Three Gun Safety Advocacy Groups Join Governor’s Call for Democratic Presidential Candidates to Sign the «Make America Safer Pledge,» Which Includes Red Flag Law
Social Media Campaign Will Engage and Activate Key Gun Safety Partners and Advocates to Help Insert These Critical Issues into the National Dialogue
Campaign Aims to Push Congress to Enact Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures on the National Level
Governor Hosts Second of Three Summits across the State to Educate Teachers, School Administrators and Parent Representatives on New Gun Safety Law – New Website Provides Information About How and When to File Extreme Risk Protection Orders
Following the second in a series of conferences to raise awareness about the state’s Red Flag gun safety law that went into effect this year, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today launched a grassroots effort to bolster his «Make America Safer» campaign — a four point plan to curb gun violence on the national level. The Governor has called on Democratic presidential candidates to endorse the «Make America Safer» pledge — and today Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action and March for Our Lives joined the Governor’s call for candidates to sign the pledge.
The social media campaign will focus on engaging and activating key coalition partners, advocates and concerned citizens who support the Make America Safer Pledge to help generate greater awareness and insert these important issues into the national dialogue about gun safety, while tracking their efforts across various social media platforms. These combined efforts will help accomplish the common-sense gun safety measures included in the «Make America Safer» campaign on the national level.
«As the federal government continues to abdicate its responsibility to protect the people in this country by failing to take action on meaningful, common sense gun control, it is now more important than ever to have a leader in Washington that has a plan to tackle these issues and end this violence once and for all,» Governor Cuomo said. «That is why I’m asking all Democrats running for president to make a simple, clear choice for the American people and sign the «Make America Safer Pledge.» New York State passed these laws six years ago and they have worked. No legal gun owners’ rights have been violated, but unnecessary, dangerous weapons are off the streets and dangerously mentally ill people cannot by guns. We were the laboratory, and now it must be done on the national level. And if a candidate can’t support this pledge, I don’t believe they should be running for president as a Democrat.»