The CeaseFire Wire - Spring 2020 Online

Washington CeaseFire The Wire NEWSLETTER OF WASHINGTON CEASEFIRE | SPRING 2020 PO Box 77052 Seattle, WA 98177 Washington CeaseFire Action, Seattle City Attorney’s including what it means, and how – 2019 Events Office and Doctors for America and when to use it. — SAVE THE DATE were all represented. We were On June 9th Washington On April 20th - the 20th honored to have the following CeaseFire held is first annual 2nd Annual 5k Run/Walk anniversary of the Columbine speakers: Attorney General Bob 5K Run/Walk at Magnuson shooting – Washington Ferguson, Seattle Mayor Jenny Park. It was a great success! Our Sunday, May 31st 2020 CeaseFire held a rally in Durkan, Seattle City Attorney 2nd annual 5K Run/Walk will 9:30am at Magnuson Park downtown Seattle to remember Pete Holmes, Councilmember be held on May 31st 2020, also the victims and to offer ways Lorena Gonzalez, Doctors for at Magnuson Park (please see To register, go to www.eventbrite.com and search for “Ceasefire” for others to get involved in gun America physician Gregory accompanying article in this or go to our website: www.washingtonceasefire.org violence prevention. Engel, Educator Nyla Fritz, and newsletter). school shooting survivor Rachel Gruenwald. We invited other local Also on April 20th, we co- On September 29th we held our gun safety advocates to sponsored a workshop entitled annual Day of Remembrance introduce themselves and give Community Tools To Prevent ceremony at Green Lake Park presentations and to show unity Gun Violence, along with other where we planted daffodils to for our common goal. The member organizations of United commemorate the victims of Alliance for Gun Responsibility, We Stand For Gun Safety. We gun violence. Thanks to all who Brady, Everytown Survivor learned a lot about the Extreme joined us! Network, Grandmothers Risk Protection Order legislation, We’re looking forward to more Against Gun Violence, March great work in 2020! For Our Lives, Moms Demand You Can Make a Difference! To support Washington CeaseFire, please consider making a donation: 1. Website: www. 3. Go Fund Me page: www. washingtonceasefire.org gofundme.com CONTACT US: 2. Facebook page: 4. Mail your check to us at:  [email protected] www.facebook.com/ Washington CeaseFire washingtonceasefire PO Box 77052 Seattle, WA 98177

Washington CeaseFire CeaseFire continues to support run and walk along the beautiful Personal Note from Engel, MD MPH FAAFP from publication date the bill has Demands Legislative Attorney General Ferguson’s shores of Lake Washington at Founding Member Doctors for America to pursue passed out of the state Senate Change yearly bill to ban the sale of Magnuson Park. This was a day Jeanette Ashmun the formation of a new agency chamber and is being considered military style assault weapons. for “walking the walk,” literally. for gun violence prevention. by the state House. Washington Washington CeaseFire Washington CeaseFire also First up was the kids’ dash, My involvement in the ongoing In spite of one hundred deaths CeaseFire supports SB6288 and continues to remain at the supports and is hopeful this is where a handful of youngsters fight to reduce gun violence in from gunshot wounds every is evaluating the possibility of forefront of advocating for the year a law will pass limiting sprinted over a short course and our state and country began in day, our country lacks a long endorsing a National Bureau for stronger and more effective high-capacity magazines. were rewarded with medals for earnest in 1983 when a small range, comprehensive strategy to Gun Safety. common sense gun laws in the There is high hope for this their efforts. group of us formed Washington address gun violence. state of Washington through bill. Washington CeaseFire Soon after, all manner of CeaseFire (under a different, Washington CeaseFire its advocacy work. In 2019, is also advocating, along with people lined up at the starting way-too-long name, which was has a Go Fund Me Page Washington CeaseFire brought other groups, for ammunition line, many wearing their race changed more than a decade Washington state officials background checks to restrict T-shirts, and awaited the later). I felt from the start that One gun violence prevention Since 1983, Washington to its events, worked with dangerous individuals’ access countdown. 3-2-1 and they I was in this fight for the “long approach that has been gaining CeaseFire has been at the other groups to rally behind to ammunition. COME JOIN were off - walking, running, or haul.” support over the past year forefront of the movement for legislation, and went to Olympia US in 2020 as we embark on strolling. Participants included As we begin a new decade, there is the creation of an agency gun violence prevention in to advocate for change. During strengthening our gun laws, students and retirees, first-timers is every reason to feel optimistic dedicated exclusively to saving Washington State and America. the year, Washington Attorney reducing suicides, making our and veteran runners, parents and on this issue. Our voices, both lives from gun violence: a Part of our job is to spread General Bob Ferguson, Senator streets and schools safer, and grandparents. Everyone had fun, in Washington State and across National Bureau for Gun Safety awareness through our events David Frockt (46th District), reducing violence and senseless and showed their support for the country, are getting louder (NBuGS). Patterned after the and support common sense gun Representative Javier Valdez killings. Make your voice heard safer schools and communities at and louder, with more citizens National Highway Traffic Safety safety legislation. As a non- (46th District), Seattle City by writing and calling your the same time. Congratulations stepping up to the plate every Administration, which reduced profit, volunteer organization, attorney Pete Holmes, and legislatures and by showing to those who participated! day! motor vehicle deaths by two- CeaseFire relies on public City Council member Lorena support for common sense gun Mark your calendars for our next thirds, NBuGS would support donations to function and put on Gonzalez, in addition to laws. run and walk event, scheduled So 37 years later, I continue the development of gun safety these events. other public officials, spoke at for May 31st, 2020 (see the the fight and continue to be technologies, oversee the nation’s We have recently started a Go Washington CeaseFire events. Washington CeaseFire registration link elsewhere in definitely “all in!” research agenda, direct public Fund Me page to help spread Washington CeaseFire members 5K Run / Walk this newsletter). We will have - Jeanette Ashmun awareness campaigns and set out awareness for our cause and spoke at House and Senate music, refreshments, and new priorities for legislation and law garner donations. If you could hearings in favor of restricting With regard to gun violence T-shirts. This is a really fun Washington CeaseFire enforcement. take a minute out of your day access to high-capacity prevention, lots of people “talk event and a healthy way to show Supports New Agency Recently, State Senator Manka and a dollar out of your pocket magazines, requiring reporting the talk,” but fall short when it your support for gun violence for Gun Violence Dhingra of the 45th legislative to donate, it would help support of lost and stolen firearms, and comes to “walking the walk.” prevention efforts – please invite Prevention district introduced a bill, our cause immensely! closing “ghost gun” loopholes. friends and family. We hope to SB6288, which proposes the Donating is easy! Go to www. Washington CeaseFire’s Vice On June 6th, 2019 over 100 see you there! Washington CeaseFire has formation of a Washington gofundme.com and search President Robert Silber was adults and kids participated in worked closely with Dr. Gregory State Office for Gun Violence for “Washington Ceasefire.” featured in a KOMO 7 special Washington CeaseFire’s first 5K Prevention. As of this newsletter Or you can donate directly investigative report while through our website, www. advocating for requiring washingtonceasefire.org safety training before issuing a One hundred percent of the concealed pistol license. We are proceeds go directly towards excited by our progress, but even supporting Washington more can be achieved. CeaseFire. 2020 has already turned out to We thank you so much for be an exciting year in legislative supporting Washington action with dozens of bills CeaseFire! being introduced. Washington