Friends -
In 2014, the Odessa shooter failed a background check.
He tried to buy a gun, but had a “disqualifying mental health issue.”
So he turned to a private seller.
One who was willing to sell him an assault weapon without a background check.
He succeeded.
He bought the weapon.
And then he killed seven people. And wounded almost two dozen more.
You’d be hard-pressed to find a better example of why background checks are so important — why they save lives.
Yet Mitch McConnell refuses to hold a vote on the legislation.
So it’s time we vote him out. But Gabby can’t do it alone:
Background checks save lives. We know this because states with stronger background checks have fewer gun deaths.
The Senate can act to save lives. But if they refuse to, then we must elect a Senate that will.
All our best,
The team at Giffords
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