Congress is trying to BLOCK President Obama's executive actions on gun violence. Send a message now. 2016 started with a major victory: President Obama took executive action to step up enforcement of our gun laws and reduce the devastating toll of gun violence.
Their membership revenue is plummeting -- by some estimates, they lost an annual $47 million over just one year. They've had to raise their membership dues for the first time in more than twenty years. And they're embarking on a fundraising campaign so aggressive that many members are ripping up their membership cards.[1]
They're scrambling, so they've mobilized their allies in Congress to introduce extremist legislation attempting to roll back the President's actions.
Give $25 or more today so we can fight back against the NRA's latest attempt to reverse President Obama's actions.
The NRA's got nothing in the way of real solutions to the devastating toll gun violence takes every day in America. So in the absence of solutions, they're spewing hot air and paranoid fantasies. That would be bad enough -- but now they're taking action in Congress to block President Obama's common-sense measures to reduce gun violence.
Americans aren't buying the story they've been peddling -- the story that more guns in more places for more dangerous people will somehow make us safer. And now we need you to step up so we can stop this latest fear campaign.
Fuel our fight as we take on the NRA every step of the way. Your donation of $25 or more will help us debunk the NRA's lies in the media, provide critical legal support and research, and organize supporters who will hold Congress accountable.
The NRA's afraid of losing their guns, but we're afraid of losing our kids -- and that's why we won't back down from this fight.
Thank you for standing with us. We couldn't win this fight without you. The gun lobby is powerful -- but so are the American people. I know we can win this.
"I promise you that if we cannot make our communities safer from
gun violence while protecting gun rights with the Congress we have now, I will
use every means available to make sure we have a different Congress, one that
puts communities' interests ahead of the gun lobby's."
Add your name and commit yourself as a gun violence prevention voter in 2016.
A number of the gains we've made since starting Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC just three years ago are on the line this November. And there's no doubt the gun lobby will be out to reverse much of our progress.
They are large and have a tremendous amount of influence. But if we stand together and make our voices heard, not only will we elect candidates who support responsible solutions to make our communities safer from gun violence, but we'll expand upon our gains over the next two years.
Add your name as a gun violence prevention voter in 2016:
http://action.americansforresponsiblesolutions.org/pledge-2016
Here's the best post you'll see in your newsfeed all week: Facebook is prohibiting ALL private gun sales, closing the backdoor that allowed dangerous people to buy guns without background checks.
Two years ago, Moms Demand Action launched a campaign asking Facebook to end gun sales on their sites, and they took some good first steps. Now, Facebook and Instagram have announced changes to their policy preventing users from buying, selling, or trading guns on their platforms
But the gun extremists are already criticizing Facebook for their new policy. We've got to give Facebook a whole lot of "likes" so they know they've got the overwhelming majority of Americans on their side -- and so other corporations will follow their example.
Click here to automatically send your thanks to Facebook and Instagram for standing up for gun sense -- and tell them they have your support as they stand up to the extremists.
Remember to share our victory on Facebook, too!
I founded Moms Demand Action as a Facebook page at my kitchen table. Then, two years ago, Moms asked Facebook and Instagram to prevent criminals from getting guns on its platforms -- and Facebook responded by cracking down on illegal sales.
Since then, we've continued to meet with Facebook about how the unregulated online market allows guns to fall into the hands of criminals, domestic abusers, and other dangerous people. And since Congress won't act, responsible American companies have to pick up the slack and shut down unregulated private sales.
Today, Facebook stood up as a gun sense leader -- and together, we're going to make their gun sense goes viral.
Thank Facebook and send a message to other corporations that the overwhelming majority of Americans support good gun sense -- and they should, too. The gun extremists are loud, so we've got to be even louder.
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1. "Some Hunters Say the NRA's Aggressive Fundraising Is Causing Them to Quit the Group," Mike Spies. The Trace, January 26 2016.
Enforcing the laws we have on the books is critical for public safety -- and something the gun lobby has claimed to support in the past. But the NRA is actively trying to roll back the President's efforts to do so, vowing to fight his actions "more aggressively than we have ever challenged anything." [1] And now their allies in Congress are threatening to introduce a bill that tries to block these common-sense efforts.
It's a political play at the expense of our safety, and it's unacceptable. Click to automatically send a message to Congress and tell them you reject these games that put our families at risk -- and they should, too.
President Obama's actions will crack down on illegal gun trafficking by making sure that high-volume gun sellers get licenses and run background checks. Congress, on the other hand, has done nothing to reduce gun violence since first-graders were shot and killed at Sandy Hook School in 2012. And if that weren't shameful enough, the same politicians who blocked common-sense gun safety measures after Sandy Hook are doing everything they can to block the President's actions.
This month, gun lobby-backed senators hauled Attorney General Loretta Lynch before a Senate committee hearing to discuss the President's actions -- but used the opportunity to politically grandstand instead of discussing any real policy questions. And a prominent House member threatened to defund the entire Department of Justice to try and block the President's stronger enforcement of our gun laws. [3]
This is political grandstanding at its worst, and it comes at a dangerous cost. It's further proof that the NRA's favorite politicians will stop at nothing to protect the gun lobby -- while doing nothing to protect American lives.
While Congress panders to the NRA's fear-mongering, they're endangering our children. Automatically tell your senator and representative to stop this extremist bill and fight to protect the President's common-sense actions.
Here's why the NRA is vowing to fight President Obama's executive actions "more aggressively than we've ever challenged anything": They're losing the American people. The NRA is getting desperate, so they're tightening their stranglehold on Congress.Their membership revenue is plummeting -- by some estimates, they lost an annual $47 million over just one year. They've had to raise their membership dues for the first time in more than twenty years. And they're embarking on a fundraising campaign so aggressive that many members are ripping up their membership cards.[1]
They're scrambling, so they've mobilized their allies in Congress to introduce extremist legislation attempting to roll back the President's actions.
Give $25 or more today so we can fight back against the NRA's latest attempt to reverse President Obama's actions.
Americans aren't buying the story they've been peddling -- the story that more guns in more places for more dangerous people will somehow make us safer. And now we need you to step up so we can stop this latest fear campaign.
Fuel our fight as we take on the NRA every step of the way. Your donation of $25 or more will help us debunk the NRA's lies in the media, provide critical legal support and research, and organize supporters who will hold Congress accountable.
The NRA's afraid of losing their guns, but we're afraid of losing our kids -- and that's why we won't back down from this fight.
Democrats and Republicans will kick off the presidential nominating process at
their respective caucuses in Iowa tomorrow. It's the official start to all of the 2016
elections and the stakes couldn't be higher for those of us fighting to make our
communities safer from gun violence:
* Protecting the gains we've made under President Obama.
* Electing a gun violence prevention majority in the United States Senate.
* Flipping state legislatures and winning ballot initiatives to increase the number of states that have expanded background checks since Sandy Hook.
With elections just about underway, it's time for you to renew your commitment to Gabby's Pledge:
* Protecting the gains we've made under President Obama.
* Electing a gun violence prevention majority in the United States Senate.
* Flipping state legislatures and winning ballot initiatives to increase the number of states that have expanded background checks since Sandy Hook.
With elections just about underway, it's time for you to renew your commitment to Gabby's Pledge:
Add your name and commit yourself as a gun violence prevention voter in 2016.
A number of the gains we've made since starting Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC just three years ago are on the line this November. And there's no doubt the gun lobby will be out to reverse much of our progress.
They are large and have a tremendous amount of influence. But if we stand together and make our voices heard, not only will we elect candidates who support responsible solutions to make our communities safer from gun violence, but we'll expand upon our gains over the next two years.
Add your name as a gun violence prevention voter in 2016:
http://action.americansforresponsiblesolutions.org/pledge-2016
Two years ago, Moms Demand Action launched a campaign asking Facebook to end gun sales on their sites, and they took some good first steps. Now, Facebook and Instagram have announced changes to their policy preventing users from buying, selling, or trading guns on their platforms
But the gun extremists are already criticizing Facebook for their new policy. We've got to give Facebook a whole lot of "likes" so they know they've got the overwhelming majority of Americans on their side -- and so other corporations will follow their example.
Click here to automatically send your thanks to Facebook and Instagram for standing up for gun sense -- and tell them they have your support as they stand up to the extremists.
Remember to share our victory on Facebook, too!
Since then, we've continued to meet with Facebook about how the unregulated online market allows guns to fall into the hands of criminals, domestic abusers, and other dangerous people. And since Congress won't act, responsible American companies have to pick up the slack and shut down unregulated private sales.
Today, Facebook stood up as a gun sense leader -- and together, we're going to make their gun sense goes viral.
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1. "Some Hunters Say the NRA's Aggressive Fundraising Is Causing Them to Quit the Group," Mike Spies. The Trace, January 26 2016.
