To: The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and The Second Amendment Foundation
Sign on to stop the unconscionable "Guns Save Lives Day."
"Guns Save Lives Day" is trying to profit—politically and financially—off of an unimaginable tragedy. Don't make a mockery of the tragedy of Newtown. Cancel this ghoulish "Guns Save Lives Day."
Why is this important?
A political operation working with gun lobbyists decided to declare December 14 -- the anniversary of the tragic massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary -- "Guns Save Lives Day."
You read that right.
Naturally, they immediately bowed to pressure to not hold their crass political event on the anniversary of the shooting deaths of 28 people -- most of them children -- to score cheap political points and raise cash to support their organization.
So they pushed it back -- one whole day.
But they're still trying to profit -- politically and financially -- off of an unimaginable tragedy. Please take a second to add your name to our open letter to make them cancel this ghoulish sideshow.
I've worked in politics a long time. But it is really rare to see something so crass and so brazen as to try to exploit the senseless deaths of children to build your network and raise money to support the very thing that stole them from their parents and friends.
Even worse, their terrible antics give a bad name to so many well-intentioned gun owners -- the majority of whom fully support sensible reforms like I-594, our initiative to require background checks on all gun purchases in Washington.
You read that right.
Naturally, they immediately bowed to pressure to not hold their crass political event on the anniversary of the shooting deaths of 28 people -- most of them children -- to score cheap political points and raise cash to support their organization.
So they pushed it back -- one whole day.
But they're still trying to profit -- politically and financially -- off of an unimaginable tragedy. Please take a second to add your name to our open letter to make them cancel this ghoulish sideshow.
I've worked in politics a long time. But it is really rare to see something so crass and so brazen as to try to exploit the senseless deaths of children to build your network and raise money to support the very thing that stole them from their parents and friends.
Even worse, their terrible antics give a bad name to so many well-intentioned gun owners -- the majority of whom fully support sensible reforms like I-594, our initiative to require background checks on all gun purchases in Washington.