Hometown Advocacy is a movement that asks voters to skip the trip to DC and request hometown meetings with their lawmakers to ask for their support of the federal assault weapon ban S.25/H.R.698. Constituent voices matter and there’s strength in numbers. Gather your neighbors and friends and request a meeting today.
Why you shouldn‘t make the trek to D.C. to meet with your lawmaker to lobby for a federal ban on assault weapons.
You don’t need to pay a lobbyist. You don’t need to donate to an organization. You don’t even need to fly anywhere to meet with your lawmakers to ask them to ban assault weapons.
Lawmakers are people like you and me. You’re coming in with a clear ask and facts and passion and a support crew. You can do this!
Thank you for joining the fight to ban assault weapons! Meeting with your lawmaker to ask for their support is critical to helping us pass this life-saving legislation because constituent voices matter. Are you ready? Let’s go!
Requesting a meeting is easy and often only involves filling out a form, a short phone call or an email. Click here to get started.
CLICK HERE to see if your lawmaker already supports the ban. If they do, there’s still work to be done and they are critical to getting the bill moved closer to becoming law.
Now that you’ve requested a meeting, let’s pack it with more constituents. This is why hometown advocacy is so important. Local meetings mean you can bring as many friends and neighbors as you want. Local meetings make lobbying accessible to everyone. Share your meeting via social media, in local GVP groups and with anyone who wants to help ban assault weapons.
Get ready for your meeting with the lobby day prep kit, click here.
You don’t have to be an expert to ask your lawmaker to support a federal ban on assault weapons but here’s a cheat sheet of easy facts to help you move the conversation along. Click here for talking points.
People often believe that after a lawmaker has given their support via co-sponsorship or signing the discharge petition that there’s no more work to be done but that’s not true! Click here for talking points for lawmakers who support the ban.
Always send a Thank You message to your lawmaker for their time and include a brief note repeating your ask while reminding them of the talking points you shared.
I’m a mass shooting survivor and the mother of a mass shooting survivor. I got into the fight to ban assault weapons after my six year old son and I ran from a man armed with an AR-15 who opened fire at our July 4 parade in 2022. Within a year I got a crash course in lobbying for gun safety legislation. What did I learn? That constituent voices matter above all else. Your lawmakers want to hear from you. And you don’t have to travel to DC to meet with them. You can and should meet with your lawmaker in your home state at one of their local offices. This is the most powerful way you can join the fight. And it doesn’t require a plane ticket or a hotel room. It just takes a simple request.
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