Why I'm wearing orange today - Pete Buttigieg

[mobeau69]

Please note: this email contains language that may trigger feelings of trauma related to gun violence.

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On Saturday, January 19th, 2013, Hadiya Pendleton performed at President Obama’s second inaugural parade in D.C. Ten days later, she was shot and killed just blocks from her school in Chicago. She was 15 years old.

After her death Hadiya’s friends wore orange to honor her, and in the years since orange has become the color we wear on National Gun Violence Awareness Day to honor all victims of gun violence and show unity around the insistence that this cannot remain our reality.

One hundred Americans die from gun violence every day. We treat it as if it’s normal, but it’s not. It can’t be. We owe it to our fellow citizens and our loved ones to keep them safe.

We owe it to them to implement universal background checks.

We owe it to them to ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

We owe it to them to establish a nationwide gun licensing system.

We owe it to them to hold the gun industry accountable.

We cannot let them down yet again. Those of us in elected office owe it to you to do whatever it takes to keep you safe, even if it means losing an election.

I’m from the school shooting generation. I’m also someone who served in a war zone. One thing I know is that the weapon I carried in Afghanistan, an M-4, is not that different from an AR-15, and neither belongs anywhere near an American school.

Most Americans support common sense gun reform, yet Washington has not been able to deliver. Today, I’m wearing orange and asking you to support Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, an organization working to make our communities safer.

Please consider donating to Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund to help create a safer future for our children. We owe it to them.

Thank you,
Pete




Pete for America
PO Box 1226
South Bend, IN 46624
United States
Paid for by Pete For America.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I also got this email from him and I was profoundly moved.

It is a mark of his character that this email doesn't ask for money for him, but for an organization that works for a safer future for our children.

You could be cynical and think that maybe he's pitching for them because they support him, although I don't know that they are. Or you could see it as a high mark for his own character; he truly cares about the future for us and our children.

I know where I am in regards to this.

[mobeau69]

2. Peggy, I believe he's a man of character and deep seated values.

He's an exceptional person and candidate and not your stereotypical politician. He's what we need to take on trump.

BOOT-EDGE-EDGE

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. I'm right there with you, my dear mobeau69! You said it perfectly!

[MBS]

9. agree 100%. n/t

[cate94]

3. Yeah, but

Trump wears orange every day. J/k. I like Pete better. In fact, I like every Democrat much better....

[Honeycombe8]

4. Excellent message. As usual.nt

[cwydro]

5. Pete is the real deal.

We’re lucky to have him.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. We sure are lucky, my dear cwydro!

[SayItLoud]

8. Wish the MSM and candidates would explore and expose this:

According to the LA Times, Mexico has one gun store. It's on and army base.

Each day the army gun store sells on average just 38 firearms to civilians, while an estimated 580 weapons are smuggled into Mexico from the United States.

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Border states, in particular Texas are where the smugglers get the weapons. So, the murderers tRUMP refers to get arms from good ole NRA Texas and America. He's so busy stopping the flow of evil into America he ignores the flow of evil OUT of America.
Just sayin....hope the candidates reference this fact.