Gun Control...We Need To Keep The
Dialogue Going
SANDY’S LIGHTHOUSE EDITION |
by Sandy Gresak
Make a call for Newtown
today
My mom, Dawn Hochsprung, was the principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
Six months ago today, she was shot and killed in her school, along with five of her coworkers and 20 of her students.
In the weeks and months after that horrible day, lawmakers from across the country told us, the families of the victims, that they'd take action to make our communities safer. What we found out is that, for some of our members of Congress, those were empty promises.
And in those six months, thousands more people have been killed by guns.
I've been doing everything I can to reach out to members of Congress. But my voice isn't enough. Today, on the six-month anniversary of Newtown, they need to hear from every single person who cares about reducing gun violence.
Will you call your representative right now, and tell them that you're one of the 90 percent of Americans who support expanding background checks for all gun sales?
Just call the switchboard operator at 202-224-3121 and ask for your member of Congress. If you're not sure who your representative is, look it up here.
Then, let OFA know how the call went by reporting back here.
In her last minutes, Mom was just as brave and caring as I knew her to be. After telling everyone to hide, she went running into the hallway, saw the gunman, yelled and lunged at him in an effort to protect the school she loved.
I miss her every second of every day. I'm getting married in just a few weeks -- to a guy she was rooting for, in a dress we picked out together -- but because a dangerous man got his hands on a gun, my mom won't be there to see it.
I'm still grieving -- and I'm not alone. On average, 33 Americans are killed by a gun every single day. That's 33 new families a day who mourn like I do.
If a background check saves even one life, and keeps even one family from hurting like this, then this fight will all be worth it. I think my mom would like to know that the tragedy that fell on Newtown meant that another tragedy could be stopped before it even started.
I'm asking you to join me today, six months after that horrible day, to keep this fight going -- take action for my mom, Dawn, and the 25 other people who we lost in December.
Call your representative now at (202) 224-3121. Then let OFA know how it went:
http://my.barackobama.com/Report-Your-Newtown-Call
Thanks,
Erica
Erica Lafferty
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