PEOPLE's Call to Action on Gun Violence: Here's How to Contact All 535 Members of Congress
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2015-12-03
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PEOPLE's Call to Action on Gun Violence: Here's How to Contact All 535 Members of Congress
Since the mass shootings in San Bernardino, California on Dec. 2 that left 14 dead and 17 injured, PEOPLE has chosen to repost our Call to Action on Gun Violence that was published in our Nov. 23rd issue after the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon.
In this week's issue of PEOPLE, Editorial Director Jess Cagle used his Editor's Letter to address the frequency of mass shootings in America. Below, we have published Cagle's letter, and also provided contact information for all 535 voting members of the House and Senate. We urge readers to contact their elected representatives to make their voices heard.
On Oct. 1, after a madman killed nine victims at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, we covered every horrible development of the story on PEOPLE.com, and we began planning our coverage of the massacre for this issue of the magazine. It's so heartbreaking and infuriating to think how many times over the years we've done exactly this—reaching out to victims' families and survivors of mass shootings, gathering details about the fallen.
As President Obama said, our responses to these incidents – from politicians, from the media, from nearly everyone – have become "routine." We all ask ourselves the same questions: How could it happen again? What are we doing about gun violence in America? There are no easy answers, of course. Some argue for stricter gun laws, others say we should focus on mental health issues, some point to a culture that celebrates violence.
Since the mass shootings in San Bernardino, California on Dec. 2 that left 14 dead and 17 injured, PEOPLE has chosen to repost our Call to Action on Gun Violence that was published in our Nov. 23rd issue after the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon.
In this week's issue of PEOPLE, Editorial Director Jess Cagle used his Editor's Letter to address the frequency of mass shootings in America. Below, we have published Cagle's letter, and also provided contact information for all 535 voting members of the House and Senate. We urge readers to contact their elected representatives to make their voices heard.
On Oct. 1, after a madman killed nine victims at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, we covered every horrible development of the story on PEOPLE.com, and we began planning our coverage of the massacre for this issue of the magazine. It's so heartbreaking and infuriating to think how many times over the years we've done exactly this—reaching out to victims' families and survivors of mass shootings, gathering details about the fallen.
As President Obama said, our responses to these incidents – from politicians, from the media, from nearly everyone – have become "routine." We all ask ourselves the same questions: How could it happen again? What are we doing about gun violence in America? There are no easy answers, of course. Some argue for stricter gun laws, others say we should focus on mental health issues, some point to a culture that celebrates violence.
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