the infuriating response from the right

My Republican opponents' comments on gun safety over the last few days have been absolutely infuriating. [Please help me to ensure their insulting, ignorant, and ineffective comments on gun safety never reach the floor of Congress.]( [DONATE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Hi {NAME} -- There are the responses to a mass shooting you expect to see, and then there are the ones you dread seeing. Unfortunately, my opponents trying to take my seat in Georgia's 6th District have been as cynical as it gets. In a [Facebook post]( on Sunday, Karen Handel remarked: "We are seeing the usual calls for more control gun. It is highly doubtful that any new law could have prevented these or any other shootings." Handel then proceeded to pivot to the Washington Republican talking points that video games and mental health issues were to blame, not the ease of access to high-powered guns. Handel is wrong, and the science here is clear: If implemented, universal background checks would save lives. Red Flag laws would save lives. Gun safety measures would save lives. It's pretty simple, {NAME}. Folks in other countries also grapple with mental health issues and play video games. Other developed countries don't have gun violence problems like America. We must acknowledge that the problem is our dangerous gun laws. And sadly, Handel's response was measured compared to my self-funded opponent Marjorie Taylor Greene. Greene took to social media to proclaim that I was "playing identity politics" by addressing the role of hate in El Paso. She tried to use other examples of terrorism like bombings as a straw man argument to say gun policy reform wouldn't save lives. Greene is also on the record as saying she would never vote for any form of gun safety measures. As a survivor impacted by gun violence, I know how difficult and frustrating it can be to see these types of responses from public figures. They try to distract from the truth. They try to shame victims of gun violence and folks with mental health issues. So today I am calling on my opponents Karen Handel and Marjorie Taylor Greene: please do better. Address mass shootings by proposing solutions. Don't scapegoat video games and mental health issues. Don’t use tired talking points. Real lives are at stake here. Georgian lives. American lives. In solidarity, -- Lucy [DONATE]( Paid for by Friends of Lucy McBath [unsubscribe]( Lucy McBath for Congress Sandy Plains Road, Suite 204-210 Marietta, GA 30066 United States