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When my daughter Jasmine and I said goodbye to each other, we always made
sure to hug and say "I love you." That was the last thing we did before I
made a short run to the store on October 13, 1999. When I came back, my
14-year-old daughter was gone.

Jasmine and her friend Chris had been kidnapped. Chris—despite being shot
multiple times by their captors—miraculously survived. Jasmine did not;
she was shot and killed, murdered in the most brutal way imaginable.

In the following weeks, we found out that the people who murdered Jasmine
had purchased their gun without a background check at a gun show. They
took advantage of the loopholes in federal law so they could purchase a
firearm with no questions asked—a firearm which they then used to kill my
daughter.

John, background check laws can save the lives of people like
my daughter. By closing the loopholes in federal law, our U.S. senators
can help make sure that violent criminals and other people with dangerous
histories can't get their hands on firearms. They can prevent these
tragedies before they happen.

[ [link removed] ]Send your U.S. senators a message: Pass background check legislation
now.

I was devastated by Jasmine's death. She was my second child to die; my
daughter, Anna, had previously died of a brain tumor, also at the age of
14.

But as I was grieving Jasmine, I remembered something: She had been
appalled by the Columbine shooting, which happened just a few months prior
to her death. Thinking of Jasmine, I set out to do what I know she would
have done: I began to fight for the kind of change that I knew could
prevent these tragedies.

We have made a lot of progress as a movement in the 22 years since Jasmine
was murdered. But a significant goal remains: Getting Congress to pass a
major gun safety bill for the first time in over two decades.

John, too many people have died by gun violence since my
daughter was killed. The U.S. Senate needs to put an end to this crisis
and listen to the overwhelming majority of people in the United States who
support background checks. We need action now.

[ [link removed] ]Tell the U.S. Senate: Take action on background checks.

[ [link removed] ]Demand Action On Background Checks

Thank you for being a part of this movement, and thank you for taking
action to honor the lives of people like my daughter.

Carol Gaxiola
Moms Demand Action

P.S. You can read my tribute to my daughter, Jasmine, on the Moments that
Survive Website [ [link removed] ]here. You can [ [link removed] ]read other survivor stories or
[ [link removed] ]submit your own by visiting Moments that Survive.




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