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Second anniversary of Las Vegas mass shooting – send messages

1 October 2017 saw the largest shooting tragedy in America’s violent gun massacre history.  Fifty-eight people enjoying an outdoor event in Las Vegas were murdered and hundreds injured.

Obtaining an arsenal of weapons and ammunition, transporting it, and bringing it into a hotel posed no obstacles.  This has to change.

Two short, easy actions this time – do one or do both.  We will send messages of condolence to the city of Las Vegas for one, and for the other, we will call the NRA to task.

On this anniversary the NRA twitter feed has not a single word about Las Vegas – no condolences, not a mention of any kind.

They are, however, audaciously, cruelly, tweeting against laws that could control the sale of ammunition:

How it must feel to have been one of the injured, or a friend or loved one of the deceased and see such a tweet on a day like today.

ACTIONS:

1.  Contact Las Vegas

Please contact The City of Las Vegas through one of the channels below and give them the following message, personalized to your liking:

 

(** If you use Twitter – their tweet on the subject does not have many tweets or comments yet – if you could react to it, I think they would appreciate it**)

 

My heartfelt condolences on the 2nd anniversary of the immense tragedy your city experienced. I am so very sorry for these losses and for all who are impacted. #Hearts4Vegas #1October

 

Phone:  (702) 633-1000

Email:  (form) https://www.cityofnorthlasvegas.com/departments/city_manager/info_finder/ContactCity.aspx?topicId=172

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/CityOfLasVegas/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/CityOfLasVegas

If you use twitter, here is the tweet to reply to, or just post to their page:  https://twitter.com/CityOfLasVegas/status/1179063423654481923 

2.  Contact the NRA

Please contact the NRA through one of the channels below and give them the following message, personalized to your liking:

 

It’s the 2nd anniversary of the Las Vegas massacre but not a word of condolence from the @NRA for victims, loved ones. Instead the tone-deaf NRA tweets against ammunition control. Time to acknowledge the role the NRA and its Russian backers played in this tragedy. #RussianAsset

 

Phone:  800 672 3888
Email:  (form) https://contact.nra.org 
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/NRA/ (NB they block posts, may block comments too)
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/NRA   Here is a link to their inappropriate tweet made today, objecting to ammunition regulation – reply to this if you’re going to tweet please:  https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1179033038816186368

Once you have made contact, fill out the three fields below and click the orange banner to report taking action!

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Time’s Up for the NRA: Tell congresspeople you won’t vote for NRA candidates

Introduction
In March 2018 the NRA issued a threatening video called ‘Time’s Up’, mocking the Time’s Up movement.  In the video they threatened anyone who stood against their aims, calling them ‘unpatriotic’ and ‘unAmerican’.  But the shocking truth is now out:  when the NRA made that video, they had already been a Russian asset for years. 

It’s hard to summarize all the recent bad news the NRA has happily experienced lately.  There is infighting, resignations at top level, lawsuits, the end of NRA-TV.  But a game-changing newly-released Senate Finance committee minority report concludes the NRA enabled Russian agents in undermining our democracy.  The report also said NRA members tried to enrich their private interests contrary to its tax-exempt status.  It is time to pull out all the stops and do everything we can to bring it down while it is in a very weakened condition.

Maybe you think your congresspeople already know how you feel about the NRA.  If you take this action on social media, thousands will see you take a stand and see what is at stake.  If you do it by phone call or email, then it will be on record.  It is about making our opposition visible right now while the NRA is on the ropes.

We will take several actions in the next week against the NRA.  This is Action 2 – we will tell our elected Congress representatives that if they are getting money from the NRA, they will not be getting a vote from us.  (Tomorrow we will focus on Mitch McConnell).

Action 2:  No NRA candidate gets our votes
The NRA spends tens of millions on politicians every year.

The amount of donations shown in this and other tables may look small, but the NRA spends on lobbying and ‘outside spending’ activities that together amount to millions.

In the 2016 election cycle, the NRA spent a massive £50 million according to The Trace.  While their spend has fallen, their influence remains huge.  One Pulse for America is not a partisan group, but it must be said that in 2018 5 Democrats were given NRA donations as compared to 195 Republicans.

It’s time to make it absolutely clear to your congresspeople and those running for congress in 2020 that you will never vote for a pro-NRA candidate.

To repeat, this is only one of a number of anti-NRA actions we will take this week; the more who take these actions and share them on social media, the more effective they will be.  This could definitely be the end for the NRA – if everyone keeps the pressure on.  All the actions may be taken more than once.

ACTION:

Please contact your elected representative – find them and their contact details using the link below, and give them the following message, personalized to your liking:

 

I hold the NRA responsible for the country’s gun death epidemic; they are now also proven to be a Russian asset.  To align with the NRA is to be a traitor as far as I am concerned.   Their interpretation of the 2nd Amendment is costing lives.  If you are for the NRA, I am against you.  Time’s Up for the NRA, and I promise I will never vote for a pro-NRA candidate.

I will fully support candidates in future elections who are anti-NRA, and I expect you to write back to me spelling out where you stand on the NRA and gun law reform.  So we are clear, I am definitely voting in all future elections.

No other country in peacetime has a death toll from gun violence like America, and if you are not working to solve it, I will do my best to see you never hold office again.  I will be waiting for your reply and watching what you do.  I expect to see pressure put on Mitch McConnell who is sitting on bills which could help end senseless loss of lives.  

Suggested Tweet:   Proven beyond a doubt: the @NRA is a Russian Asset.  I will never vote for a NRA-funded candidate.  I want to hear back from you on what you’re doing to stop the US gun violence epidemic. Time’s Up for the NRA’s treason https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=6432520-The-NRA-Russia-How-a-Tax-Exempt-Organization

Find your congressperson here:  https://www.conginst.org/contact-congress/

If you copy the GOP, even better – it’s their party taking NRA money and blocking gun law reform legislation:

Phone:  202-863-8500

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GOP/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/GOP

 

Once you have made contact, fill out the three fields below and click the orange banner to report taking action!

 

 

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Time’s Up for the NRA: New York: dissolve or monitor the NRA now

Introduction
In March 2018 the NRA issued a threatening video they called ‘Time’s Up’, mocking the Time’s Up movement.  In the video they threatened anyone who stood against their aims, calling them ‘unpatriotic’ and ‘unAmerican’.  But the shocking truth is now out:  when the NRA made that video, they had already been a Russian asset for years. 

It’s hard to summarize all of the recent bad news the NRA has happily experienced lately.  There is infighting, resignations at top level, lawsuits, the end of NRA-TV.  But a game-changing newly-released Senate Finance committee minority report concludes the NRA enabled Russian agents in undermining our democracy.  The report also said NRA members tried to enrich their private interests contrary to its tax-exempt status.  It is time to pull out all the stops and do everything we can to bring it down while it is in a very weakened condition.

We will take several actions in the next week against the NRA, starting with Action 1, to demand New York State uses powers it has over the NRA.

Action 1:  Attack the NRA through its New York company
The NRA is registered in New York State, and as an article in The Trace earlier this year reports, that means the state’s attorney general can take powerful actions now that the NRA has clearly been shown in violation of its tax-exempt status.

New York’s attorney general can dissolve the NRA outright (which would be fantastic but which is unrealistic – this has rarely been done).  The state can get inside the NRA and monitor it from within (which the NRA would absolutely hate), and it can remove board and staff members (but with so many coming and going at present, it might not make much difference).

We will ask New York State’s Attorney General to immediately monitor the NRA from inside – this is more than likely to uncover further issues related to the Senate committee’s report.  We will also recommend she considers dissolving the Russian-aiding entity.

To repeat, this is only one of a number of anti-NRA actions we will take this week; the more who take these actions and share them, the more effective they will be.  This could definitely be the end for the NRA – if everyone keeps the pressure on.

ACTION:

Please contact New York State’s Attorney General Letitia James through one of the channels below and give her the following message, personalized to your liking:

Dear Ms James

The newly-released Senate Committee on Finance Staff Minority Report on the NRA has revealed extremely shocking evidence warranting your action.  I write to respectfully ask you to move to appoint a receiver to oversee the group’s operations, and for you to consider dissolving it outright.

Additionally with the report highlighting how NRA members travelled to Russia to further their own personal ends, even meeting with sanctioned people, there is no way the NRA should retain a tax-exempt status.  

I hope you will do what so clearly needs to be done in light of the damning report; I would be grateful if you can reply to me.

If you are a NY resident, please also add that to your message to Letitia James.

Suggested Tweet:  @NewYorkStateAG I respectfully request you urgently appoint a receiver to monitor the disgraced NRA.  Ideally I want to see it dissolved following the damning Senate Committee report https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=6432520-The-NRA-Russia-How-a-Tax-Exempt-Organization . Something must be done now and the NRA must lose tax-exempt status too

 

Once you have made contact, fill out the three fields below and click the orange banner to report taking action!

 

Email: (form) https://ag.ny.gov/contact-attorney-general-letitia-james

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/newyorkstateag/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/NewYorkStateAG

 

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Senator Chase: How dare you threaten us?

September 20 – State senator Amanda Chase of Virginia threateningly tweeted “I’m not afraid to shoot down gun groups.” She holds a gun in the accompanying picture, poised to shoot.

The ominous tweet continued:  “SIGN my petition to help end the assault on our liberties.”

The post is no longer on Twitter, but gun control activists and gun law reform groups are furious at her tweet.

Many see it as an incitement to violence.

Chase is also up for re-election and is campaigning to allow concealed weapons in schools and churches.

She is running against Amanda Pohl (D-Chesterfield), in a typically conservative district.

ACTION

Please contact Senator Chase through one of the channels below and give her the following message, personalized to your liking:

I am disgusted by your recent tweet threatening to shoot down gun groups.  How can a state senator where so many have died because of guns and outdated gun control laws be so tone deaf?  How dare you make this attempt to intimidate me from exercising my rights and to work towards keeping people alive?

You may have deleted your offensive tweet, but I promise you it is not forgotten. It will not be forgotten when it’s time for the election to replace you.   Your plan to allow concealed carry in schools and churches can only result in more senseless slaughter.  You made a ridiculous claim that having armed people in public places is like having an alarm system.  It is nothing of the kind.  We see time and time again how swiftly large numbers of people can be killed before even well-trained people can locate a shooter.  We have also seen how often a ‘good guy with a gun’ as you might say winds up shooting innocent people or being killed themselves when police arrive.  It is an unacceptable idea.

I will encourage every voter who has a say over your election to vote against you.

 

Once you have made contact, fill out the three fields below and click the orange banner to report taking action!

 

Phone:  804-698-7511

Email:  district11@senate.virginia.gov

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Chase4Senate/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/AmandaChaseVA

 

 

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Watch and share ‘back to school’ video from Sandy Hook Promise

September 2019 – With American school children returning to their classrooms, the gun law reform organisation Sandy Hook Promise created a powerful, moving video which has been watched and shared by millions.  Hopefully it will help spur our lawmakers to act and raise awareness of what risks we are subjecting young people to, not least the psychological harms.

The video depicts child actors at first behaving as if it were a normal, safe back to school day.

This soon turns terrifying and heartbreaking.

Young people are seen fleeing, hiding, getting ready to defend themselves – and sending messages to loved ones.

Please be aware of the warning that accompanies it – if you would find it too upsetting, then please do not watch.

ACTION:

Watch the video (if you feel able), and please consider sharing it, if appropriate to your circumstances.  And if you feel like leaving a comment on whatever platform you’ve watched it on such as a message of support, please do.

Links to video:

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/i/status/1174291982857883653
Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ykNZl9mTQ
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/SandyHookPromise/

Once you have taken the action, fill out the three fields below and click the orange banner to report taking action!

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Tell Kellyanne Conway we want gun law reform – whatever she says

Controversial advisor to Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway has issued a bizarre statement, telling ‘liberals and socialists’ that the murder of innocent Americans should not be ‘an excuse’ to confiscate firearms.

“We’re not going to allow bad actors who should not have firearms in the first place, who then murder innocent Americans, to be an excuse for a bunch of liberals and socialists to confiscate firearms from law-abiding citizens who have legally procured them,” Conway told guest host Bill Hemmer on “Fox News Sunday.”

The whole ‘bad guy with a gun’ and ‘good guy with a gun’ misleading propaganda argument used by many pro-NRA officials seems to be a deliberate over-simplification of the complex issues surrounding the massive amount of firearms in circulation in America.  While Mrs Conway speaks of ‘bad actors’ she holds the contrary illogical position that background checks are a bad thing according to Rolling Stone.

The Rolling Stone article reads:  “Conway continued, “I’m not going to allow people who are constantly maligning and deriding our law enforcement to be in charge of public safety and public policy.” Conway also said, “We want this to be bipartisan” and then proceeded to do the complete opposite with her attack.”  Many One Pulse for America members will be aware of how often the country’s law enforcement agents have been found to be in the wrong; they are not immune from justified criticism on Conway’s say-so.

Conway is no stranger to controversy and scandal; she once claimed the Mueller report cleared Donald Trump, and invented a non-existent shooting crime at Bowling Green – which she blamed on refugees.

Conway is mired in controversy and has made bizarre rants, but perhaps this video which surfaced from 2007 appearing in Huffington News proves she is not fit for any White House post.  In this case she says “I always love to say to those gender studies people, if you say ‘abortion’ or ‘stem cells’ or ‘guns’ one more time, I’m going to perform one of those on you because, you know, with a gun, because you, by implication, are suggesting that women can’t do the math.”  Despite its fundamental illogic, it seems to be a threat to shoot.  We cannot have someone like her involved in government, let alone in serious debate over saving lives lost to gun crime.

ACTION:

Please contact Kellyanne Conway through one of the channels below and give them the following message, personalized to your liking:

 

Mrs Conway – don’t for one minute think that someone as discredited as you are has any right to stand in the way of my right to fight for much-needed gun law reform.  You will not stop us, and I want to take a minute to remind people what you are like.

Your recent statement telling Democrats not to ask for gun reform laws, coupled with your opposition to proper background checks, is one in a long line of inconsistencies in your checkered career – one that will cost American lives.  Ideally you would be fired from your White House post or have the decency to resign.  Since neither is realistically going to happen, I will be happy to ignore your calls for Dems to ‘sit down’ on America’s gun epidemic, which your ill-thought-out words are helping to fuel. 

I watched the video of you threatening to shoot ‘gender studies’ people, and I want to remind others of that now, in case there is anyone who still takes anything you say seriously.  There is also your ridiculous statements on the fictitious ‘Bowling Green’ massacre that never was (you blamed refugees). You are now standing in the way of people like me who want to stop future avoidable gun massacres, and the sooner you stand down the better.  Here is that video of you threatening people:  you are not fit to hold any government office.  https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kellyanne-conway-abortion-gun-joke_us_5c595a2be4b0871047572058 .  RESIGN.

 

Once you have made contact, fill out the three fields below and click the orange banner to report taking action!

 

Kellyanne Conway

Phone:  1-202-456-1414

Email:  (form) https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/KellyannePolls

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Send threatened Beto O’Rourke a message of support

13 September 2019 – Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke has reported Briscoe Cain to the FBI for tweeting the threat ‘my AR’s ready for you.’

O’Rourke said he wanted to get semi-automatic weapons of the type used in scores of American gun massacres out of public hands.

As reported in several news outlets,  Mr Cain responded to this call by tweeting to Mr O’Rourke:  “My AR  is ready for you Robert Francis.”

Mr O’Rourke responded: “This is a death threat, Representative. Clearly, you shouldn’t own an AR-15 – and neither should anyone else.”

The tide is turning against semi-automatic weapons across the country, with some 100 major US companies demanding Congress takes action in a letter sent earlier this week.

Mr Cain is rated by several organisations as being one of the most conservative elected representatives in the country, and he is also attached to the far right, religiously-intolerant, anti-gay group Operation_Save_America.

In 2018, police were called to remove Mr Cain from the state Democratic convention after he showed up with a pistol and pro-gun pamphlets, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

Mr O’Rourke has made gun control a key plank of his White House campaign since 22 people were killed in a rampage at a Walmart in El Paso last month.

The offensive tweet was removed by Twitter for its threatening content.

ACTION:

Please contact Beto O’Rourke through one of the channels below and give him the following message, personalized to your liking:

 

I  want you to know I applaud your brave stand to get semi-automatic weapons out of civilian hands.  We know from scores of  massacres that these weapons are used time and time again to kill innocent people swiftly , often in huge numbers.   I am with you and every candidate who opposes the NRA and  with the businesses who wrote to Congress demanding action on this issue. 


I wholly condemn the threatening message sent to you by Briscoe Cain, and support you in reporting this credible threat made by a man who in 2018, had to be removed by police from the state Democratic convention after he showed up with a pistol and pro-gun pamphlets.  It is bad enough that extremists threaten our elected representatives, but his conduct is particularly shocking as he is an attorney and an elected representative himself.  If he cannot respect the law, he has no business being in office.

 

As a member of One Pulse for America, the gun-reform group formed after the Pulse nightclub tragedy, I thank you for standing up despite the threats and intimidations.  I will be watching the FBI and if they do not act, I will be demanding that they do.  

 

For Twitter:  Thank you Beto for taking a much-needed stand on semi-automatic weapons – your crude critic Briscoe Cain just proves that the immature have weapons they shouldn’t. No one needs a semi- or automatic weapon.

Beto O’Rourke


Phone:  +1 915-730-3876

Email:  info@betoorourke.com

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/betoorourke/

Twitter:  info@betoorourke.com

 

 Once you have made contact, fill out the three fields below and click the orange banner to report taking action!

 

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Tell the NRA you support groups, companies that are standing up to them

12 September 2019

Gun law campaign groups and some of America’s biggest businesses are taking action against the NRA.

A coalition of several gun-law reform groups has sent a letter to US businesses demanding they halt all support for the National Rifle Association.

The coalition, which helped pressurize Walmart into stopping the sales of ammunition in its stores, said Walmart’s actions should accelerate corporate America’s march toward gun safety in the absence of congressional action.

NBC reported the group’s spokesperson as saying:  “Walmart’s actions established a higher standard for corporate responsibility in the gun reform arena and we’re glad Kroger, Walgreens, Wegmans and CVS have also moved in the right direction. But we believe that every major American employer has a moral and patriotic duty to go even further.”

In other developments, hundreds of Chief Executive Officers of some of America’s biggest companies sent a joint letter to Congress today, demanding they act on reforming gun laws.

The senate majority leader, Republican Mitch McConnell has been sitting on bills geared to save lives since February:  during the months from February (when the bills came up) to now, America has seen gun massacres in several states.  He refused calls to reconvene the senate from recess early to deal with the tragedies at El Paso and Odessa.  McConnell is said to be taking a very undemocratic stance and is quoted as saying he will not put forward any bill the president will not sign.  Trump in the mean time changes his stance on gun law reform frequently.

Signatories of this letter include Levi Strauss, Airbnb, Pinterest, and Lyft; Apple, Facebook, and Google are among the notable absences from the list according to the Daily Beast.

Companies that have already taken a stance according to NBC include:

Citigroup – has set restrictions on the sale of firearms by its business customers;

Allied and North American van lines – stopped discounts for NRA members;

First National Bank of Omaha – will  not renew a contract with the NRA to issue a branded Visa card.

Enterprise Holdings Inc. – ending discounts for NRA members

ACTION:

Please contact the National Rifle Association through one of the channels below and give them the following message, personalized to your liking:

 

It is with absolute pleasure that I watch as one leading company after another distances itself from you and is demanding Congress reform America’s broken gun laws.

I would like to know why you think your interpretation of the 2nd Amendment should include automatic and semi-automatic weapons – and why you think a single life is less important than your self-serving, financially-profitable dogma.

It would be great if you replied, but whether or not you do, I want you to know that I will never vote for an NRA-funded candidate, and I will be doing as much business as possible with the businesses and services that are standing up to you.

-OR-

For Twitter:

@NRA It is a pleasure to watch as 1 leading company after another distances itself from the @NRA and is demanding Congress reform America’s broken gun laws. I will never vote for an NRA-funded candidate, and I will do business with the companies standing up to you

 NRA

Phone:  (800) 672-3888

Email:  (form) https://contact.nra.org/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/NRA/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/NRA

 

Once you have made contact, fill out the three fields below and click the orange banner to report taking action!

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Tell Patreon to ban man who made video about shooting David Hogg

9 September 2019 – a far right-wing, pro-gun blogger posted a video of himself using a high-powered rifle to shoot a life-size cardboard image of Parkland survivor David Hogg .

Frank Espinoza, sometimes using the name ‘LA Werewolf’ is known for controversy and has had his Twitter and YouTube accounts closed down in the past.

 

The crowdfunding website Patreon, meant for people to support artists and creatives they like, appears to still have an account for him where he earns about $300 a month according to Newsweek.

With his latest ‘performance art’ piece as he calls it, Espinoza has basically incited violence with his hate speech and action.  Ideally the law should be dealing with him.  In the meantime, it is not acceptable that he profits from activities that include threatening the life of David Hogg, one of the Parklands shooting survivors who is doing so much to stop further senseless gun deaths.

ACTION

Please contact Patreon through one of the channels below and give them the following message, personalized to your liking:

 

I am horrified to learn Frank Espinoza has a space on your crowdfunding site where he is earning an estimated $300 per month.  Please suspend his account permanently.

You will be aware of his recent video where he has made a life-size image of Parklands shooting victim David Hogg, who is now a campaigner for gun law reform.  Taking this image to a shooting range, Espinoza proceeds to shoot it some ten times with a high-powered rifle.

This is incitement to violence and is obscene as far as I am concerned, and I’m not alone in thinking that way.  I hope to see him face charges for this video, which to me is a death threat.  If Patreon continues to give him a method of making money, I will hold you morally responsible for any violence he inspires, and Patreon may well wind up being legally responsible too.

Your site is a great place for artists – why is Espinoza there?  Please reply and tell me that he has been removed for good.

Email: (form) https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=70716

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/patreon/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Patreon

 

Once you have made contact, fill out the three fields below and click the orange banner to report taking action!

 

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Share video with your reps of how an AR round explodes in the body

6 September 2019 – Against the backdrop of the recent assault rifle massacres, we still have the NRA and some politicians insisting that having an assault rifle is somehow a ‘right’.  Some of these people even claim it is a ‘god-given right’.  Most of those who favour assault rifles in public hands have received donations for having such a stance:  but how much do they actually understand of what an assault rifle does to a human body?

After assault weapon tragedies, we hear about the dead and what kind of people they were.  We see photos of mourners and floral tributes.  Many people in this group will fully understand what different kinds of rounds do to the human body, but the gory details of just how horrific being shot is get left out of the press coverage:  it’s too horrifying for the public to digest.    For instance after the Sandy Hook massacre, then Vice President Biden saw what happened, describing it as so horrific the American people would not be able to deal with it.  Maybe the public and lawmakers need to spend time thinking about that horror.

It is time that everyone was made fully aware of the difference between a handgun wound and an assault rifle wound – especially those lawmakers who, like Texas Governor Abbott, and Texas Rep Matt Schaefer, think having such a weapon is a right.  This action will ensure they can’t claim they were ignorant of the facts.

The image on the left shows a round entering a block of material simulating human tissues; in both a handgun or an assault rifle, the initial inch of an entry wound for both is the same – a straight path.  A handgun round is likely to stay on that straight path.  

If you are shot with a handgun, the velocity of the bullet is such that you may be ‘lucky’ – comparatively speaking – and get a wound that is a straight entry hole that can be treated.  The excruciating pain, shock, trauma and blood loss and the mental and emotional impact of such an event cannot be underestimated, physically treatable or not.

If you are shot with a AR 15 or other assault rifle, things are far, far more deadly.  For maybe an inch or so, the round makes a straightforward wound.  Then, because of the nature of the weapon, the velocity of the round:  the bullet will basically explode and create a cavity of destroyed, blasted, shredded tissue.

The image on the left (Vice News) shows that same block being exploded by an automatic rifle round; inside that ‘bubble’ from the explosive force of the round, tissue is being shredded and liquified.  

As one expert on the subject puts it, a handgun wound victim is likely to make it to the hospital; the assault weapon victim is far less likely to survive that long, and is likely to have injuries that cannot be remedied.  One radiologist who dealt with the aftermath of the Stoneman shooting told The Atlantic about one victim’s wounds, “Nothing was left to repair—and utterly, devastatingly, nothing could be done to fix the problem. The injury was fatal.” 

Some of our lawmakers put the ‘right’, ‘god-given’ or not, for people to own this kind of weapon over the right of children to life and to a life without fear,  without ‘live shooter’ drills.  Children are being made to accept such things are ‘normal’, which has psychological impact and which also can desensitize some to the gun death epidemic.

I am not going to apologize for the graphic nature of this action or for the contents of this video – which should be shared with every lawmaker who refuses to support reasonable gun law reform.  Here’s the link for the video; please do watch it if you haven’t already seen a video on the subject:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzagHPugEpo  

ACTION:

Please contact your state governor through one of the channels below and give them the following message, personalized to your liking (and please feel free to contact Mitch McConnell – who is sitting on federal gun law bills; Texas Governor Abbott and Texas Rep Matt Schaefer too).  This message is short enough for a tweet:

 

You must act to keep us safe from assault weapons: do you know a round from an assault rifle explodes in the body, liquifying tissues and organs?  If you’re for this, I’m against you. Watch this video: no one needs an assault rifle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzagHPugEpo 

Find your state governor here:  https://www.usa.gov/state-governor

Mitch McConnell
(form) https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactform  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/mitchmcconnell/
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/senatemajldr

Governor Abbott
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/TexansForAbbott/
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX

Matt Schaeffer
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/MattForTexas/
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/RepMattSchaefer

Once you have made contact, fill out the three fields below and click the orange banner to report taking action!