'By becoming involved in these organizations and events, I am beginning to find my voice in the fight against gun violence.'
I am a gunshot wound survivor of the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Music Festival mass shooting. This event remains the deadliest mass shooting on U.S. soil. For the past five years, I have focused my energy on remembering all the strangers who risked their lives that night to help save mine and the humanity I experienced while I was recovering from my wounds in a Las Vegas hospital. While I will forever be grateful to my heroes, I am no longer satisfied with simply being thankful to be alive.
In the five years that have passed since the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival mass shooting, gun violence continues to rise in our country. Every day more than 110 Americans are killed with guns. Firearms are the No. 1 leading cause of death for American children and teens. I am also sick and tired of living in a state that has weak gun safety laws that put its residents at an increased risk of being impacted by gun violence. There is no Arizona state law requiring gun owners or purchasers to obtain a license or permit. There is also no state law requiring background checks for the transfer of a firearm between private, unlicensed parties. There is no state law requiring firearms to be registered.
This year’s event will take place June 2-4. To find out more about Wear Orange event details in your area, visit wearorange.org. Tucson’s Wear Orange Event will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 3, at Southside Presbyterian Church . Join Tucson Moms Demand Action volunteers and gun violence survivors to honor the more than 120 lives cut short and the hundreds more wounded by gun violence every day.
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