Dear MoveOn member,

Monday's mass shooting at Michigan State University—which left three
students dead and five critically injured—was the 67th mass shooting this
year. On Monday, we were only 45 days into 2023.^1

Students at Michigan State have now lived through multiple mass shootings
at their schools. Some students attended nearby Oxford High School, where
a mass shooting in 2021 left four students dead. And some had even
attended Sandy Hook Elementary School at the time of the 2012 massacre
there.^2

In a TikTok video, a Michigan State student who also survived the Sandy
Hook shooting said it was "incomprehensible" to have lived through two
mass shootings in her 21 years.^3

In the video, she said, "We can no longer just provide love and prayers.
It needs to be legislation. It needs to be action."^4

But there won't be action for one reason and one reason only: because the
GOP is utterly unwilling. Instead, Republicans in Congress are wearing
assault weapon pins on their lapels and spent 2022 trying to outdo each
other with campaign ads filled with military-style assault weapons that
glorify the use and ownership of guns.^5,6

That's why MoveOn has printed a huge batch of these "GOP: Guns Over
People" stickers—and we’re giving them away for free, while supplies last.

[ [link removed] ]Just click here or on the image below to get your FREE "GOP: Guns Over
People" sticker.

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Tuesday marked the fifth anniversary of the Parkland shooting, which left
17 dead and 17 injured.^7

Children in the United States are far more likely to die from gun violence
than in any other high-income country.^8

And guns are now the leading cause of death among young people in the
United States.^9

John, we know how to solve this problem. Strict gun laws work.
They've worked in U.S. states that have imposed them.^10 And they've
worked in countries around the globe.^11

And polls show that most U.S. voters, regardless of their political party,
want Congress to pass stricter gun laws.^12

But GOP lawmakers will say and do anything to protect guns and the gun
lobby that lines their pockets.

We don't have to tolerate the horror and death. We can join Canada,
Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, and other countries that all had
cultures of gun ownership, all tightened gun restrictions, and all saw
their levels of gun violence plummet.^13

But it's only going to happen if we join together and build and sustain
the movement to end the epidemic of gun violence in America.

[ [link removed] ]Claim your free "GOP: Guns Over People" sticker today, put it somewhere
others will see it, and share this message with your family and friends.

Thanks for all you do.

–Justin, Erica, Jaira, Allison, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Elementary School. High School. Now College. Michigan State Students
Are No Strangers to Mass Shootings." The New York Times, February 15, 2023
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2. Ibid.

3. Ibid.

4. Ibid.

5. "House Republicans Criticized over Assault Weapon Lapel Pins:
'Mortifying,'" Newsweek, February 5, 2023
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6. "In More Than 100 G.O.P. Midterm Ads This Year: Guns, Guns, Guns," The
New York Times, May 27, 2022
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7. "Elementary School. High School. Now College. Michigan State Students
Are No Strangers to Mass Shootings." The New York Times, February 15, 2023
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8. "The U.S. is uniquely terrible at protecting children from gun
violence," NPR, May 28, 2022
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9. Ibid.

10. "California Has America’s Toughest Gun Laws, and They Work," The New
York Times, May 31, 2022
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11. "Other Countries Had Mass Shootings. Then They Changed Their Gun
Laws." The New York Times, May 25, 2022
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12. "Most Voters Want Congress To Pass Stricter Gun Laws, Poll Finds,"
Forbes, May 25, 2022
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13. "Other Countries Had Mass Shootings. Then They Changed Their Gun
Laws." The New York Times, May 25, 2022
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