More than 220 companies and sports teams, including Dicks Sporting Goods, Lyft, Yelp and the Philadelphia Eagles, called on the Senate to take 'bold urgent action to address our gun violence epidemic.'
Leaders from more than 220 companies, organizations and sports teams have penned an open letter to the U.S. Senate, calling on lawmakers to pass legislation to help curb gun violence in America.
The CEOs represent organizations that each employ more than 500 workers, and include Bumble BMBL, -5.54%, Dicks Sporting Goods DKS, +0.27%, Lululemon LULU, -1.78%, Lyft LYFT, -3.91%, DoorDash DASH, -6.97%, Levi Strauss LEVI, -2.20% and Yelp YELP, -2.05%. The letter is also signed by CEOs of some sports franchises, including the Philadelphia Eagles, the San Francisco Giants and the San Francisco 49ers.
There have been at least 252 mass shootings through June 9 in the U.S. this year, averaging about 1.575 mass shootings per day, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit that tracks gun-related violence in the United States dating back to 2013. The Gun Violence Archive defines “mass shootings” as incidents in which at least four people are shot, not including the attacker. And 2021 was the worst year on record for mass shootings in the U.S., averaging about 1.
Those opinions are still disproportionately split across party lines, however. Most Democrats and a majority of independents consider controlling gun violence to be more important than protecting gun rights, according to the poll, compared with just 20% of Republicans who say the same. And only 36% of gun owners favor prioritizing the control of gun violence over protecting gun rights.
The package came in response to the recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, and was voted on the same day that witnesses and families of the victims from both shootings gave emotional testimony during a House Oversight Committee hearing on the gun violence epidemic. Actor and Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey also visited the White House and met with President Biden this week to call for gun reforms. And he echoed the sentiment that, “This time, it seems that something is different.
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