I am Ethan's Dad Mike. He was killed by an unsecured gun in a negligent neighbor's home. We passed Ethan's law in CT for safe gun storage. We get stuff done.
If only a heart broken dad had created a website with every state's safe gun storage laws neatly summarized. You could look up GA and see all efforts have been blocked. If only......I ask myself that a lot.
#ethanslaw
#EndGunViolence
TODAY IS THE DAY! ETHAN's LAW WILL PASS. Let's make some noise so that Ethan, Jaime, Guac, Emily, Akilah, and all the kids killed by gun violence can hear us shout. THE CROWD GOES WILD!
On January 31, 2018, my son Ethan was shot and killed by an unsecured gun in a negligent neighbor’s home. I was devastated for months and then furious. The careless dad didn’t even have to pay a $25 fine.
Watching my son being lowered into his grave was the most painful feeling
Come back to me,
I can’t take it anymore,
Come back to me,
God let him walk back through that door,
Come back to me,
There’s his backpack lying on the floor.
@giselefetterman
Thank you. Black people complained -- they were ignored -- then the iPhone was invented and suddenly we see proof every, damn, day that they were right.
🚨 Attention New Mexico 🚨
I am Ethan Song’s Dad. I am looking for allies AND survivors of gun violence caused by unsafe gun storage. – We’d like to help pass safe storage laws in every state! If you would like to help please dm me!
(1,2) Today should have been Jaime's 17th birthday. This cake photo is from her 13th and last birthday. This is the beauty and the dancer that I miss. Doing a college tour as she enters her senior year & her graduation we will miss. Today, we will visit her at the cemetery.
As a parent who lost a child to gun violence, NOTHING is sadder than talking to leaders who are
#OwnedByTheGunLobby
These men who bow to their masters, who bend the knee to dictators, who stand up for falling down, who live for their guns no matter how many people die. Me & E.
I believe the founding fathers would choose kids over guns. They made the constitution amendable for that reason. New technology vs dead kids is a no-brained.
#kidsaredying
"If guns [are] safely stored, kids wouldn't be able to access them and we wouldn't see this."
@NicoleHockley
, CEO of
@sandyhook
Promise Foundation, speaks with
@LindseyReiser
about the responsibility of bearing arms and her message to the Oxford High School community.
Two years ago today, 15-year-old Ethan Song was fatally shot after he and a friend accessed an improperly stored firearm.
Today, we think of Ethan. And we thank his parents, Kristin & Mike, for tirelessly fighting to
#EndFamilyFire
.
@EthansLaw2
Opinion: Before we spend $100 billion on turning schools into armed fortresses, we must pass a law that demands that parents secure their weapons w kids in the home. An ounce of prevention is worth a ton of lives saved.
#ethanslaw
Headed to the White House to celebrate the passage of bipartisan gun safety legislation. We are making progress -- to honor our son Ethan. Thank you
@POTUS
and the entire GVP community.
Tonight. As Ethan's Safe Storage Law passes. I won't be in DC. I will be singing LET IT BE with
@PaulMcCartney
and
@kristinsong3
at his concert in Boston. That is the song I sang at Ethan's funeral and we will sing it for every child killed by a bullet in this country. Love u.
on this day 7 years ago we lost 26 beautiful angels. Remember their names
Charlotte
Daniel
Olivia
Josephine
Dylan
Madeline
Catherine
Chase
Jesse
Ana
James
Grace
Emilie
Jack
Noah
Caroline
Jessica
Avielle
Benjamin
Allison
Dawn
Rachel
Anne
Lauren
Mary
Victoria
Exciting milestone! We have reached a big moment. 50% of our states now have at least one safe gun storage law! Thanks to everyone who has lobbied for change! Check out our tracking map!
Safe storage is rocking in 5 states! So amazed at the courage of incredible New Mexico heroes like
@ASL4Justice4all
and
@TallCypress
Rep Herndon and Sen Sedillo Lopez!
Last week, with the current occupant of the White House trying to redirect from his crimes, I decided to do this commercial for
@JoeBiden
. This is not a candidate endorsement, however, he is a good man and I want to hear him and the other candidates discussing gun safety.
The NRA has great safe storage advice on their website. They urge everyone to lock up their guns and most do. The only difference we have is that I believe that legal consequences are the best deterrent when lives are at stake.
#ethanslaw
@davidhogg111
Update: The father of man who carried out a mass shooting in a Nashville Waffle House shooting has been charged with unlawful delivery of a firearm for giving his son a gun despite recently having been hospitalized for mental health issues.
Ethan lived a life filled with laughter, adventure, & passion. It was a life needlessly & senselessly cut short when he was just 15, killed by an unsecured gun in his neighbor’s house. With Barrett’s nomination, lifesaving legislation, like Ethan’s Law, is now in jeopardy.
Later on Nightline at 12:35 am ET/11:35 CT... the parents taking action after heartbreak. Their son... one of thousands of children killed by guns in America.
@TrevorLAult
reports.
@nra
and
@NSSF
you say you support safe storage but you strike down a law that would have saved my son’s life and countless other kids in America? Why?
The NSSF (firearm industry trade association) is the NRA.
They had a seat at the table with the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. They took components off like raising the age to buy an AR to 21 & Ethan’s Law which requires owners to secure guns when not in their control. -
Does anyone else see the irony in Lauren Boebert bragging about “bringing her glock” to Congress, but instead of protecting anyone while under attack, she just tweeted Nancy Pelosi’s position to the mob?
This Secret service report makes three things very clear, we need a national safe storage law such as
#EthansLaw
and we should raise the age to 21. We also must pass
#JaimesLaw
so that these kids cannot acquire the ammunition.
An update on SOMETHING GOOD (!!) happening in the House of Representatives -
@rosadelauro
and House Democrats are trying to force a vote on Ethan's Law, legislation requiring the safe storage of firearms in homes with children.