Our hearts are broken yet again, John.

More than 160 people were killed and 500 more injured by gun violence over the July Fourth holiday, including a 7-year-old girl in Chicago playing in her yard, an 8-year-old boy in Alabama walking through a mall and an 8-year-old girl in Atlanta sitting in her mom’s car. The toll of this loss on our country and the disproportionate toll on Black families is heartbreaking.

It’s another gut-wrenching reminder that we must keep pushing for gun safety reform – there are precious lives on the line if we don’t move quickly enough to prevent the next tragedy.

But our leaders still do nothing. It’s been almost a year and a half since the House passed universal background checks legislation that could have prevented shootings like the ones that took place across the country last week – but the Senate refuses to even vote on it.

Every day the Senate fails to act puts more children's lives at risk, so we cannot stand by silently. We need another 30,000 petition signatures to keep the pressure on senators to finally pass this critical bill, but we're falling short of our goal. Will you sign the petition now to demand a vote on universal background checks?

Please click here to sign our petition demanding the Senate pass universal background checks to keep guns out of the hands of those who are at risk of hurting themselves or others and protect children from gun violence.

Thank you so much for speaking out to demand action and make lifesaving change. We couldn’t do this work without you.

Lauren Alfred Levin
Vice President, Policy and Partnerships