Evolve Together believes in responsible gun ownership. It declares itself to be apolitical, recognizing the right for individuals to bear arms, but without being “dumbasses” in exercising that right.
From their “About” page, they offer the following:
Evolve was founded at the kitchen table. A place where the most important conversations seem to happen… What can be done to prevent the next tragedy? Why have we made so little progress in preventing gun violence over the past few decades? And perhaps most importantly, why is there such animosity between the gun community and the rest of the country? It was obvious from the outset that this was not going to be easy.
Guns are a part of America, from the shot heard round the world to present days. How do we as a country begin a productive conversation that protects gun rights, but gives equal consideration to the moral responsibilities that come with those rights?
The key is trust. When a seemingly uncontroversial word like safety becomes politicized, it’s no wonder it feels like nothing can get done. How bad is it? Consider that when a non-gun owner mentions ‘safety’, the gun community interprets that as a ruse meant to hide your true intentions of taking their guns away. So Evolve is consciously apolitical, and doesn’t address legislative issues. We’ve recruited gun owners, manufacturers and retailers to sit alongside non-gun owners. And we hope that we are being as transparent as we can. All to build trust, so that we can all start working together to increase safety and reduce gun violence. And for our first act, we need to take back the word ‘safety’ so that it isn’t on either side, but is universal and politically agnostic.
Evolve will make safety and saving lives aspirational, through mass media campaigns that ignite conversations. We will do this through mass communications channels – TV, major websites, YouTube, mass transit — talking to people in their living rooms and where they conduct their lives.
It appears they may make progress in getting gun owners to be more responsible if they keep making videos like the one below.
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