Tigers Against Partisan Politics launched a letter-writing initiative to local representatives and posed questions on gun control during its meeting Monday.

TAPP started the meeting by showing a video of House of Representatives and Senate members who are part of a group called No Labels, which promotes conversation across party lines. The video, which can be found on YouTube, showed certain members of Congress, known as Problem Solvers, wearing orange buttons saying “Problem Solver: Committed to fix not fight. No Labels.”

“The Problem Solvers offers a new way forward,” the No Labels website states. “The Problem Solvers are committed to regular across-the-aisle meetings, embracing the new attitude of problem solving and being real leaders.”

According to the video, there are roughly 40 members, with equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans who are committed to meeting twice a month to discuss issues, though the members might not come to an agreement during the meetings.

During the TAPP meeting, members passed out envelopes and information on the Problem Solvers. Those who attended were encouraged to write a letter to Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., urging her to join Problem Solvers.

Garrett Poorman, the director of education advocacy for TAPP and the leader of the discussion, said he spoke to staff members from No Labels who said letter writing was an effective way of getting representatives to join.

The meeting was also about proposing questions or concerns about gun control that will be answered and discussed on April 21, Poorman said. TAPP will collaborate with the Missouri Student Association and the Associated Students of the University of Missouri for this event.

Amanda Colegrove, a graduate student who heard about the event through Facebook, said she had several concerns about gun control. She said she would be interested to know the effectiveness of banning certain amounts of ammo.

“We don’t hear what that (controlling clip amounts) would actually mean,” Colegrove said during the meeting.

Colegrove said she doesn’t affiliate with any political party, though she tends to vote liberally. She said she thinks there should be more gun control, though she doesn’t know what it would look like.

She mentioned during the meeting that her father is a strong advocate of gun rights, however.

“Don’t tell my dad,” Colegrove said.

Sophomore Emily Holtzman, who also heard about the event on Facebook, said this was the first TAPP event she has attended. She said she supports as much gun control as possible.

“Growing up, I was never around guns,” Holtzman said. “I don’t understand the need for them at all.”

Holtzman said she affiliates with Democrats but not on every issue. She plans to attend the gun control discussion in April. She said she wrote a letter to Hartzler and feels that Problem Solvers is important.

The panel in April will bring together experts from the Republican and Democratic parties, as well as those who don’t affiliate with either party, Poorman said.