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  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
January 18, 2022 at 5:01 PM

personally asking

  I’m about to ask you for $15 to unseat EVERY cowardly lawmaker backed by the NRA. It would mean so much to me if you could read my entire message. But if you have to log off now -- will you rush $15 before you go to help my organization DEFEAT the NRA and elect gun safety ch…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
January 15, 2022 at 6:01 PM

if the NRA can elect candidates, so can we

  We’re about to explain why we need you to chip in before our Mid-Month deadline in 11 hours. But if you’re short on time, will you pitch in $15 -- or anything you can spare -- to help us DEFEAT the NRA, compete with their deep pockets, and elect champions dedicated to ENDING…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
January 13, 2022 at 5:00 PM

please read immediately. don’t delete.

  We don’t normally send you emails this long -- but it’s absolutely critical that we tell you 3 crucial facts about our work to DEFEAT the NRA and kick every cowardly NRA-backed Republican out of office. It would mean so much if you could read our entire message, but if you ha…
  GUN VIOLENCE ALERT (via Ban Assault Weapons NOW!) · [email protected]
January 11, 2022 at 8:04 PM

HUMILIATING defeat

  We’re appalled. News just broke that Republicans are now pushing for PERMITLESS Open Carry gun laws. -- Ohio passed a permitless open carry bill. -- Georgia introduced a permitless open carry bill. -- Alabama introduced a permitless open carry bill. -- Now, Florida Governor…
  CNN JUST REPORTED (via Ban Assault Weapons NOW) · [email protected]
January 9, 2022 at 6:00 PM

please read immediately. don’t delete.

  We’re going to cut right to it:   We’re just 2 donations from your community away from hitting our critical End of Week Goal in 11 hours. Defeating the NRA is our top priority -- but that will be virtually impossible if we miss our midnight goal and are forced to make seriou…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
January 7, 2022 at 6:00 PM

please understand

  Our very FIRST End of Week Deadline of the year is just 48 hours away and we just crunched the numbers:   If 50 Founding Members from your community chip in, we’ll hit our $1,000 goal and be one step closer to defeating the NRA and replacing all their lackeys in office -- wh…
  BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS NOW, Gail Schwartz · [email protected]
January 5, 2022 at 5:08 PM

I can barely write this email

  BREAKING: 2022 has already seen NINE mass-shootings. Please, I’m PLEADING with you. We need 500 gifts before our FIRST deadline of the year to close our budget gap with the NRA. Will you rush $15 to help us defeat the NRA in this historic election and ensure this never happen…
  RICK SCOTT ALERT (via Ban Assault Weapons NOW) · [email protected]
January 3, 2022 at 6:01 PM

Rick Scott doesn't care if we are slaughtered

  BREAKING: Republican Senator Rick Scott blames low-income families for rise in gun permits We’re disgusted. Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott just admitted that he blames low-income families for the rise in gun permits. The NRA and their minions, like Scott, are spreadi…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
December 31, 2021 at 5:30 PM

our final ask

  We emailed you Wednesday. We emailed you Thursday. We have to email one last time today.   That’s how critical hitting tonight’s End of Year Deadline is to fund our campaign to BAN assault weapons, DEFEAT the NRA, and REPLACE every NRA-backed Republican with a Democrat. As o…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
December 31, 2021 at 4:20 PM

our final ask

  We emailed you Wednesday. We emailed you Thursday. We have to email one last time today.   That’s how critical hitting tonight’s End of Year Deadline is to fund our campaign to BAN assault weapons, DEFEAT the NRA, and REPLACE every NRA-backed Republican with a Democrat. As o…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
December 30, 2021 at 4:01 PM

Ron DeSantis doesn't care if we are slaughtered

  BREAKING: Governor Ron DeSantis said “of course” he will sign Florida Legislator’s Permitless Carry Bill We’re absolutely livid. We just watched Governor DeSantis ADMIT he will sign a law allowing people to carry HIDDEN and LOADED guns in public. With NO safety training. And…
  YOUR RESPONSE MISSING (via Ban Assault Weapons NOW) · [email protected]
December 29, 2021 at 4:01 PM

25,000 Signatures Needed:

  Biden Promised: “I’m committed to passing common-sense gun safety reforms as president” SIGN THE PETITION: We need 25,000 signatures on our emergency petition before our End of Year Deadline in 48 hours to DEMAND Biden makes good on his promise to act on gun violence. There w…
  LAUREN BOEBERT ADMITS (via BAWN) · [email protected]
December 28, 2021 at 3:51 PM

Lauren Boebert’s HORRIFYING announcement:

  BREAKING: Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert Caught Giving Massive Guns to Her Young Children   We’re absolutely appalled.   Lauren Boebert just flaunted a photo of her CHILDREN(!!) each toting massive guns…   … all in the wake of the horrific Oxford High School mass sh…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
December 22, 2021 at 5:01 PM

personally asking

  I’m about to ask you for $15 to unseat EVERY cowardly lawmaker backed by the NRA. It would mean so much to me if you could read my entire message. But if you have to log off now -- will you rush $15 before you go to help my organization DEFEAT the NRA and elect gun safety ch…
  YOUR RESPONSE MISSING via Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
December 19, 2021 at 5:01 PM

personally asking

  I am personally asking for your signature. I need 800 people to add their name to my open letter to principals everywhere to DEMAND change in school security. Since politicians have allowed communities to flood with guns, principals must assume every threat could lead to a ma…
  OBAMA ALERT (via Ban Assault Weapons NOW) · [email protected]
December 16, 2021 at 5:06 PM

Barack’s HEARTBREAKING announcement:

  BARACK OBAMA ANNOUNCEMENT: “The best way to honor [Sandy Hook victims] is to fight this epidemic of gun violence” We are deeply saddened. Nine years ago, 26 innocent lives were ripped from us at the hands of an assault weapon at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Now, President …
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
December 13, 2021 at 9:30 PM

please read immediately. don’t delete.

  We don’t normally send you emails this long -- but it’s absolutely critical that we tell you 3 crucial facts about our work to DEFEAT the NRA and kick every cowardly NRA-backed Republican out of office. It would mean so much if you could read our entire message, but if you ha…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
December 10, 2021 at 4:44 PM

Ron DeSantis CAUGHT?!

  BREAKING: Governor Ron DeSantis said “of course” he will sign Florida Legislator’s Permitless Carry Bill We’re absolutely livid. We just watched Governor DeSantis ADMIT he will sign a law allowing people to carry HIDDEN and LOADED guns in public. With NO safety training. And…
  YOUR RESPONSE MISSING (via Ban Assault Weapons NOW) · [email protected]
December 8, 2021 at 9:45 PM

25,000 Signatures Needed:

  Biden Promised: “I’m committed to passing common-sense gun safety reforms as president” SIGN THE PETITION: We need 25,000 signatures on our emergency petition before midnight to DEMAND Biden makes good on his promise to act on gun violence. There was just another mass shootin…
  OBAMA ALERT (via Ban Assault Weapons NOW) · [email protected]
December 6, 2021 at 6:45 PM

Barack Obama’s STUNNING announcement!!

  Did you see this?! Michelle and Barack Obama just broke their silence and called on all of us to take immediate action to end gun violence. We need 361 gifts in the door before tonight's Midnight Deadline to answer the Obamas' calls, fund our campaign to BAN assault weapons,…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
December 3, 2021 at 5:00 PM

HUMILIATING defeat

  BREAKING: NRA DOWNPLAYS GUN VIOLENCE IN WAKE OF MICHIGAN MASS SHOOTING I’m disgusted. Just hours after the horrifying school shooting in Michigan, the NRA launched a despicable attack against gun-safety advocates. Now, we need to make them regret it. For far too long the …
  BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS NOW, Gail Schwartz · [email protected]
December 2, 2021 at 5:01 PM

A fourth student just died

  BREAKING: MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING IS THE 53RD SCHOOL SHOOTING THIS YEAR I’m speechless. 2 days ago we witnessed a horrific mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan -- the 53rd school shooting just this year. I REFUSE to stand by while kids, just like my nephew A…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
December 1, 2021 at 7:35 PM

please understand

  Only 5 minutes.   It took the shooter only 5 minutes to shoot and injure 8 people in Michigan yesterday.   It took the shooter only 5 minutes to kill 4 people and take away their futures.   It took the shooter only 5 minutes to devastate an entire community.   The shooter us…
  MASS SHOOTING ALERT (via Ban Assault Weapons NOW) · [email protected]
November 30, 2021 at 11:31 PM

BEGGING you

  BREAKING: 3 students dead after mass shooting in Michigan. Please, I’m begging you. Will you rush $15 to help us defeat the NRA and ensure this never happens again? >> I’m so heartbroken -- I can barely write this email. My nephew, Alex, was shot and killed in his cla…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
November 30, 2021 at 5:16 PM

as of 12pm:

  We emailed you Sunday. We emailed you Monday. We have to email one last time today.   That’s how critical hitting tonight’s Giving Tuesday Deadline is to fund our campaign to BAN assault weapons, DEFEAT the NRA, and REPLACE every NRA-backed Republican with a Democrat. As of …
  [email protected], Sam Grady, Ban Assault Weapons NOW (3) · [email protected]
November 29, 2021 at 6:50 PM

humbly asking

  I survived the mass shooting at my high school in Parkland. Now, I’m desperately asking you for $15 to kick every last NRA-backed politician OUT of office once and for all. It would mean the world to me if you could read my entire message. But if you have to sign off now -- …
  BREAKING NEWS via Team Ban Assault Weapons Now · [email protected]
November 28, 2021 at 5:04 PM

NRA DEFEATED?!

  BREAKING NEWS: Support for common-sense gun reform hits dangerous all-time low   This is the most important email we have ever sent you. A breaking report shows support for gun control is at an all-time low. Please read this very closely: If we don’t move quickly to combat t…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
November 27, 2021 at 5:00 PM

PLEADING with you

  I’m about to ask you for $15 to unseat EVERY cowardly lawmaker backed by the NRA. It would mean so much to me if you could read my entire message. But if you have to log off now -- will you rush $15 before you go to help my organization DEFEAT the NRA and elect gun safety ch…
  Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
November 23, 2021 at 5:49 PM

please.

  We’re speechless.   Over the weekend our country saw FOUR mass shootings:   -- Passaic, New Jersey. -- Baton Rouge, Louisiana. -- Fresno, California. -- Berwyn, Illinois.   We are devastated for all the victims, families, and communities whose lives just changed FOREVER.   W…
  OBAMA ALERT (via Ban Assault Weapons NOW) · [email protected]
November 20, 2021 at 5:00 PM

Barack Obama’s STUNNING announcement!!

  Did you see this?! Michelle and Barack Obama just broke their silence and called on all of us to take immediate action to end gun violence. We need 261 gifts in the door before tomorrow's End of Week Deadline to answer the Obamas' calls, fund our campaign to BAN assault weap…
  BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS NOW, Gail Schwartz · [email protected]
November 16, 2021 at 7:50 PM

my heart just dropped

My heart just dropped. In the last 24 hours we’ve witnessed 3 mass shootings. I’m heartbroken for all the families impacted by the violence in Louisiana, Colorado, and New York. But I’m also fed up. I’m fed up that mass shootings like these still happen in our country almo…
  Sam Grady, Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
August 29, 2021 at 5:05 PM

she was selfless

Hi, friend. My name is Sam Grady, and I'm a survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. I was in Holocaust class with my best friend, Helena, when we heard the sound of gunshots. The next thing I knew, the shooter had broken the g…
  Gail Schwartz, Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
August 28, 2021 at 3:07 PM

I need your help to end school shootings

  ALERT: School shootings in New Mexico and South Carolina leave 1 child dead, 3 wounded Students have just started returning to the classroom, and we've already witnessed TWO devastating school shootings. Please, sign our urgent petition to protect our children …
  Philip Schentrup · [email protected]
August 25, 2021 at 5:06 PM

unbearable heartbreak

Friend, my daughter Carmen was everything you hope and dream your kid will be. She was one of the brightest students out there, a talented musician, and she had a great sense of humor. Carmen had a bright future ahead of her – but that was taken away from her in an instant…
  Gail Schwartz · [email protected]
August 23, 2021 at 5:05 PM

Tomorrow morning

Friend: I'm meeting with the team first thing tomorrow morning to go over responses to the survey we sent around – and now is your last chance to make sure yours is counted. In the face of mass shooting after mass shooting, our NRA-backed politicians have done nothing but block commonsens…
  DeSantis Approval Poll · [email protected]
August 21, 2021 at 4:06 PM

DeSantis is a DANGER to the people of Florida

   CRITICAL DESANTIS UPDATE:  DeSantis is a DANGER to the people of Florida Not only does he have no plan to tackle the gun violence epidemic – he has no plan to protect Floridians from COVID. We just found out that 1 in 5 of all U.S. COVID-19 infections are in F…
  Brendan Olsen, Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
August 18, 2021 at 11:36 PM

missing names – including yours

URGENT: Ghost guns are the easiest way for criminals to bypass gun laws – but the NRA is fighting to protect them. A new rule was just proposed to end the sale of dangerous, untraceable "ghost guns" – but we still need 551 more people to sign on in support of this lifesavin…
  =?iso-8859-1?q?Mar=EDa=2C?= Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
August 15, 2021 at 2:07 PM

No parent should ever have to bury a child.

Friend, It’s impossible to describe just how special my son Jerry really was. He would do anything for his friends and loved ones. He always went the extra mile, and he never expected anything in return. Every morning and every night, he would call me and his father. We coul…
  Debbi, Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
August 14, 2021 at 3:06 PM

"If not me, then who?"

Friend, My name is Debbi, and on Feb. 14, 2018, my husband Chris was killed when a shooter opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Chris died while trying to disarm the shooter and protect his students. The first thing that comes to mind when I think about Ch…
  Dr. Nicole Cook · [email protected]
August 13, 2021 at 5:06 PM

I got a text that said "shooting at school"

Friend, on Feb. 14, 2018, I got a text from one of my daughters that said "shooting at school" – and since that day, my family has never been the same. I had two daughters at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a shooter opened fire that day in February. Between the …
  Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
August 12, 2021 at 4:02 PM

what you need to know about "ghost guns"

URGENT: SALE OF UNTRACEABLE "GHOST GUNS" IS ON THE RISE The ATF just proposed a new rule to end the sale of untraceable "ghost guns" – and we need grassroots advocates like you to add your name in support of the regulation.  Friend, will you call o…
  Gail Schwartz, Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
August 11, 2021 at 10:07 PM

your personalized survey

  Personal Survey for friend CONTACT: [email protected] RESPONSE STATUS: PENDING I need 1,000 of our top supporters to help us finalize our lifesaving strategy before midnight tonight – and I'm counting on you to take our 60-second survey right now: …
  DeSantis Update (via BAWN) · [email protected]
August 10, 2021 at 8:06 PM

he's putting lives at risk, friend

  CRITICAL UPDATE: DESANTIS is putting students at risk by BANNING school mask requirements! Do you approve of Ron DeSantis? YES NO Gov. Ron DeSantis is a threat to our students' safety. Fo…
  Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
August 6, 2021 at 6:05 PM

Friend, we're missing your response

We can take action and save lives from gun violence, but only if we have enough grassroots support from people like you. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ …
  DeSantis Approval Poll · [email protected]
August 4, 2021 at 6:20 PM

DeSantis is a DANGER to the people of Florida

   CRITICAL DESANTIS UPDATE:  DeSantis is a DANGER to the people of Florida Not only does he have no plan to tackle the gun violence epidemic – he has no plan to protect Floridians from COVID. We just found out that 1 in 5 of all U.S. COVID-19 infections are in F…
  Gail Schwartz, Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
August 2, 2021 at 8:05 PM

teenagers buying guns

  BREAKING: FEDERAL COURT ALLOWS TEENS TO BUY HANDGUNS We need 1,000 of our top supporters to speak out against this decision before midnight tonight, and we're counting on you to tell us now: Should teenagers be able to easily purchase deadly weapons? …
  Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
July 31, 2021 at 4:05 PM

URGENT: preventing the next mass shooting

‌Time is running out, and we need your help. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ …
  Philip Schentrup · [email protected]
July 30, 2021 at 3:35 PM

unbearable heartbreak

Friend, my daughter Carmen was everything you hope and dream your kid will be. She was one of the brightest students out there, a talented musician, and she had a great sense of humor. Carmen had a bright future ahead of her – but that was taken away from her in an instant…
  Mayra Alvear · [email protected]
July 29, 2021 at 10:08 PM

my daughter Amanda

Friend, my daughter Amanda was a kind, loving person. A pharmacy technician studying to become a nurse, she was always committed to helping others – but she'll never get to achieve those dreams because she was shot and killed at Pulse nightclub in 2016. I'll never get to s…
  Gail Schwartz · [email protected]
July 29, 2021 at 4:08 PM

11,718 dead

Friend, 2021 is on track to become America's deadliest year for gun violence. So far, 11,718 lives have already been taken by senseless, preventable tragedies.  In the last few weeks alone, parents Yasmin Perez and Gyovanny Arzuaga were shot "execution-style" in Chicago; 5…