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July 11, 2020 at 10:07 PM

The worst record to break

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation John, this chart doesn’t represent cases of COVID-19. It doesn’t represent the number of demonstrations protesting police brutality. It represents a third epidemic devastating our communities: mass shootings. There were 95 m…

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July 9, 2020 at 8:16 PM

Join us in the fight for racial justice

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Like many others, we have spent the past few weeks reflecting on our work and our role, as individuals and as an organization, in the fight to dismantle the structural racism and injustice at the core of our country.…

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July 6, 2020 at 4:42 PM

Honoring Philando Castile

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Four years ago today, Philando Castile, a 32-year-old Black man, was pulled over in the suburbs of St. Paul, Minnesota while driving with his partner and her 4-year-old daughter. Castile had a legal concealed carry p…

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June 30, 2020 at 5:10 PM

Pride

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Today is the last day of Pride month, a time we typically celebrate at marches, parades, and events throughout our communities. But this year, Pride demanded more than the normal celebrations. The coronavirus pandemi…

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June 27, 2020 at 3:40 PM

White supremacy and the gun lobby

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Over the last few months, the structural racism that defines every modern American institution has been laid bare and the gun lobby--and many gun laws--is no exception. Attempts to oppress people of color, and Black …

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June 25, 2020 at 3:56 PM

A June Note

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation JUNE NEWSLETTER   This month, perhaps more than any other in the Alliance’s history, has been one of reflection. From the racial justice movement to the pandemic to Pride, we are confronting our values and social constru…

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June 19, 2020 at 2:15 AM

TOMORROW: Juneteenth/Day of Healing

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Tomorrow is Juneteenth, a celebration of the end of slavery. If you’ve never heard of Juneteenth, you are not alone. The fact that so many of us did not learn about Juneteenth in or out of school is another example o…

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June 17, 2020 at 2:13 PM

Remembering Charleston

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Five years ago, a white supremacist opened fire at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina wanting to “start a civil war.” He killed nine people and injured one other in a horrifying …

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June 15, 2020 at 8:11 PM

[BREAKING]: A win for gun safety

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, We are glad to be sharing a bit of good news! Today, in addition to a landmark decision banning employment discrimination against LGBTQ+ people, the Supreme Court declined to hear 10 gun-rights cases brought by the g…

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June 9, 2020 at 9:35 PM

Thank you!

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Watch a recording of our luncheon. Hi John, Last week, we hosted our first-ever virtual luncheon. We held the event with heavy hearts as we mourn the loss of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black lives an…

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June 5, 2020 at 1:32 PM

#WearOrange Today!

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Today is National Gun Violence Awareness Day—also known as Wear Orange—a day when gun violence prevention advocates across the country wear orange to honor the victims of gun violence and show support for the gun saf…

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May 29, 2020 at 5:18 PM

#WearOrange on June 5th

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Next Friday, June 5, 2020 is National Gun Violence Awareness Day—also known as Wear Orange—a day when gun violence prevention advocates across the country wear orange to honor the victims of gun violence and show sup…

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May 28, 2020 at 6:45 PM

Two-to-one match!

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, We are so excited to host our virtual luncheon on Monday! Thanks to our generous supporters, we have raised more than $730k, but we are still short of our $1M goal. Can you help us finish strong this weekend? Don…

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May 21, 2020 at 11:21 PM

A May Note

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation MAY NEWSLETTER   The last month has brought painful reminders that the gun violence crisis is not stopping amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Among the most devastating incidents were the killings of Ahmaud Arbery in Georg…

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May 20, 2020 at 5:59 PM

Joaquin

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Two years ago, our son Joaquin was shot and killed in the hallway at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida. He was just 17 years old. Joaquin was a protector. As a teenager, he was already the …

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May 18, 2020 at 10:54 PM

Preventing firearm suicide

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Suicide accounts for nearly two-thirds of all gun deaths in the United States. As we confront the impact of COVID-19 and record gun sales across the country, the risk of firearm suicide is only growing. Thankfully, t…

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May 14, 2020 at 10:36 PM

The truth about COVID and gun violence

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Across the country, the coronavirus is upending daily life and causing a panic—and it is sparking an exponential increase in purchases of guns and ammunition. We know that having a gun in the home INCREASES the r…

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May 8, 2020 at 7:44 PM

The Luncheon!

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation The Alliance team has been hard at work thinking through how to host our annual luncheon in the time of COVID. The luncheon is our signature fundraising event of the year and we rely on it to generate nearly half of our o…

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April 29, 2020 at 9:37 PM

Drive-through gun sales

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Nothing is normal right now, John. To say the coronavirus has upended daily life feels like an understatement. It has changed everything about the way we operate. These changes have brought uncertainty, financial hardship, an…

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April 20, 2020 at 9:57 PM

Our First Presidential Endorsement

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Today marks 21 years since the shooting at Columbine High School woke the country up to the gun violence epidemic. More than two decades later, we’ve seen local and state progress, but at the federal level far too l…

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April 10, 2020 at 6:25 PM

Help us disarm domestic violence

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, As COVID-19 upends our daily lives, victims of domestic violence are at a heightened risk of gun violence. The guidance designed to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus—stay home as much as possible and limit co…

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April 7, 2020 at 7:04 PM

Virtual Luncheon

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, I hope you and your loved ones are faring well as we navigate these difficult times. Every year, the Alliance holds a luncheon to celebrate our successes to date and speak to the work ahead. This event, which fea…

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April 1, 2020 at 6:10 PM

Tell Trump: Guns are NOT essential

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation This is unbelievable, John. Over the weekend, the Trump Administration added the firearms industry to the federal list of critical businesses that are still allowed to operate. This change treats gun store and shooting range …

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March 30, 2020 at 9:33 PM

Tough times

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation John, To say it is a difficult time is an understatement. We are in uncharted territory. Every day brings new challenges as we try to do our part to slow the spread of COVID-19. This new reality has forced us to dramatically …

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March 24, 2020 at 3:06 PM

The day that changed our movement

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Two years ago, more than one million people took to the streets across the United States to demand action to stop gun violence. The March For Our Lives was led by survivors of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas…

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March 20, 2020 at 7:51 PM

A March Note

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation MARCH NEWSLETTER   Our world has been upended as we struggle with the ever-evolving reality of life in the face of COVID-19. Unfortunately, we have been reminded that one public health crisis does not stop for another as…

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March 19, 2020 at 5:58 PM

One public health crisis doesn’t stop for another

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, These are uncertain and unprecedented times. Every day brings new changes as we adapt to try to fight COVID-19. Unfortunately, even as daily life in the United States has been upended, we have been reminded that one …

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March 14, 2020 at 10:22 PM

We expected more

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Thursday marked the end of Washington’s 2020 legislative session. In this short session, we saw some big wins. The legislature passed much-needed bills, centralizing the state’s background check system, protecting ou…

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March 13, 2020 at 6:41 PM

That's a wrap!

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Washington’s 2020 legislative session is officially over and there is much to celebrate! We went into this short session with one of our most ambitious agendas to-date and lawmakers delivered some big victories. In t…

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March 3, 2020 at 5:56 PM

Take our super survey!

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Today will bring one or more Democratic presidential hopefuls one step closer to clinching the nomination. For others, it will bring an end to a hard-fought campaign. As the votes are counted this Super Tuesday, gun …

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February 28, 2020 at 12:19 AM

Help us pass high-capacity magazine restrictions

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Urgent action needed this weekend John, We are dangerously close to losing our top priority right now: passing a bill to prohibit high-capacity magazines and keep our families safe. FUND THIS FIGHT A small group of r…

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February 17, 2020 at 4:21 PM

Presidents Day Quiz

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Happy Presidents Day! Presidents play a substantial role in shaping our national gun violence prevention agenda. Some for the better...and some for the worse. Gun violence prevention is a leading issue for voters in …

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February 15, 2020 at 1:21 AM

FWD: Two years ago

Alliance For Gun Responsibility John - I wanted to make sure you saw April’s email. It is a sad reminder of why we are in this fight. April’s daughter Carmen was killed in Parkland two years ago and she has been working tirelessly ever since to make sure no other family has to endure what hers …

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February 14, 2020 at 4:55 PM

Two years ago

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Remembering Parkland John, Two years ago today, my daughter Carmen was gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. She was shot four times as she tried to hide in her AP Psychology class. She was …

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February 14, 2020 at 1:18 AM

Stand with Parkland

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Tomorrow marks two years since a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Armed with an assault rifle and 300 rounds of ammunition, he killed 17 students and staff and injured …

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February 6, 2020 at 2:15 AM

#ImWithFred

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation John, At last night’s State of the Union address, Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old daughter Jaime was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland almost two years ago, was an honored guest of Speaker Nancy Pe…

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February 1, 2020 at 3:44 PM

My story

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Almost nine years ago, my son Billy Ray Shirley III, was stolen from me in a senseless act of gun violence. He was just 17 years old. The sad truth is I am not alone in my loss. I am one of far too many mothers—far t…

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January 30, 2020 at 10:29 PM

We can’t let them undo I-1639

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, These first few weeks of 2020 have shown us that demand for commonsense gun safety laws is as high as ever. Hundreds of advocates joined us at the Capitol last week to call on the legislature to take action on gun r…

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January 28, 2020 at 1:03 AM

A January Note

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation JANUARY NEWSLETTER   The 2020 legislative session is officially underway! Hundreds of supporters helped us turn Olympia orange last week as we advocated for a bold set of gun violence prevention policies. You can follow …

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January 21, 2020 at 6:27 PM

We won’t be intimidated

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Yesterday was the first gun violence prevention hearing of the 2020 legislative session. More than 100 volunteers and testifiers came to Olympia to urge lawmakers to restrict high-capacity magazines and pass other gun respons…

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January 20, 2020 at 7:55 PM

Fighting to restrict high-capacity magazines

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Today is what the Alliance is all about, John. Since 6 AM, gun violence prevention advocates from all across Washington state have been outside the Senate Building in Olympia preparing for the first gun violence prevention h…

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January 13, 2020 at 6:26 PM

Help power an orange Olympia!

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Washington state’s legislative session starts today! This year, we are proposing an ambitious agenda of evidence-based policies that will close deadly loopholes, keep guns out of dangerous hands, and ensure our exist…

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January 10, 2020 at 6:23 PM

Take our gun laws quiz!

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, At the Alliance, we spend a lot of time talking about updating our existing laws and passing new laws to keep our communities safe from gun violence. But we don’t talk as often about what gun laws are currently on th…

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January 8, 2020 at 6:33 PM

Nine years ago

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Nine years ago today, Representative Gabby Giffords was meeting with constituents at a “Congress on Your Corner” event in Tucson, Arizona when a gunman opened fire, killing six people and wounding 13 others. Rep. Gif…

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January 1, 2020 at 6:39 PM

Happy new year John!

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, For many of us, the new year is an invitation to reflect on the past year and set intentions for the year ahead. Today, we’re reflecting on a year full of both progress and tragedy. We celebrated so many milestone su…

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January 1, 2020 at 1:13 AM

FWD: Before midnight

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation John - This is our very last chance to make our year-end goal and I wanted to make sure you saw this before midnight tonight. We have big plans for 2020 and are counting on our top supporters to fund this lifesaving work. You can make your tax-dedu…

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December 31, 2019 at 4:35 PM

Before midnight

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation John, 2019 is almost over, but there is still time to support the Alliance for Gun Responsibility Foundation. Can you help us reach our year-end goal by giving now? DONATE TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE Every (tax-deductib…

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December 30, 2019 at 7:25 PM

Reflecting

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation This has been a tremendous year, John. We have accomplished so much together. As we get ready to bid farewell to 2019, we want to take a moment to reflect on some of the most exciting work we did through the Alliance for Gun …

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December 28, 2019 at 6:03 PM

Make a tax-deductible gift

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Hi John, Do you know about the Alliance’s sister organization, the Alliance for Gun Responsibility Foundation? The Foundation is home to our education, research, programming, and implementation work. This work is essential to…

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December 27, 2019 at 5:41 PM

Our progress at stake

Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation The attacks just keep coming, John. Last year, voters overwhelmingly passed Initiative 1639, to keep weapons of war out of dangerous hands and protect our schools and communities from gun violence. But our opponents are still…

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