Thursday 2/15
1. Gun Control
I cannot put into words my sadness and frustration for the acceptance this country has for this mass murder epidemic. It is February 15th and thus far we have lived through:
*18 school shootings
*29 mass shootings
*1,796 total gun deaths
*3,059 total injuries
When is enough enough? It doesn’t seem to matter to Congress that innocent people are being killed by guns at concerts, universities, movie theaters, and churches. It doesn’t matter to Congress that our children in schools are being sacrificed to the NRA because no one wants to stand up and not take their money. If Congress does not have the courage to go against the NRA now, we need to make sure that we vote for those that will in 2018 and and for the rest of time.
If you are calling your MoC about what they plan to do about banning mass murder weapons, we should be asking about what they think of the FBI probe on Russia funneling money through the NRA and boosting Trump’s campaign. The elected who accept money from the NRA have blood on their hands.
There are so many bills relating to guns. We've called our Representatives in the past after shootings about bills that may be different then what is listed below. These are just some of the bills that have been introduced. In my opinion we just need gun control. The government recalls lettuce if it makes people sick. Why are we not doing more about guns?
Assault Weapons Ban/Large Capacity Feeding Device Ban, S. 150, HR. 437-113, S. 691-113
Bearing Arms, "Articles in this series examine the gun industry’s influence and the wide availability of firearms in America."
Check out the Minnesota chapter of Moms Demand Action. https://give.momsdemandaction.org/team/150970
Join MDA’s Facebook page to see events that are happening in your area. https://www.facebook.com/MomsDemandActionMN/
2. Low-Income heating programs on the chopping block
"For the second consecutive year, Trump is proposing to eliminate the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and the Weatherization Assistance Program, two programs that help low-income residents pay for heating costs, furnace repairs and energy-efficiency upgrades. Despite the programs being on the chopping block in Trump's budget last year, Congress appropriated about $3 billion for the Energy Assistance Program, but has yet to appropriate any funding in fiscal year 2018 for the Weatherization Assistance Program."
Both of our Senators are in support for inclusion of funding for these programs. You can thank them for this. No one should have to choose between heating their home vs other basic necessities.
Check out this new website for active activists in Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. https://cd2action.com/
Here’s a great way to keep track of Rep. Jason Lewis’ actions in Congress.http://mn02congresswatch.org/
Klobuchar-202-224-3244
Smith (202) 224-5641
House of Representative switchboard: (202) 224-3121
MN Legislators: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/legislators
Resistbot: https://resistbot.io/
Governor Dayton- https://mn.gov/governor/contact-us/
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