'There is no one size fits all solution to the plague on our country that is gun violence, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try...' writes former Marjory Stoneman Douglas student & AMarch4OurLives board member xotyahmarie.
at state and local level, and organized a national coalition of mayors to increase young voter participation.
There is no one size fits all solution to the plague on our country that is gun violence, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try. As many people are in this country’s current climate, I am afraid. Afraid to go to school. Afraid to leave the house. Afraid to get stopped by a police officer.
As part of America’s growing population of people closely affected by gun violence, I, too, won’t stop fighting until we’ve put an end to the tragedies that have become the norm. It’s a norm that follows the same unending cycle — the tragedy, the offer of thoughts and prayers, and continued inaction by our politicians. And then it repeats.
What if Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his NRA-funded Senate stopped stonewalling and brought S. 42, the Senate version of the House-passedfor a vote Voters from all over the nation must call their Senators and House Representatives and demand they vote in support of stricter gun laws. And if they don’t you have the incredible power to vote into office those who will.
There is broad public support for common-sense reforms that could very well start to reduce gun deaths in America. If we wanted, we could commit to ending mass shootings altogether. There are many things that could be done, like demanding Congress pass universal background checks and extreme-risk protection orders, but NRA-funded politicians in both the House and Senate think they know better. They don’t know better and mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton prove it.
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