To: The Oregon State House, The Oregon State Senate, Governor Kate Brown, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate

Tell Lawmakers: I Vote For Gun Safety

We love the United States of America, and we refuse to allow it to be continually held hostage by gun lobby special interests and by lawmakers beholden to a small, vocal minority of gun rights advocates. To make the point crystal clear, we will be voting only for candidates who express a strong commitment to expanded gun safety legislation, including a background check on the sale of every firearm.

Why is this important?

With each new mass shooting, and on the heels of the horrendous shooting at Umpqua Community College, our collective anguish is drowned out by resignation that no action will be taken to stop the next shooting. Far too often we give candidates a pass – in the name of respect for cultural traditions, hunting and sport shooting, and the 2nd Amendment, we permit candidates to dodge the question of their support for common-sense gun safety legislation. But these killings must stop.