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  Fred Guttenberg · [email protected]
November 27, 2023 at 5:01 PM

personally asking

I don’t normally reach out, but I wanted to take a minute today to send you a personal note before Giving Tuesday is over in 24 hours. It would mean a lot to me if you could read until the end, but if you’re short on time, will you chip in $15 to BAWN before you log off to help …
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons Now PAC · [email protected]
November 25, 2023 at 4:01 PM

FWD: Mike Johnson’s HORRIFYING announcement

We’re absolutely horrified. We told you about House Speaker Mike Johnson’s remarks on Fox News SLAMMING Democrats who simply want to keep Americans safe from mass shootings. We told you about how the NRA touted Johnson’s support for their lobbying efforts just days after the …
  Me, Ban Assault Weapons Now PAC! (3) · [email protected]
November 24, 2023 at 4:31 PM

STUNNING rebuke

The holiday season is a time when families come together. Sadly, yesterday countless families were forced to sit down at Thanksgiving dinner without their loved ones – after our country witnessed over 600 mass shootings this year. It’s heartbreaking. No family should have to suff…
  [email protected], Gail Schwartz, Ban Assault Weapons NOW · [email protected]
November 21, 2023 at 4:01 PM

Our families’ lives are on the line...

Five years ago my life changed forever. My sweet 14-year-old nephew, Alex, was slaughtered at his desk during Language Arts class -- along with 16 of his classmates and educators in Parkland, Florida. I’m about to ask you to rush $15 before midnight, but first I hop…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
November 19, 2023 at 4:01 PM

1 year ago at Club Q in Colorado Springs

This is tough to write – but we had to reach out. One year ago today, a shooter armed with an assault weapon slaughtered 5 people and wounded 19 more at Club Q, an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs. In the year since, survivors and gun violence prevention activists have stood u…
  [email protected], Patricia, Manny (3) · [email protected]
November 17, 2023 at 5:31 PM

we’re suing the US government

We want to share the story of our son Joaquin (“Guac”), who was slaughtered in his school alongside 16 other students, educators, and staff. But if you can’t read our son’s full story, will you chip in $15 to help fund Ban Assault Weapons Now PAC's work to elect champions who wil…
  [email protected], Sam Schwartz, Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
November 14, 2023 at 4:01 PM

I need to tell you about my cousin:

Five years ago, my cousin, Alex, was killed in the Parkland shooting by a gunman with an AR-15. In a moment, I’m going to share my story and explain why your support is critical to ending mass shootings. I’m Sam Schwartz. Five years ago, my cousin, Alex, was killed i…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
November 12, 2023 at 4:00 PM

$1

That’s the donation we’re asking you to make before midnight. One dollar. That’s the donation we’re asking you to make before midnight. Seriously, just $1. $1 to elect gun safety champions dedicated to banning assault weapons, like the ones used in the Parkland and Pulse trag…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons Now PAC · [email protected]
November 10, 2023 at 4:31 PM

MSNBC just reported:

Everything – everything – just changed in our movement to ban assault weapons. FIRST: In 2022, a gunman with an assault weapon opened fire on a family Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, IL, slaughtering six people and wounding dozens more. THEN: Survivors and advocates …
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons Now PAC · [email protected]
November 8, 2023 at 6:02 PM

HISTORIC victory

You’ve got to see this: Last night our movement to elect gun safety candidates saw a HISTORIC victory across the country. → Gun safety WON in Virginia → Gun safety WON in Pennsylvania → Gun safety WON in New Jersey Now, we are one step closer to passing gun safety legislati…
  Me, Team Ban Assault Weapons Now PAC · [email protected]
November 6, 2023 at 4:09 PM

CNN just broke the news:

Things are moving quickly, so we’ll cut to the chase: 1. CNN just reported that 18 House Republicans sit in districts that President Biden won. 2. Democrats only need to flip FIVE to win back the House. 3. But House Republicans had their BEST fundraising week of the year aft…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
November 4, 2023 at 3:01 PM

Tammy Duckworth just announced:

We're sickened. We’ve witnessed a total of 588 mass shootings so far this year. Now, Senator Tammy Duckworth is urging Congress to take IMMEDIATE action to ban assault weapons and end this bloodshed in our communities at last. We need to stand with Senator Duckworth in this cri…
  [email protected], Team Ban Assault Weapons Now PAC · [email protected]
November 2, 2023 at 5:01 PM

SL: Mike Johnson’s HORRIFYING announcement:

We’re disgusted. – 8 days ago, our country saw the DEADLIEST mass shooting of the year take place in Lewiston, ME. – Then, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson went on Fox News to declare guns AREN'T the problem. – And now, the National Rifle Association is promoting a vid…
  Governor Gavin Newsom just announced: (via Ban Assault Weapons Now PAC) · [email protected]
October 31, 2023 at 3:31 PM

California’s assault weapons ban in JEOPARDY?!

Our fight to ban assault weapons is in critical danger. An extremist, right-wing judge just deemed California’s decades-old ban on assault weapons ILLEGAL. And now, the gun lobby could use this judge’s decision to shut our movement down COMPLETELY – and even overturn other states…
  FOX NEWS ALERT (via Ban Assault Weapons Now PAC) · [email protected]
October 30, 2023 at 6:31 PM

RE: Mike Johnson

We need your eyes on this immediately. FIRST: 5 days ago, a gunman with an assault weapon murdered 18 people in Lewiston, Maine. THEN: President Biden called out Republicans for REFUSING to ban assault weapons. NOW: Newly-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson ju…
  [email protected], Gail Schwartz, Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
October 29, 2023 at 2:31 PM

I'm disgusted

I’m about to reveal the depth of the disgusting culture extremist Republican politicians and so-called “influencers” have created around assault rifles and guns of all kinds. I’m about to reveal the depth of the disgusting culture extremist Republican politicians an…
  [email protected], Gail Schwartz, Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
October 29, 2023 at 2:31 PM

RE: Don Jr., Lauren Boebert, Elon Musk, and more...

I’m about to reveal the depth of the disgusting culture extremist Republican politicians and so-called “influencers” have created around assault rifles and guns of all kinds. I’m about to reveal the depth of the disgusting culture extremist Republican politicians an…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
October 27, 2023 at 3:01 PM

5 years ago at Tree of Life Synagogue

This is tough to write – but this is too important not to. It’s been 5 years since a white supremacist armed with 4 assault weapons slaughtered 11 innocent people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. But in those 5 years, nothing has changed. Our streets are…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
October 26, 2023 at 2:31 PM

sick to our stomachs...

We’re sick to our stomachs… Last night, our country witnessed a deadly tragedy in Lewiston, Maine. A gunman with an assault-style, military-grade rifle opened fire on a restaurant and bowling alley, slaughtering at least 16 people and wounding dozens more. Republican electe…
  David Hogg · [email protected]
October 24, 2023 at 3:31 PM

RE: Biden’s Gun Violence Prevention Office

This is unbelievable. After four years of nonstop advocacy from thousands of survivors and gun violence prevention activists, President Biden created the FIRST-EVER Office of Gun Violence Prevention. And now, just weeks after the office’s creation, Republicans are trying to A…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
October 23, 2023 at 8:11 PM

Pramila Jayapal just announced:

This is STUNNING. In the wake of the MONUMENTAL Illinois Supreme Court decision declaring the state’s assault weapons ban constitutional – Representative Pramila Jayapal is calling on Congress to ban assault weapons nationwide. We need a MASSIVE surge of support – 588 gifts befo…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
October 19, 2023 at 3:00 PM

$1

That’s the donation we’re asking you to make before midnight. One dollar. That’s the donation we’re asking you to make before midnight. Seriously, just $1. $1 to elect gun safety champions dedicated to banning assault weapons, like the ones used in the Parkland and Pulse trag…
  David Hogg · [email protected]
October 16, 2023 at 5:31 PM

this is absurd

This might be the most important message I have sent to date. USA Today just reported that school shootings have reached a historic high for the SECOND year in a row. And now, the gun industry is making military-grade, compact rifles that can fit inside a child’s backpack. I…
  David Hogg · [email protected]
October 16, 2023 at 5:01 PM

this military-grade rifle can fit inside a child’s backpack

This might be the most important message I have sent to date. USA Today just reported that school shootings have reached a historic high for the SECOND year in a row. And now, the gun industry is making military-grade, compact rifles that can fit inside a child’s backpack. I…
  David Hogg · [email protected]
October 16, 2023 at 3:31 PM

this is absurd

This might be the most important message I have sent to date. USA Today just reported that school shootings have reached a historic high for the SECOND year in a row. And now, the gun industry is making military-grade, compact rifles that can fit inside a child’s backpack. I…
  [email protected], Gay Valimont, Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
October 14, 2023 at 3:32 PM

RE: Matt Gaetz

I’m Gay Valimont, the Democrat running to defeat MAGA Congressman Matt Gaetz and turn Florida’s 1st District blue. I’m Gay Valimont, the Democrat running to defeat MAGA Congressman Matt Gaetz and turn Florida’s 1st District blue. For far too long, Gaetz has put speci…
  [email protected], Sam Schwartz, Ban Assault Weapons NOW! (3) · [email protected]
October 12, 2023 at 4:02 PM

RE: Charleston, South Carolina

I spent the summer traveling across the country, along with other people affected by gun violence, to sites of modern mass shootings. We ended the tour in August at a church in Charleston, SC where a white supremacist murdered 9 people in a racially motivated hate …
  [email protected], Patricia, Manny (3) · [email protected]
October 9, 2023 at 7:21 PM

please read. don’t delete.

We want to share the story of our son Joaquin (“Guac”), who was slaughtered in his school alongside 16 other students, educators, and staff. But if you can’t read our son’s full story, will you chip in $15 to help Ban Assault Weapons NOW! fight to elect champions who will work to…
  David Hogg · [email protected]
October 7, 2023 at 3:01 PM

humbly asking

I went on MSNBC to discuss the launch of Leaders We Deserve, an organization I co-founded to elect young people to office to make real change in Congress and State Legislatures across the country. Here’s why: After the Parkland shooting, people told us that young…
  [email protected], Gail Schwartz, Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
October 5, 2023 at 3:01 PM

Students were kicked out of North Carolina’s state legislature:

I need you to understand what happened in North Carolina last month: TWO shootings halted classes at UNC-Chapel Hill – one of which took place on the FIRST day of classes. After the first shooting, students described cowering behind their desks. They said they…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
October 3, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Nancy Pelosi just announced:

WOW! After we sat and slept at the U.S. Capitol for SEVEN days straight this summer demanding a vote on the assault weapons ban in Congress, Nancy Pelosi stood with us and delivered her colleagues a STUNNING call to action. We need to stand with Pelosi in this defining moment and…
  David Hogg · [email protected]
September 30, 2023 at 3:31 PM

this shit works

My friend Kevin and I started Leaders We Deserve 52 days ago, with the goal of transforming our political system by electing young gun safety candidates up and down the ballot from state to state. My friend Kevin and I started Leaders We Deserve 52 days ago, with the…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
September 29, 2023 at 4:32 PM

Pramila Jayapal just announced:

This is STUNNING. In the wake of the MONUMENTAL Illinois Supreme Court decision declaring the state’s assault weapons ban constitutional – Representative Pramila Jayapal is calling on Congress to ban assault weapons nationwide. We need a MASSIVE surge of support – 788 gifts befo…
  Rep. Maxwell Frost · [email protected]
September 28, 2023 at 9:02 PM

major win for our movement to end gun violence

This is a massive win for our youth-led movement to end gun violence across the country. THE WASHINGTON POST: “Biden to Create New Office of Gun Violence Prevention” This is a massive win for our youth-led movement to end gun violence across the country. Alongsi…
  Emily Busch, Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
September 26, 2023 at 3:32 PM

My son survived a mass shooting, now I’m running for Congress

I’m Emily, mom of a survivor of the 2021 Oxford High School shooting in Michigan. My son Andrew and me I’m Emily, mom of a survivor of the 2021 Oxford High School shooting in Michigan. Since getting the message we all fear that morning, I’ve known I needed to take acti…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
September 23, 2023 at 3:01 PM

Tammy Duckworth just announced:

We're sickened. We’ve witnessed a total of 501 mass shootings so far this year. Now, Senator Tammy Duckworth is urging Congress to take IMMEDIATE action to ban assault weapons and end this bloodshed in our communities at last. We need to stand with Senator Duckworth in this cri…
  David Hogg · [email protected]
September 22, 2023 at 3:42 PM

I’ll cut to the chase:

Things are moving quickly, so I’ll cut to the chase: Things are moving quickly, so I’ll cut to the chase: First: CNN revealed that 2023 is on track to be the deadliest year in a decade for gun violence. Then: Our country hit a record high of school shootings for …
  David Hogg · [email protected]
September 20, 2023 at 4:52 PM

RE: Joe Biden’s HISTORIC news

I need you to see this game-changing news. I need you to see this game-changing news. The Washington Post just reported that President Biden is creating a brand new office for gun violence prevention. This is a historic movement and proves the strength of our mov…
  THANK YOU GOVERNOR LUJAN GRISHAM (via BAWN) · [email protected]
September 19, 2023 at 3:31 PM

✏️ Your signature needed:

NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR ISSUES TEMPORARY BAN ON CARRYING GUNS AT PARKS & PLAYGROUNDS SIGN THE CARD: Three children were recently stolen by gun violence in New Mexico – it’s absolutely devastating. Then, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham responded by declaring gun viol…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
September 17, 2023 at 5:00 PM

$1

That’s the donation we’re asking you to make before midnight. One dollar. That’s the donation we’re asking you to make before midnight. Seriously, just $1. $1 to elect gun safety champions dedicated to banning assault weapons, like the ones used in the Parkland and Pulse trag…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
September 15, 2023 at 3:01 PM

Kamala Harris’ STUNNING announcement!!!

We’re FLOORED! So far this year we’ve witnessed almost 500 mass shootings. Now, the President and Vice President are calling on Congress to take action immediately to ban assault weapons and protect our communities. We need to stand with our country’s leaders now more than ever …
  David Hogg · [email protected]
September 13, 2023 at 3:01 PM

29 years ago today:

Today marks 29 years since President Bill Clinton signed the federal assault weapons ban into law – for the first and only time in our nation’s history. And it’s also 19 years since elected officials let that ban lapse. I’m about to explain all the damage done since assault weapo…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
September 9, 2023 at 4:00 PM

FWD: Tammy Duckworth just announced:

We’re overjoyed. We told you about Senator Tammy Duckworth's PHENOMENAL call-out of gun-lobby-backed politicians. We told you about the Illinois Supreme Court’s HISTORIC decision to uphold the state’s assault weapons ban. Now, we need to tell you about Senator Duckworth’s a…
  David Hogg · [email protected]
September 7, 2023 at 3:30 PM

Thank you in advance

Five years ago, my world turned upside down when a gunman with a military-grade assault weapon stormed my high school, shooting 34 people and killing 17 kids and educators. I’m about to ask you for $15 to help my organization Leaders We Deserve and BAWN elect young l…
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
September 6, 2023 at 5:01 PM

870​ responses needed:

BREAKING: ANOTHER SENATOR CO-SPONSORS BILL TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS This is HUGE! Senator Maria Cantwell just became a co-sponsor of the bill to ban assault weapons in the U.S. Senate. But there are still 55(!!) Senators who have not signed on this life-saving legislation – ev…
  [email protected], Sam Schwartz, Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
September 5, 2023 at 4:30 PM

RE: UNC-Chapel Hill

I’m speechless. 5 years ago, 17 students and educators – including my cousin Alex – were gunned down in their school in Parkland, Florida. The families of the victims and survivors stood up in unprecedented numbers to demand change so no one would ever have to feel the pain w…
  Patricia and Manuel Oliver · [email protected]
September 2, 2023 at 3:00 PM

please read. don’t delete.

As students and their families head back to school, we want to share the story of our son Joaquin (“Guac”), who was slaughtered in his school alongside 16 other students, educators, and staff. But if you can’t read our son’s full story, will you chip in $15 to help Ban Assault We…
  [email protected], Team Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
August 31, 2023 at 3:30 PM

470+ mass shootings this year

We’re absolutely heartbroken… We just witnessed yet another shooting fueled by extremism and hate over the weekend. A white supremacist armed with an AR-15 slaughtered 3 innocent Black people at a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida. Assault weapons are plaguing our com…
  David Hogg · [email protected]
August 28, 2023 at 3:00 PM

What I told MSNBC:

I was just on MSNBC to announce the launch of Leaders We Deserve, an organization I co-founded to elect young people to office to make real change in Congress and State Legislatures across the country. Here’s why: After the Parkland shooting, people told us that …
  [email protected], Ban Assault Weapons NOW! · [email protected]
August 27, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Pramila Jayapal just announced:

This is STUNNING. In the wake of the MONUMENTAL Illinois Supreme Court decision declaring the state’s assault weapons ban constitutional – Representative Pramila Jayapal is calling on Congress to ban assault weapons nationwide. We need a MASSIVE surge of support – 584 gifts befo…