The Washington Post's  Database of School Shootings puts the impacts in gun violence in frightening terms. 

​The Washington Post has spent the past year determining how many children have been exposed to gun violence during school hours since the Columbine High massacre in 1999.

Beyond the dead and wounded, children who witness the violence or cower behind locked doors to hide from it can be profoundly traumatized.

The federal government does not track school shootings, so The Post pieced together its numbers from news articles, open-source databases, law enforcement reports and calls to schools and police departments.

​https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/local/school-shootings-database/?utm_term=.933aa4eac596

On March 24 kids and families will take to the streets of Washington DC to demand that their lives and safety become a priority.  There will also be sibling marches all over the country.

Make a sign, bring your friends, take a stand!

 The March for Our Lives website is full of great resources, inspiring stories, and suggestions for spreading the word and getting involved.

While on the website, check out the " How you can help amplify" section of the From Emma page.  Resources for tweeting about the march and social media graphics. 

This is a great page from Everytown for Gun Safty that suggests seven actions we each can take for prevent gun violence.  There's no single solution to this problem.  This is a good place to start. 

7 Actions You Can Take to Prevent Gun Violence

Our representatives in Congress should be making decisions based on what is best for our country.  They should be influenced by the needs of people in the states they represent and not influenced by money from organizations like the NRA.

Take a look at this resource to see who is accepting money from the NRA.  If the NRA is giving them money, what do they expect in return?  Call your representatives and find out!

Have your representatives in Congress received donations from the NRA?

Our elected representatives should know how we feel.  If gun control is an issue that you have an opinion about, check out this resource to see how the representatives for your state and area have voted in Congress.  If you're not happy with their voting record, give them a call, write a letter or email, and get in touch with them through social media.  Let them know what YOU think!

CHART: How Have Your Members Of Congress Voted On Gun Bills?