Dear Family & Friends,
This is my way and the way of dear friends to express to our elected
representatives in Congress that we favor enactment of a ban on assault
weapons and high capacity magazines. It is not a ban on guns for
individual citizens nor a ban on hunting guns or rifles. It is not an attempt to
destroy second amendment rights.
After the massacre at Sandy Hook School, we simply feel we need to
speak up and speak out. A sample letter is attached that you may cut and paste
as you see fit. We recommend strongly that you personalize your
letter by naming a grandchild and attaching his/her picture to the letter.
We believe bags of mail are difficult to delete and pictures of
beautiful children impossible to erase.
We hope our small efforts do not offend you in any way. If so, simply press
“delete.”
Feel free to pass this message and letter on to other grandmothers who you
feel would be interested in such a movement.
This is our first attempt to influence legislators but we hope it can be a
part of a larger effort to put a stop to this horrific carnage.
Thank you for anything you choose to do for Grandmothers Against
Gun Violence, GAGV.
Fondly,
Grace Howaniec[Sample letter to legislators below:]
Date
Representative and two Senators
(addresses available on Google)
Dear __________________________
I am writing to you as a grandmother of ____beloved
grandchildren. One of them, _______, is a ___ grader. I am enclosing his/her
photo.
Since the massacre of 20 innocent grade school children from
Sandy Hook School I’m haunted by the reality that ________ could have been one of
those victims.
How do we protect the ________ of the world? How do we protect
our elected representatives like Gabby Gifford? Or the people who go to church
to pray? Or the women who work or visit a salon? Or the people in a movie
theatre? Or on a college campus? Or in a shopping mall? Or the New York firemen
who answer a call?
There is no simple answer. But there is a way to start. Ban the assault weapons and high-capacity
bullet magazines that made the Sandy Hook School slaughter possible.
Please do not quote Second Amendment rights in your stand.
The Constitution and Second Amendment were written in the time of muskets. I
have no objection to hunting rifles or hand guns. I have no objection to
individuals having either in their homes, safely locked away from children or
those mentally ill who can harm themselves or others.
I am completely opposed to the horrific weapons used in the
most recent assassinations of our citizenry where the bodies of the small
children were mutilated to the point of unrecognizability.
I expect my representatives in Congress to have an open mind
to the collective views of their constituents. Please register my voice
supporting a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity bullet magazines.
Respectfully,
(Your name, address, phone number)
