Thread by @shannonrwatts

MAJOR WIN FOR GUN SAFETY: As political rhetoric aims to divide us on gun safety, we're seeing cities and states - blue and red alike - take action to ensure families understand how to securely store their firearms.

Here’s what you need to know. 🧵

Thanks to countless hours of organizing and educating by @MomsDemand volunteers, school districts across the US have sent secure storage info to millions of families. It's a huge step forward in the fight to keep kids safe from gun suicide, homicide and unintentional shootings.

As students returned to school, Texas @MomsDemand volunteers in McKinney successfully advocated to have our BeSMART guidance sent home in the district's latest newsletter.

And last month in Frisco, Texas, volunteers showed up to meetings, testified in front of the school board, and fiercely advocated to help pass a BeSMART secure storage resolution.

https://twitter.com/MomsDemand/status/1569781682466603008

While those meetings were rowdy, @MomsDemand never backed down from the fight - and they secured a MAJOR win for the safety of students across Frisco ISD. #BigMomEnergy

https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/1569518747232215040

Weeks later, the Little Rock School Board followed suit. With encouragement from Arkansas @momsdemand volunteers, the school board voted UNANIMOUSLY to adopt a secure firearm storage resolution.

https://twitter.com/AnnaMorshedi/status/1573113054300176386?s=20&t=zEwHEjtuFuJR9Q3RrCXGyg

And in Alaska, the Anchorage School Board passed a resolution to implement the BeSMART program, with @MomsDemand volunteers leading the way.

https://twitter.com/AprilDamen/status/1573327171619520513

After attending our annual GSU event, Alaska @MomsDemand volunteers worked with Anchorage School Board President @BellamyMargo to take action. The President drafted the resolution, introduced it to the board, and @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand advocates helped her pass it.

Secure storage is one of the most effective tools to keep kids safe from gun violence. With more guns in homes than ever before, resolutions like these can save countless lives - and we won’t stop until all students attend schools with secure storage notifications! #KeepGoing

I’m so proud of the @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand volunteers and survivors who work day-in, day-out to protect their communities.

If you want to help us get the word out about secure gun storage where you live, text READY to 644-33.