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John,

On October 1, 2017, I put on my cowboy boots and went to the Route 91 country music festival in Las Vegas. I was there selling leather boot products. And those boots I was wearing would carry me as I ran for my life that night.

It has now been three years since 58 people were shot and killed in Las Vegas and I am wearing my cowboy boots, today, to honor those who will not have the opportunity to wear a pair again.

My name is Heather Sallan, I am co-president of Brady Nevada and I am a gun violence survivor. It took me two months to put my cowboy boots on again after the shooting. And now, I put on my cowboy boots when I am asked to be a voice against senseless violence — because these boots are part of the story of the most horrific night of my life.

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No American should ever have to experience what I saw and heard three years ago today. No one should have to endure the terror-filled experience of rapid machine gun fire while hearing and watching bullets hitting people around them... people instead of me... and the distinctive pinging of bullets ricocheting off of the ground and off of the structures and things around me.

No one attending a concert or an event of any kind should know exactly how to describe the whistle sound of a bullet so close to their left ear their hair moves. But I can. Screaming, hysteria, blood, terror, calling my family while running to say goodbye, but instead telling my son I think I’m okay. "What is that noise," he asked me? "It is machine gun fire." And then I hung up.

Other families never heard from their loved ones. This was the single deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The shooter used an assault weapon with a bump stock and killed 58 people. More than 850 were injured from the shooting or the ensuing chaos.

The day I woke up after that shooting, I realized I couldn’t just sit around hoping someone else will make a change. I had to do my part to make a difference. I decided to start a Brady chapter in my city — because of their long history of fighting to end gun violence. Since then, in Nevada alone, Brady members have helped expand background checks, enact an extreme risk law, pass a safe storage law, and ban bump stocks.

Today, I’m personally asking you to join me to create that change. Please, will you sign Brady's petition to demand Congress ban assault weapons?

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For me, October 1 is a reminder that even on the hardest days, we can each have the courage to put on our boots and get to work. Thank you for supporting Brady. We need you in this fight.Sincerely,

Heather Sallan
Las Vegas Shooting Survivor
Brady Nevada Co-President
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