John,

This morning, a gunman shot and killed four people and injured eight at a bank in Louisville, KY. It was only two weeks ago that three children and three adults were killed in another mass shooting in Nashville, TN. 

Both gunmen used AR-15-style rifles – the weapon of choice for mass shooters.

It is time for Congress to ban assault weapons and stop these senseless killings. Add your name to our urgent petition right now to demand immediate action. >>

Headlines with the death toll of a mass shooting have become the norm in the United States, each time a different city’s name plastered across news sites. Nowhere else in the developed world do people wake up to this preventable horror every single morning. These headlines are inevitable, but only because our lawmakers have failed to take needed action against mass shootings and our nation’s gun violence epidemic.

Today it was a bank. In Nashville, it was a school. Tomorrow, it could be anywhere. In grocery stores, churches, offices, Americans don’t feel safe in our own communities. We are tired of living in fear of being the next victim of a mass shooting. 

But, this will continue to be our country’s normal if we let it be, John. Our lawmakers have let tragedy after tragedy pass by without action and now four more people are dead. How many more people have to die before legislators finally take action? How many more communities will be changed forever? How many more times must we beg for change?

The answer must be not one more. We need Congress to act NOW – to ban assault weapons and save lives. Please, John, will you add your name to our urgent petition and demand a ban on assault weapons? 

I am thinking of the four victims of today’s shootings, those who were wounded, and all of their families. I hope that with our collective action, we can stop the next tragedy.

Kris Brown

Brady President