John,

This weekend marks three years since 26 people, including eight children, were murdered at a Sunday church service in Sutherland Springs, TX, and four years since 12 people were murdered at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, CA. 

It’s weighing heavy on my mind right now because I too closely understand the insurmountable pain that comes when you lose a loved one to gun violence. My name is Robert Schentrup and my sister, Carmen Schentrup, was shot and killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, in 2018. 

You see, friend, while these shootings happened in different states at different times, they all have something in common: The gunmen who carried out the attacks utilized high-capacity magazines to increase the lethality of their attacks. 

The Sutherland Springs gunman was armed with a semi-automatic rifle and two 30-round high-capacity magazines. The Thousand Oaks gunman was armed with a semi-automatic pistol and seven high-capacity magazines. And in Parkland, where my sister was murdered in a matter of seconds, the gunman was armed with a 10-round high-capacity magazine. 

As a survivor of gun violence, I’m here to tell you this: No citizen should be able to have access to these weapons of war. Will you urge Congress to ban assault weapons now?

Whether it’s my hometown of Parkland or Sutherland Springs or Thousand Oaks, time and again, high-capacity magazines are the device of choice for America’s mass murderers to attach to their weapons. And that’s for one reason, and one reason only: to kill as many people, as quickly as possible. That’s why I’m reaching out to you today, friend. I can’t bring my sister Carmen back, and the communities of Sutherland Springs and Thousand Oaks can’t bring their loved ones back.

But we can ban high-capacity magazines and assault weapons to prevent any more loss of life. I’ve been working with Brady and Team ENOUGH for years to ban these deadly weapons. Please, friend, join me in urging Congress to ban high-capacity magazines and assault-style weapons, once and for all.

After you make your voice heard to Congress, please read and share our resources to how to support victims and survivors of gun violence. 

Thank you, 

Robert Schentrup

Team ENOUGH Organizing Manager 

Carmen’s brother

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Guys and Guns: Why Men Are Behind the Vast Majority of America's Gun Violence, ABC News

David Hogg and Jon Lowy: U.S. gun epidemic a 'choice' that doesn't have to continue, The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell

Why Schools Have a Stake in U.S. Supreme Court Case That May Expand Gun Rights, Education Week

Supreme Court mulls limits of Second Amendment in New York gun law case , PBS NewsHour

New York Gun Law in the Crosshairs at the Supreme Court, WAGM

Everything’s at Stake: Preserving Authority to Prevent Gun Violence in the Second Amendment’s Third Chapter, Minnesota Law Review

Fears of unlikely federal gun-control measures lead to raft of state laws, CNN

VICTORY: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, this week’s Gun Violence Prevention Hero of the Week, signed into law our landmark priority bills to ban untraceable “ghost guns!” 

(L-R) Rebecca Fischer, executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, Linda Beigel Schulman, mother of Parkland gun violence victim Scott Beigel, Tanya Schardt, Brady senior counsel and director of state and federal policy, Sam Levy, counsel at Everytown, and fellow gun violence prevention advocates. 

This major legislative victory comes after months of tireless work by State Sen. Anna Kaplan and Brad Hoylman, Assemblymembers Charles Lavine and Linda Rosenthal, and our dedicated grassroots activists from Brady New York. Now, New York joins seven states and Washington, D.C., in banning ghost guns and the parts necessary to build them. We thank Gov. Hochul for signing this bill into law and prioritizing public safety in New York. 

This week, the Supreme Court of the United States heard NYSRPA Inc. v. Bruen — an NRA-backed case that threatens to gut common-sense gun safety laws across the country. The NRA is arguing that states must allow people to carry loaded firearms for use in confrontation in public spaces.

We refuse to accept the NRA’s reckless “guns everywhere” agenda. So, we rallied outside of the Supreme Court before oral arguments with Giffords, Everytown for Gun Safety, March For Our Lives, Community Justice Action Fund, and gun violence survivors like Fred Guttenberg, Dion Green, Aalayah Eastmond, and more with one clear message: #GunLawsSaveLives.

We’ll learn how the Supreme Court rules in the coming months. But in the meantime, we will remain vigiliant and continue to fight for our constitutional right not to be shot.

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