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This week, on September 8, we recognized the fifth annual Firearm Suicide Prevention Day. Created by Brady in 2022, Firearm Suicide Prevention Day calls attention to the crisis of firearm suicide and the life-saving role of secure firearm storage.

Though gun homicides have fallen for the fourth consecutive year, CDC data shows that firearm suicides reached an all-time high in 2025. Every day, we lose 74 people to firearm suicide – more than gun homicides and unintentional shootings combined. Notably, youth suicide rates have dramatically increased, especially among Black and Brown communities.

But we aren’t helpless in the face of this crisis.

Secure firearm storage – storing a gun locked, unloaded, and separate from ammunition – has been shown to have measurable effects in decreasing rates of firearm suicide. Even a 20% increase in the number of American households practicing safe storage could prevent nearly one-third of current annual youth gun suicide deaths and unintentional shootings.

The simple action of securely storing a gun introduces a life-saving pause that allows individuals in crisis to reassess their actions and reach out for help before it’s too late. Any barrier that can slow someone down or delay access to a lethal weapon provides an opportunity for another person to notice and intervene.

Across the country, 6.7 million children live in homes with unlocked or loaded guns, leaving them particularly vulnerable. But we can change that by spreading awareness about the importance of secure storage.

So today, in honor of Firearm Suicide Prevention Day, learn more about the growing crisis of firearm suicide and how you can help increase secure storage in your community. [[link removed]]

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In solidarity,

Team Brady

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A New Generation of Gun Violence Prevention Leaders

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Team ENOUGH, Brady’s youth-led initiative, has welcomed seven inspiring new members to the Team ENOUGH Executive Council.

These impressive young leaders — including gun violence survivors — bring unique perspectives and strong backgrounds in organizing, advocacy, and research. They will help shape Team ENOUGH’s goals, initiatives, and youth-led work to free America from gun violence.

Lorenzo Beltran [[link removed]] is a Filipino-American activist and student at the University of Pennsylvania. Beltran focuses on economic and environmental justice, LGBTQ+ and POC representation in public health, and youth empowerment.

Zharia Deese [[link removed]] is a senior social work student at Fayetteville State University. Deese is passionate about advancing equity, and her research focuses on intimate partner violence among Black women.

Trey Jackson [[link removed]] is the former political director at March for Our Lives Iowa and legislative coordinator for Brady Iowa. Jackson is currently studying Philosophy and Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis.

Ananya Misra [[link removed]] is the co-lead of Team ENOUGH’’s Youth Advocacy Training Program and a senior at Duke University.

Zoe Weissman [[link removed]] is a junior at Brown University who has dedicated the past seven years of her life to gun violence prevention. After attending the neighboring middle school during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018 and later being in her dorm during the 2025 Brown University shooting, she has continued to share her experience as a student growing up in Generation Lockdown.

Gray West [[link removed]] is a junior at Wesleyan University, whose commitment to gun violence prevention stems from losing family friends to gun violence in Monument, CO.

Sarah Youssef [[link removed]] is the most recent recipient of the Cookie and Kenny Misher Youth Advocacy Award [[link removed]] and has been recognized for her work with “PBS Student Reporting Labs,” where she produced and starred in the documentary “Run, Hide, Fight.” Sarah’s work in gun violence prevention was amplified after two gunmen opened fire at her childhood mosque in San Diego.

These youth leaders will help us end gun violence and build a safer country for future generations. Please join us in welcoming them to Team ENOUGH’s Executive Council, and learn more about their stories, vision, and the other members of the council! [[link removed]]

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The Supreme Court Takes Up the Constitutionality of Regulations on Assault Weapons

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The Supreme Court recently announced that it will hear a challenge to the constitutionality of regulations on assault weapons on December 2.

The announcement comes just days before the anniversary of the passage and expiration of the federal assault weapons ban. In 1994, Congress enacted a federal assault weapons ban, which had a tangible impact on gun violence. During the 10-year period the federal assault weapons ban was in effect, mass shooting fatalities were 70% less likely to occur, and after Congress let the ban expire, mass shootings in which six or more people were killed increased by 347%.

Those numbers make it clear: assault weapon bans save lives! After the ban expired in 2004, many states across the country took the matter into their own hands and passed state and local assault weapon bans to protect their communities. If the Supreme Court rules that these bans are unconstitutional, it will put all of us at risk.

Thankfully, there is overwhelming evidence to support the constitutionality of these laws and their life-saving impact — numerous federal courts have even upheld bans on assault weapons.

Assault weapons are weapons of war, and they have no business being on our streets. As we await the Court’s hearing of this case, learn more about what assault weapons are and why they need to be strictly regulated in our podcast, “This is a Tool Designed to End Human Life.” [[link removed]]

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Gun Violence Survivor and Columbus Chapter Leader Joins Brady’s Board of Trustees

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Brady is honored to announce that Erick Bellomy II, our incredible chapter leader from Columbus, Ohio, won the grassroots election to become Brady’s board of trustees Chapter Representative.

Erick is a survivor who lost his father nearly nine years ago to gun violence. He turned his grief into action and became a Brady chapter leader in Columbus after attending a Brady event in 2020. Since then, Erick has made a meaningful impact on his community and beyond — from storytelling and press engagement trainings to advocacy against dangerous gun bills, developing ways to support survivors, promoting secure storage, and his powerful writing as a contributor to the Ohio Capital Journal.

Erick will bring a fresh, survivor-centered perspective to our board, informed by lived experience, professional training, and his commitment to a trauma-informed approach. We are lucky to have such a thoughtful leader on our board.

As we welcome Erick, we invite you to learn more about our board of trustees. [[link removed]]

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A Playbook for Reducing Gun Violence [[link removed]] , New York Times

High-Tech Bandaids: The Dangerous Myth of the AI-Protected School [[link removed]] , Kris Brown’s Substack

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