The New York Mets teamed up with the Michael Bloomberg-backed anti-gun group, Everytown for Gun Safety, to support National Gun Violence Awareness Day Tuesday.
According to the Washington Examiner, some 200 organizations, as well as noted anti-gun celebrities like Piers Morgan, worked with Everytown to raise awareness about gun violence by wearing orange.
“The New York Mets became the first pro sports franchise to join the campaign and will today release a photo of the entire team wearing orange in support of efforts to reduce gun violence. The team will also release a photo of the Mets’ front office staff wearing orange in support of the campaign,” Everytown said in a news release.
Supposedly orange was chosen because it is “a color that hunters use to protect themselves in the woods.”
