#ShootATweet

ShootATweet – Turning Acts of Violence into Tweets to Congress

How do we make the daily toll of gun violence something Congress can't ignore?

The media does a great job making everyone aware of mass shootings. But what about the 88 Americans killed by guns daily? How can we give the people who want to help during these mass shootings the chance to speak out after every shooting—days, weeks, and months later? We turned to Twitter to create a bot that allows voters to automatically send a tweet to their elected officials every time a gun shoots someone in their area. With #ShootATweet the guns are now speaking for us—by automatically triggering tweets to Congress to pass new legislation to help reduce gun violence in our country.