Since I’ve been your Senate Public Safety chairman,
there have been …
48 school shootings.
0 gun-safety measures.
10 school shootings in Georgia in 2024 (so far).
It’s not just violence in our schools.
Since I took office, firearm-related deaths in Georgia are up 58%.
In the past 5 years, alone, firearm-related deaths of Georgians under 17 years old have increased by 97%.
The suicide rate for Veterans in Georgia is 10% higher than the national average.
Sources: Every Town Research, The Education Fund to Stop Gun Violence, VA Mental Health
9 school shootings in Georgia in 2023.
My action and inaction as a legislator contributes to this violence.
I sponsored and voted to loosen firearm restrictions in public places (2022, 2021).
I voted to authorize concealed carry at colleges and universities (2016).
I voted to authorize concealed carry at K-12 schools (2014).
I voted to loosen open carry and possession laws (2022).
And since 2019, I’ve blocked every meaningful gun-safety bill from reaching the State Senate.
Sources: VoteSmart.org and The Georgia General Assembly
12 school shootings in Georgia in 2022.
It’s time to hold me accountable.
Contact my office at 404-463-8055 and demand that I support and help enact common-sense gun-safety policies such as safe-storage requirements, red-flag laws, and mandatory waiting periods on firearm purchases.
Then vote out elected officials like myself who refuse to take action to protect our children. As Chairman of the Senate Public Safety Committee, I am uniquely positioned to continue blocking gun-safety in Georgia.
11 school shootings in Georgia in 2021.
Since I won’t do the job, you should support JD Jordan.
I remain the greatest obstacle to meaningful common-sense gun-safety in Georgia and have yet to acknowledge the Apalachee High School shooting.
Meanwhile, my opponent JD Jordan recently joined State Senate leaders calling for our Legislature to prioritize safe-storage, background checks, and extreme risk “red flag”laws when the new session convenes in January.
As I’ve said before, “[JD Jordan] prioritizes their children, family, and home above politics” and I stand by that statement.
Sources: forthe56.com and Instagram
And 6 more school shootings before those.
Further reading.
This website is not a work of fiction or of parody. It is an accurate reflection of John Albers’ record of action and inaction in the Georgia legislature and the deadly impact of his legacy on our state. And it is based on unbiased empirical data collected from a variety of sources:
School shootings
School shooting data and victim photographs are sourced from the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a school shooting as an incident that occurs on property of the elementary, secondary, or college campus including school proper, playgrounds, “skirt” of the facility which includes sidewalks, stadiums, parking lots. The defining characteristic is time—incidents occur when students, staff, faculty are present at the facility for school or extracurricular activities.Additional gun-violence data
We looked at a variety of studies to understand the wider picture of increasing gun violence since John Albers became chairman of the Georgia State Senate Public Safety Committee. Among them: Sources: Every Town Research, The Education Fund to Stop Gun Violence, VA Mental Health.John Albers’ voting record
John Albers’ voting record on gun-safety and many other issues can be found at VoteSmart.org. Information about specific bills can be explored in detail at The Georgia General Assembly.Yes, John Albers’ actually endorsed his opponent, JD Jordan
In a Labor Day exchange on the social network Nextdoor, John Albers deflected a conversation about public school funding into a spate of personal attacks against JD Jordan and a host of other SD 56 residents and voters. Along the way he made the endorsing claim that JD Jordan “prioritize [sic] their children, family, and home above politics.”