Friend,

From creating an Office of Gun Violence Prevention, to funding community violence intervention programs, to helping to pass the first bipartisan gun safety law in decades, the Biden administration has made important strides to reduce gun violence. But this effort is under attack from MAGA politicians, who want to repeal the Biden expansion of background checks as the first step toward implementing a Trump-National Rifle Association gun agenda.

We can’t let that happen. Tell Congress to protect background checks here.

Last year the administration expanded the definition of who is considered a firearms dealer and therefore is required to conduct background checks of potential buyers. A repeal of this expansion, which may cover 20,000 dealers, is being pushed in Congress by Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Andrew Clyde and has been endorsed by 44 Republican senators and more the 90 members of the House of Representatives.

Background checks save lives. We need Congress to protect background checks, not repeal them. Write your representative and senators today.

In solidarity,
Randi Weingarten
AFT President

P.S. Wear Orange Weekend is June 7-9, when we wear orange to remember those we’ve lost to gun violence. Please wear orange that weekend and post photos to social media with the hashtags #WearOrange and #EndGunViolence.