Monday, April 17, 2023

How to advocate for common sense gun laws in AL

Email to Auburn professor Dr. Lydia Wilkes
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: lcw0045@auburn.edu <lcw0045@auburn.edu>
Cc: paulawilson.al@gmail.com <paulawilson.al@gmail.com>; skirkpatrick.al@gmail.com <skirkpatrick.al@gmail.com>
Sent: Sun, Apr 16, 2023 7:35 am
Subject: April 25th Rhetoric and Guns Alabama Moms Demand meeting
Dear Dr. Wilkes,
Alabama Moms Demand advertised your upcoming April 25 presentation about "Rhetoric and Guns" thusly:
"How we as a society talk—and don’t talk—about guns, gun safety, and gun violence affects the possibilities available to us for action. Led by Dr. Lydia Wilkes, co-editor of Rhetoric and Guns and assistant professor of English at Auburn University, this presentation covers commonplace arguments about guns, gun safety, and gun violence to show these possibilities for action. The presentation includes signs that a conversation has become stuck, ways reasonable disagreement can lead to better arguments, and effective messages promoting gun safety."
I have done my own formulating of arguments about guns, gun safety and gun violence with a view to action. and I have endeavored to do messaging and to have conversation about the same.In my work, I drafted the "Declaration of public officials for gun violence prevention" that is set out at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/09/declaration-of-public-officials-for-gun.html.
I also conceived of the mantra #GunsForSelfDefenseOnly.
Recent messaging I have endeavored has been to the Alabama District Attorneys Association as indicated at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/03/adaa-declaration-of-public-officials.html and to Alabama banks as indicated at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/04/louisville-old-national-bank-shooting.html.
If you are in a position to critique what I have done for making my arguments better and my messaging more effective, that would be greatly appreciated.
If you are not in a position to do that, I will understand.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook
Emails to Janet Carter, Senior Director, Issues and Appeals, Everytown Law
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: jcarter@everytown.org <jcarter@everytown.org>
Cc: paulawilson.al@gmail.com <paulawilson.al@gmail.com>; skirkpatrick.al@gmail.com <skirkpatrick.al@gmail.com>
Sent: Sat, Apr 15, 2023 8:12 am
Subject: Re: Has Bruen case changed Moms Demand strategy, tactics, etc.?
Thank you very much, Ms. Carter, for replying to this Alabama Moms Demand volunteer.
Ever since the Bruen decision I have been obsessing about how it should be taken into account in the shaping of and advocating for common sense solutions for reducing gun violence.
In my work, I drafted the "Declaration of public officials for gun violence prevention" that is set out at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/09/declaration-of-public-officials-for-gun.html.
I also conceived of the mantra #GunsForSelfDefenseOnly.
As exemplified in https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/12/gunsforselfdefenseonly-contd.html. I have endeavored to solicit the opinion of others regarding the Declaration and said mantra, but have gotten almost no reaction.
As part of my efforts, do you mind if I post your email reply to me on my blog?
If you prefer I not post your email, I won't post it.
Please just let me know about same.
Thank you.
Rob Shattuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Janet Carter <jcarter@everytown.org>
To: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
Cc: paulawilson.al@gmail.com <paulawilson.al@gmail.com>; skirkpatrick.al@gmail.com <skirkpatrick.al@gmail.com>
Sent: Thu, Apr 13, 2023 3:34 pm
Subject: Re: Has Bruen case changed Moms Demand strategy, tactics, etc.?
[text of email omitted pending Ms. Carter's approval]
On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 7:35 PM Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com> wrote:
Dear Ms. Carter:
I am an Alabama Moms Demand volunteer.
Everytown defines what it does as including: Enacting and implementing smart gun policies; electing gun sense candidates; demanding accountability; advocating for safety reforms locally and nationally; grassroots organizing in every state; demanding action from elected officials; and creating community. https://www.everytown.org/about-everytown/#what-we-do
I am interested in whether the Bruen case has resulted in any modification in how Moms Demand is going about the foregoing activities.
I have sent the below email to my Alabama chapter leaders, making inquiry whether Moms Demand has communicated to them about any such modification. My Alabama chapter leaders have not replied to me, and I am going to assume that there has not been any such modification communicated to them by Moms Demand.
In your position as Senior Director, Issues and Appeals, for Everytown Law, are you aware of Moms Demand modifying how it is going about the foregoing activities in light of the Bruen case? Have you thought that Moms Demand should modify how it is going about the foregoing activities in light of the Bruen case?
Any such modification as a result of the Bruen decision would presumably involve consultation with the Everytown Law team, and that is why I am asking you these questions.
Thank you for whatever response you can give me here.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
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