John,

This past weekend, there were three separate instances of racist, hate-based gun violence: In Dallas, TX, at a Korean-owned hair salon; in Laguna Woods, CA, at a Taiwanese church; and in a predominantly Black community in Buffalo, NY, where a white supremacist armed with an assault weapon killed 10 people and injured three more.

The Buffalo shooting is the deadliest mass shooting this year. And an assault weapon made it possible. 

Tragically, this isn’t new, John. We’ve seen how white supremacy is made more deadly with assault weapons time and time again:

When a gunman targeted the Asian-American community in Atlanta, GA last year; When a gunman targeted the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA in 2018; When a gunman opened fire in a Black church in Charleston, SC in 2015. 

Violent extremists will continue to use assault rifles to kill as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, unless we finally get these weapons of war off our streets. It is more urgent than ever for our lawmakers to ban assault weapons and protect our country from more death.

Will you add your name to our emergency petition right now and call on our lawmakers to pass an assault weapons ban right now?

– Team Brady