This decision is deadly

 

Today six unelected judges issued a decision that will make our communities less safe. A radical supermajority in the Supreme Court–including three Trump-appointed justices–overturned a century-old New York State law requiring people to have a permit to carry a concealed firearm in public spaces. With this decision, the Court sided with the gun lobby’s ‘guns everywhere’ agenda. We know that more guns in public spaces means more gun violence. It means more lives will be lost. This news is grim. And it only makes our work more important. It is a reminder, as the Senate is preparing to vote on the first major gun safety bill in decades, of just how much work we have left to do to pass and defend responsible gun laws. Please, contribute to our legal defense fund today to make sure we can continue our lifesaving work. This decision does not signal the end of gun responsibility laws, but it rewrites legal standards in the gun lobby’s vision. And it will embolden gun rights extremists to challenge other evidence-based gun safety laws in court. We have proven, time and time again, that we can take the gun lobby on in court and win. Right now, we are battling THREE gun lobby lawsuits, and the path to victory just got harder. We know that with your help, Washington’s evidence-based gun laws will continue to be upheld as constitutional. But our opponents are working overtime to try to get other courts to follow in the Supreme Court’s extreme footsteps to throw out popular, lifesaving gun laws with no regard for how many lives will be lost. We are determined to keep fighting for as long as it takes to protect the important progress we have made. But we can’t do it alone. Please, donate $5 today to help us fight back against the reckless guns everywhere agenda. – Renée Hopkins (she/her)

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