FYI this isn't stopping. There have been 18 mass shootings SINCE Uvalde.

You need to know this. Because it's not going to stop until we do something.

1/ Here's just a sampling of the slaughter in the last six days:
2/ Last night 10 people were shot at an outdoor party in down Charleston, South Carolina. Four people are in critical condition. A pregnant woman was one of the victims.

TEN PEOPLE. Didn't hear about this one, did you?
3/ On Sunday night in Tulsa, 8 people were shot at an outdoor festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma. So far, one has died and others are in critical conditon. Several teenagers were shot.

And just imagine all the kids at that festival who saw the bodies and live with that trauma.
4/ Saturday night in Austin, Michigan, a man killed his wife and her three children - 6 yr old Katelynn, 4 yr old Ronald, and 3 yr old Josh. All dead. All before their seventh birthdays. The shooter then tried to commit suicide, but survived and is in critical condition.
5/ 18 mass shootings in the 6 days since Uvalde.

Folks, this isn't stopping. Unless you make it stop. Call your Congressman. Call your Senator.

Tell them that this time, doing nothing is not an option.

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