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Change Starts Here
Attorneys representing Janet Delana of Lafayette County, MO, announced a $2.2 million settlement in their precedent-setting case against a Missouri gun dealer that, despite warning from Janet, sold a gun to her severely mentally ill daughter. The daughter then used the gun to shoot and kill Janet's husband, Tex Delana.
On Monday, May 16, 2016, more than 2,200 Brady supporters flooded Senator Chuck Schumer’s office with calls asking him to keep his promise to introduce a universal background check bill. Within hours Sen. Schumer, a long-time gun safety advocate and sponsor of the original Brady Bill, announced he would introduce Brady Bill 2.0 – a bill to expand background checks to every gun sale in America. Here’s a timeline of how Brady achieved this incredible progress.
- It’s really not possible to overstate the importance of this victory in Washington State. Voters in the Evergreen State overwhelmingly passed Initiative 594 to expand background checks to all gun sales, including online and at gun shows. With a decisive 60 percent of voters supporting I-594, it turns out that it’s a lot harder for the corporate gun lobby to bully voters than it is to bully politicians.
Updates from Brady
Latest Blog
June 12, 2017
Blog post
One year ago today, I woke up the same way millions of Americans did that morning: to a notification on my iPhone. As it was for so many, that morning was one I will never forget.
Featured Content
April 11, 2017
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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.
Brady Campaign News
June 28, 2017
In the news
SACRAMENTO, CA – Within his first 100 Days in office, Donald Trump's Administration took several steps to attempt to rollback and undermine the Brady background check system to include his Justice Department allowing people with outstanding arrest warrants to buy guns. California just passed a budget to close that loophole.
June 26, 2017
In the news
Preserving a major victory for gun violence prevention laws and the Brady Center, the Supreme Court declined to hear challenges to California's reasonable restrictions on concealed handgun permitting today. Due in part to Brady's help, the Ninth Circuit upheld as constitutional the permitting process last year in Peruta v. County of San Diego.