We need your help to ban these weapons of war again. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
 

John, it's Liz from Brady. I wanted to make sure that you saw Kris’s message from yesterday, because reinstating the assault weapons ban could not be more important. Your voice matters and we are still short of our response goal, so we've extended our survey deadline to give you one final chance to respond.

Yesterday was the 29th anniversary of the passage of the original federal assault weapons ban. That should’ve been the solution that kept us safe from these weapons of war, but the NRA made sure that the ban expired after only 10 years and our nation was plunged back into a state of fear. 

The failure of our lawmakers to stand up to the gun lobby and reinstate the assault weapons ban is not just disappointing, it is unacceptable.

As a gun violence survivor, I don’t want anyone to experience what it’s like to lose a loved one to a heinous act of violence. But the gun lobby would rather make a profit off of their weapons of war than stop the next tragedy – and thanks to their deadly influence, we’re all at risk.

The solutions to the gun violence epidemic are in front of us. But if we want to defeat the gun lobby, we have to raise our voices as one. That's why I’m calling on you to join us in action, John. Please, will you respond before our extended deadline at midnight to tell Congress it's time to end the violence?

Should Congress ban assault weapons?

Thank you — I appreciate your dedication to this fight. 

Liz Dunning
Gun Violence Survivor & VP of Development, Brady

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From: Kris Brown
Subject: 29 years ago we banned assault weapons – the NRA made sure that ban ended.