The #NRAChildrensMuseum Reminds Us What Happens When Cowardly Politicians Don't Act On Gun Safety

Here's a sad statistic: in 2020 firearms surpassed automobile accidents to become the leading cause of death for children in America. To commemorate this sobering truth, the #NRAChildrensMuseum uses the visual installation of 52 empty school buses to represent the 4368 (and counting) innocent victims of school shootings. The buses are lined up in the shape of an AK-47 and the campaign is designed to send a clear signal to U.S. lawmakers that these deaths were mostly preventable.

The problem is, the people who have the power to prevent these tragedies by enacting reasonable gun safety laws are largely afraid to speak up out of fear of inviting the criticism of the powerful gun lobby led by the NRA. As slain student Joaquin Oliver wrote five years before he died in the Parkland shooting, “you shouldn't have anything against background checks if you're innocent.” Unfortunately, the 50 Senators who have taken NRA money AND refuse to vote for implementing sensible gun safety laws are anything but innocent.