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Our Goal is to Cut Gun Deaths in Half by 2025

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Of the 33,000 people who die from gun violence in this country each year, how many could be saved?

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  • This August while Congress is on recess Take Action

    Make Your Voice Heard

    Congress may be out but there is still work to be done. Learn how to reach out to your representatives while they are on recess, get some talking points, and rise up as #OneNation united against gun violence

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  • Dear Abby endorses the ASK campaign

    Dear Abby Endorses ASK

    Brady advocates turned Dear Abby into an advocate for gun safety. She has published letters from doctors, parents and cops urging families to ASK if there are guns where kids play.

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  • Shooting Costs - GOP Healthcare plan would shift costs to taxpayers and gun violence victims

    Brady Healthcare Report

    Surviving a gunshot wound should not leave you uninsured or bankrupt

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  • Landmark Decision

    A federal appeals court struck down an NRA-backed Florida law that prevented doctors from talking to their patients about the risks of guns.

    Help Us Keep Winning in the Courts

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A look at unlawful gun homicides in FL in the decade since 'Stand Your Ground" shows murders climbed 22%. –https://t.co/q0iFc8s2Sg
"You survived a shooting, now what?" Gun violence survivors struggle to find support --> https://t.co/JqMWD5r3im https://t.co/ywD3KeQr66
One teen fatally shot another after the two found a gun in a Missouri park. -> https://t.co/VZldK3iHks
Thank you – we cannot let ppl use the 2nd amendment to incite fear! ->… https://t.co/pp5kbUv3k4
RT : Can't join me in person for a town hall this week? If you're in CT, submit a question on Snapchat to "Senator Murph… https://t.co/at52VQovWv
RT : Guns were used in 70% of white supremacist extremist attacks in the U.S. from 2000-2016: … https://t.co/VkzTFQjhlA
With a decrease in sales since Trump's inauguration, the gun industry is looking for other ways to boost gun sales- https://t.co/wMF0OvCLPU
VA Gov. defends police response Sat. saying white nationalists were armed better than state police-->… https://t.co/RlxtgdH0rd
Board member, Joan Peterson talks about how 25yrs after her sister was killed, a lot has changed but not gun laws–… https://t.co/9dKvVfLnEH
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April 11, 2017
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What is the Tiahrt Amendment?

What if we told you that the federal government knows where criminals are buying their guns, but refuses to tell us? Prepare to be outraged. Avery Gardiner, Chief Legal Officer for the Brady Center, explains the Tiahrt Amendment and how the gun industry has managed to ensure they can't be held accountable.

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Brady Campaign News

August 04, 2017
In the news

BREAKING SETTLEMENT: FLORIDA GUN DEALER AGREES NEVER TO SELL GUNS AGAIN, URGES STRONGER SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AT GUN STORES

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence today announced the settlement of a lawsuit against a Florida gun dealer, Gerald Tanso, who operated the Lock N Load gun store. The lawsuit, brought by the Brady Center and White & Case on behalf of the families of Imari Shabata and Kelly Allen, alleged that Lock N Load sold a gun in a straw purchase that was used by a seriously mentally ill man to murder them. Shibata and Allen were the shooter's mother and girlfriend, respectively.
August 03, 2017
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BRADY CAMPAIGN STATEMENT ON INCREASE IN FEDERAL GUN PROSECUTIONS BY JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

Brady Campaign president Dan Gross issued the following statement on a Justice Department report that charges of unlawful possession of a gun are up by twenty-three percent in the second quarter of 2017 over the same period last year. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said most of those charged were previously convicted felons.
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