Here are some ways you can support the young people in the US push for gun law reform:
Send a message of support to the #Neveragain twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/hashtag/neveragain
Organise a march of support in your own community or donate to 'March for Our Lives':
https://www.marchforourlives.com
Don't do business with companies supporting the NRA
https://thinkprogress.org/corporations-nra-f0d8074f2ca7/
Send a tweet to the PM
Send a tweet to the Australian, Prime Minister, the Honourable Mr Malcolm Turnbull, calling on him to express support for the 'March for Our Lives' march on the 24th of March 2018.
Send a tweet:https://twitter.com/turnbullmalcolm
Write letter to the PM
You could write to the PM expressing support for change to US gun law by making the following points:
- Too many people are dying and we can't just sit back and do nothing
- It may be a domestic issue but that doesn't mean we can't provide support for change
- Australian's have died or have been injured in United States because of weak gun laws
- In 2013, Chris Lane, a 22-year-old Australian baseball player was shot dead while jogging in Duncan a small town in Oklahoma: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-03/life-sentence-overturned-for-us-teen-who-killed-australian/8089800
- Last year, Justine Damond, a 40 -year-old Australian woman living in Minneapolis was shot dead by a police officer. The details of her death are still under investigation
- Over 1.2 million Australian's visit the United States each year
- There are an estimated 200,00 American's who live in Australia many who are dual citizens
- Weak gun laws in the United States allow for more guns to move illegally outside of the United States
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