The Antidote

From a student, not an actor: It's been two years since a gunman with a military-grade assault weapon stormed my high school and senselessly murdered 17 of my classmates and educators. I can't begin to describe the pain and hopelessness I felt. In the days after that horrific tragedy, the NRA wanted us to believe we had no power to change anything. But my peers and I didn’t buy that. Just a bunch of kids, we declared war on their deadly agenda and took on one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington. At first they ignored us. Then they laughed at us. Soon enough they fought us. And now? We're going to keep fighting until we win. We know that the NRA and the politicians in their pocket will never do what it takes to stop these senseless, preventable tragedies. So we win by working around them – and I'm fighting as hard as I possibly can alongside Ban Assault Weapons NOW to do just that. The historic movement behind BAWN is the best chance we have to pass a constitutional ban on deadly assault weapons, like the kind that murdered 17 members of our Marjory Stoneman Douglas family. But honestly, we're facing an uphill battle, and we're falling way behind where we need to be. That is why this news is so amazing: A group of donors just stepped up to match every contribution – dollar for dollar – until midnight tomorrow! We set a match goal of $25,000 in honor of those we lost on 2/14/18, and I urgently need your help to meet it. Too many lives are on the line to let our movement get off track – so coming up short simply isn't an option. But there's good news: If everyone reading this email right now chipped in even just a few dollars, we'd hit our goal in minutes. I know not everyone will, so I'm personally asking if I can count on you, Mary: Will you rush $25 or more ($25 becomes $50) right now to help us defeat the NRA and bring the lifesaving change we so desperately need? Please, donate $25 or more now to directly fuel BAWN's fight to constitutionally ban assault weapons in Florida. Every dollar will go twice as far in defeating the NRA and putting an end to the gun violence epidemic plaguing our country. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: DONATE $25 NOW DONATE $50 NOW DONATE $100 NOW Donate another amount I don’t want what happened in Parkland just to be another mass shooting. I don’t want this to be something that people forget. BAWN's movement is how we make sure that they won't. When people think of Parkland, they're going to think about how it sparked lifesaving change – and I can't thank you enough for making that possible. David Hogg Chief Organizing Coordinator, Ban Assault Weapons NOW This email was sent to mary@swimcolorado.com. To unsubscribe from this email list, please click here.   Paid political advertisement paid for by Ban Assault Weapons NOW 6619 S Dixie Hwy #148, Miami, FL 33143