In this Zoom, we hear what we know – that the current administration has “flooded the zone” trying to create chaos and inaction. You will hear how between the legal strategies that can be employed, the Congressional strength that is rising, the courts, corporations, and our citizenry, we can all “up the game” to create just as much NOISE and action thus leading to a more controlled outcome.

This takes place when we all do whatever we can every day to

make that NOISE….rallies, calls to our legislators, social media posts,

reposts of calls to action, town halls, letters to newspapers,

interviews, speaking engagements, doing the calls to action,

postcards, and involving yourself in other causes.

As of January, the US population was 347,276,000. if just 5% of that population committed to do a daily action, that would be 173,638 daily actions and that is a lot of NOISE; we know NOISE works in the gun violence prevention movement.

Grandparents Uniting for Gun Safety is committing to bring you

more actions as they become available in newsletters,

alerts and social media.

Be on the lookout and make your pledge to do

an action every day you can.

You’ll feel better and you can make a difference.

Listen here for ACLU Zoom

And here’s an action alert to do right now brought to us by our friends at the Newtown Action Alliance

HR 2368 The Raise the Age Act

Last Thursday, Congressman Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), and Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse (D-CO) reintroduced the Raise the Age Act to increase the age from 18 to 21 to purchase a semiautomatic rifle, the same legal age to purchase a handgun. The Raise the Age Act is a common-sense bill to keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of those who shouldn’t have them and prevent young people from hurting themselves or others.

Too many lives have been lost to AR-15s in the hands of young shooters.

The Raise the Age Act is supported by 114 original cosponsors and is endorsed by Brady, Community Justice, Everytown for Gun Safety, GIFFORDS, and Newtown Action Alliance. Today we are calling on House members to act now to raise the minimum age and help prevent the next heart shattering tragedy.

Please call and get our MA Representatives to co-sponsor this act.

It should be a friendly call.

Script:

Hi, my name is _______________ I am a member of Grandparents Uniting for Gun Safety and am also calling for the Newtown Action Alliance.

I’m calling today because the Sandy Hook, Parkland, Uvalde, Buffalo, and Apalachee shootings were all carried out by gunmen under the age of 21 who legally purchased or acquired AR-15-style rifles.

I’m urging Representative_______ to co-sponsor a bill that has been reintroduced to raise the age from 18 to 21 for an individual to be able to purchase an assault rifle.

It is Congressman Glenn Ivey’s “Raise the Age Act” and the bill number is HR 2368.

Your office can become a co-sponsor of the Raise the Age Act by contacting Jackson Olesky in Congressman Ivey’s office.

His email address is:

JACKSONOLESKY at mail dot house dot gov and there is no dot between his first and last name.

([email protected])

Thank you.

US Congress Representatives that we need to call to co-sponsor:

Call your state first and if you can, call more…fine! States listed alphabetically. We listed them all to make it easier for you.

Shomari Figures AL2 (202) 225-4931 — Greg Stanton AZ (202) 225-9888

Adam Gray CA13( 202) 225-1947—DerekTran CA45 (202) 225-2415

Gilbert Cisneros CA31 (202) 225-5256—Jared Huffman CA2 (202) 225-5161

Josh Harder CA9 (202) 225-4540–Kevin Mullin CA15 (202) 225-3531

Lateefah Simon CA12 (202) 225-2661 –Linda Sánchez CA 38 (202) 225-6676

Luz Rivas CA29 (202) 2256131–MarkTakano CA 39 (202) 225-2305

Mike Levin CA49 (202) 225-3906—Nancy Pelosi CA11 (202) 225-4965

NormaTorres CA35 (202) 225-6161–Pete Aguilar CA33 (202) 225-3201

Raul Ruiz CA25 (202) 225-5330–Ro Khanna CA17 (202) 225-2631

Sam Liccardo CA16 (202) 225-8104—Sara JacobsCA51(202) 225-2040

Brittany Petterson CO7(202) 225-2645 –Jason Crow CO6(202) 225-7882

Jim Himes CT4 (202) 225-5541—Joe Courtney CT2 (202) 225-2076

Rosa DeLauro CT3 (202) 225-3661

Debbie Wasserman Schultz FL25 (202) 225-7931

Lois Franke FlL22 (202) 225-9890–Lucy McBath GA6(202) 225-4501

Sanford Bishop Jr.GA2 (202) 225-3631— EdCase HI1 (202) 225-2726

Eric Sorensen IL17(202) 225-5905–Jonathan Jackson IL1(202) 225-4372

Mike Quigley IL5 (202) 225-4061 –Nikki Budzinski IL13(202) 225-2371

Sharice Davids KS3 (202) 225-2865–Cleo FieldsL A6 (202) 225-3901

Ayanna Pressley MA7 (202) 225-5111

Jake Auchincloss MA4 ( 202) 225-5931—Katherine Clark MA5 (202) 225-2836

Richie Neal MA1(202) 225-5601–Steve Lynch MA8 (202) 225-8273

Chellie Pingree ME1(202) 225-6116–Jared Golden ME2 (202) 225-6306

Kristen McDonald Rivet MI8 (202) 225-3611–Angie Craig MN2 (202) 225-2271

Ilhan Omar MN5 (202) 225-4755–Kelly Morrison MN3 (202) 225-2871

BennieThompson MS2 (202) 225-5876 –Alma Adams NC12 (202) 225-1510

Deborah K Ross NC2 (202) 225-3032–Donald Davis NC1(202) 225-3101

Valerie Foushee NC4( 202) 225-1784

Chris Pappas NH1 (202) 225-5456–Donald Norcross NJ1(202) 225-6501

Herbert Conaway NJ3 (202) 225-4765–GabeVasquez NM2 (202) 225-2365

Steven Horsford NV4 (202) 225-9894—Susie Lee NV3 (202) 225-3252

Adriano Espaillat NY13 (202) 225-4365–Grace Meng NY6 (202) 225-2601

Gregory Meeks NY5 (202) 225-3461–

Hakeem Jeffries NY8 (202) 225-5936

John Mannion NY 22 (202) 225-3701–Joseph Morelle NY25 (202) 225-3615

Josh Riley NY19 (202) 225-5441–Laura Gillen NY4 (202) 225-5516

Pat Ryan NY18( 202) 225-5614–PaulTonko NY 20( 202) 225-5076

Emilia Sykes OH13 (202) 225-6265—Greg Landsman OH1(202) 225-2216

Marcy Kaptur OH9 (202) 225-4146–Janelle Bynum OR5 (202) 225-5711

Suzanne Bonamici OR1 (202) 225-0855 –Val Hoyle OR4( 202) 225-6416

Chrissy Houlahan PA6 (202) 225-4315

Christopher Deluzio PA17(202) 225-2301—Jim Clyburn SC6 (202) 225-3315

Steve Cohen TN9( 202) 225-3265 –Greg Casar TX35 (202) 225-5645

Henry CuellarTX28( 202) 225-1640 –Joaquin CastroTX20 (202) 225-3236

Lizzie FletcherTX7 (202) 225-2571–Lloyd Doggett TX37( 202) 225-4865

Marc VeaseyTX33 (202) 225-9897

SylvesterTurner TX18 (202) 225-3816

Vicente Gonzalez TX34 (202) 225-2531

EugeneVindman VA7 (202) 225-2815 –Gerry ConnollyVA11(202) 225-1492

Robert Scott VA3 (202) 225-8351–Becca Balin tVTAt Large(202) 225-4115

Emily RandallWA6(202) 225-5916–Kim Schrier WA8 (202) 225-7761

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez WA3 (202) 225-3536

Marilyn Strickland WA10 (202) 225-9740-

Pramila Jayapal WA7 (202) 225-3106–Rick LarsenWA2(202) 225-2605

Suzan DelBene WA1(202) 225-6311

Feel free to forward to friends in other states.

Ethan’s Law has nearly passed many times and now we need to build up the co-sponsors again. It is a federal safe storage law which could reduce gun deaths drastically.

Take Action Here with Easy Access

Gun Violence 101

A Graphic Guide to How Gun

Safety Policies Save Lives

Our friends and colleagues, Thomas Gabor and illustrator Violet Lemay have just released a new book , Gun Violence 101 – A Graphic Guide to How Gun Safety Policies Save Lives. A few of us had the pleasure of reading an advance copy and we were thrilled to see such a scholarly and accurate representation presented in such a user-friendly format.

This book was on “top” release lists in several categories even

before its release date. It has also been featured in American Educator, a publication of the American Federation of Teachers

with a circulation of close to one million.

https://www.aft.org/ae/spring2025/wwr

We encourage you to pick up a copy to read and share with your friends. This is especially a great resource for those of us who speak and write about gun violence prevention. Congratulations on another great rollout.

American Carnage

Shattering the Myths That Fuel Gun Violence

American Carnage is an earlier book written by Thomas Gabor and Fred Guttenberg and is another great resource book as well as being a great read for those wanting to know more about the origins of the situation we find ourselves in.