Congress passing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was years in the making.

John–

I've been a part of this movement during the highs and lows, the victories and the setbacks, the moments of hope and the immense tragedies when our communities were forever changed by acts of gun violence.

We've been through a lot—but we have never given up. Year after year, we've shown up in red shirts at statehouses, city halls, Congress, rallies, stores, and corporate headquarters to demand action on gun safety. Even when the odds seemed stacked against us, we were there, working to make our communities safer.

That resilience and resolve helped us accomplish something huge last week: Congress passed a major gun safety law for the first time in 26 years, and President Biden has signed it into law.

This victory will help save lives—and it happened because of you.

Today, join me in celebrating all the work that went into winning this historic victory. Watch and share our new video about how we changed the tides on gun safety in America, and how we made the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act possible.

Hands hold up an orange sign that reads: Don't Look Away. In the blurred background is the Washington Monument. White overlayed text on the right reads: "We used our voices..."

During my time as a gun violence prevention advocate, I've never seen the energy I saw that made this victory possible. In just a few weeks, members of this movement sent more than ONE MILLION calls and messages to their U.S. senators demanding action on gun safety.

But it didn't end there.

Volunteers and survivors showed up to deliver petitions and hold rallies to make sure our U.S. senators could not look away from our nation's gun violence crisis. We joined with partners to up the pressure even more. And in communities across the country and on Capitol Hill, our voices became impossible to ignore.

Through years of unrelenting effort, the volunteers and survivors of Everytown, Moms Demand Action, and Students Demand Action showed our country the true meaning of resilience and made history.

This victory belongs to them.

This victory belongs to us.

Watch and share our new video to see how the members of this movement made history on gun safety.

Thank you for being a part of this movement. We still have more work to do before every life in America is safe from gun violence, but because of people like you, we're closer than ever to making that dream a reality.

Until then, we #KeepGoing.

Kara Fitzgerald
She/her/hers
Field Director of Federal and Distributed Organizing
Everytown for Gun Safety

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