John,

I was 15 years old when a shooter walked into my school on Valentine's Day, and massacred 17 of my classmates, friends, and teachers with an assault rifle, wounding 17 others in the process. In just a matter of minutes, our childhoods were stolen, our lives were shattered, and our entire community was forever changed.

Last night, a man walked onto the Michigan State University campus and proceeded to shoot and kill 3 students and wound 5 more. This cannot continue to be our reality.

John, your support in this movement is crucial. Guns are the number one killer of kids and teens in America, and yet the gun industry continues to market its products to us and innovate to make them deadlier. Your support means we can hold the industry accountable for the harm they cause in our communities.

Join our movement today to ensure we have the grassroots power to hold the gun industry and lawmakers accountable so other teenagers can grow up and graduate from school without losing their friends.

On top of an unchecked and unregulated gun industry, lawmakers across the country refuse to prioritize our lives over the gun lobby. And today of all days, Florida lawmakers are actively weakening my home state's gun laws by voting on a bill that would dismantle our gun permitting system. Enough is enough.

While the path to healing looks different for everyone, in the five years since I survived the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, I have found community and strength in the fight to end gun violence. We are a movement of students, survivors, parents, and gun safety advocates working together championing public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence—will you join us?

I hope you'll take a moment to reflect and remember those killed in the Parkland and MSU shootings, and I hope you'll choose to join us in the fight to end gun violence.

Sari Kaufman
she/her
Everytown for Gun Safety