Ashley Penn

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@kristinsong3 Just saw a repost and I reposted and followed. As a mom myself, I cannot imagine the pain you experience. But what you are doing is going to save lives and honors the memory of your sweet boy. Bless you for fighting the good fight 💕👏🏻

[Kristin Song @kristinsong3]

My name is Kristin Song.

On January 31, 2018, my son Ethan was shot in the head in his best friend's house. The father/gun owner stored 3 handguns and ammunition in a shoebox. Ethan's friend had been accessing the guns for over 6 months.

At the hospital, the ER doctor slid down the wall, put his head in his hands, and whispered, "Your son is gone." At that instant, all I knew, loved and trusted was imploded into a million tiny pieces.

I begged to say goodbye to my beautiful boy. I wanted to kiss his forehead, tell him how cherished he was, and tuck him in one last time. But the doctor begged me to remember Ethan as he was, you see, he was unrecognizable even to my eyes.

The day before Thanksgiving in 2018, the prosecutor told me she would not charge the negligent gun owner, and if I wanted negligent gun owners to be held accountable, I would have to change the law.

So I did.

6 months later, Connecticut passed Ethan's Law, which requires gun owners to secure their weapons if children can gain access.

Then, I learned that so many states stood silent on this issue, so in 2019, I turned my attention to passing Ethan's Law nationally. I met with over 400 congressional offices, 130 of them Republican.

In 2022, Ethan's Law was passed in the House of Representatives as part of the Safer Communities Act. Sadly, it was not picked up in the final package.

When the Democrats lost the House of Representatives in 2023, I pivoted to passing safe gun storage laws in the States. As a result, Michigan, New Mexico, and Maryland passed safe storage laws.

Currently, I am working with 5 states to pass Ethan's Law.

I am emotionally and mentally exhausted, but I will not stop until there is a cultural shift in this country where it becomes second nature to secure your weapons around unsupervised children.

If you believe in protecting children from gun violence, please follow and repost.

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@RadioFreeTom #denturedon just keeps ramblin’

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@ChrisDJackson #denturedon just keeps rambling along

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@ChrisDJackson I feel like it is something to do with his dentures, for real sounds like they are not on tight enough

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@TheRickWilson No, @plasticmartyr named his drag self SOFA LOREN and it wins hands down lol

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@plasticmartyr @JDVance Sofa Loren 🤣🤣 this wins best drag name for him. Perfection 👏🏻

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@TMobileHelp I’ve been on hold with 611 over 48 minutes now and counting no live person. I got hung up on by the rude staff at your store and I need to change or cancel my order. This is the worst customer service ever!

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@CoffindafferFBI It’s shameful you are spreading misinformation without checking the facts. She has high levels of testosterone which is why SHE was banned before. Do better, or better yet ‘Be Best’

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@RadioFreeTom WHAT?!? How can one be both Irish and Greek at the same time?!? Lol 😂

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@CheriJacobus @KamalaHarris You @CheriJacobus are one badass cat lady!!

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

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[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

This is a level of going viral I haven’t experienced before 😂

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@Oaks_Park Ha! What a great start! We better be getting our money back.

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@dave_tanker @KGWNews Wow. What an absolutely disgusting thing to say after someone dies. Implying she died because she’s a woman? You’re a POS

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@KristiNoem You’ll still never be his VP pick. RIP Cricket

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@HumansNoContext @BryanPenninger wait for it!

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@StleKvale Nice, very Norwegian indeed! You have a good neighbor!

[Ashley Penn @MeowPenn]

@TrumpDailyPosts Why does faux news repeat this lie? Engoron didn’t value MAL the palm beach tax appraiser valued it as that and trumps rep signed off. It is not available to be used as a house if sold and is deed restricted https://t.co/CUSHiVrg0z