters like you.

So this campaign starts, or ends, with you and your donation today. Will you start a $5 monthly donation today to kick off and help sustain this critical campaign to end gun violence in America?

Want to support MoveOn's work? Voters just defied history and stopped a MAGA wave of extremism at the polls. But there is more work to do to end the filibuster, codify abortion rights into law, and defend our freedoms, our families, and our futures. We can accomplish all this and more, but only if we work together.

Will you chip in monthly to power our critical work?

Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

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