Brady staff member Colin Goddard was in college on April 16th, 2007. That was the morning Seung-Hui Cho began a murderous rampage across the campus of Virginia Tech that left 32 dead and many wounded. That morning changed his life.

Colin and his classmates were some who witnessed the horror firsthand: Colin was shot 4 times and emerged from the ordeal as one of the 6 survivors of his 17 person French class. Today, Colin uses his experience as motivation to tirelessly pursue improvements to our weak gun laws in the United States that allow for these tragedies to continue.

Living for 32 is Colin's story of transformation from survivor to advocate. This short documentary has garnered widespread support, earning selection for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and numerous others. Listen to his story and help in our mission to reduce gun violence.

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Colin Goddard, a student who was shot four times at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007, worked with the Brady Campaign to record how easy it is to buy guns without a Brady criminal background check from many irresponsible unlicensed sellers.

Colin’s undercover footage of gun shows has sellers making statements such as “There’s no tax. There’s no paperwork. That’s worth something.” The buyers didn’t even have to show a driver’s license.

Colin’s goal is to encourage Americans to call on Congress to close the loophole that allows dangerous people to buy weapons at gun shows without a Brady background check.

As part of the campaign, Colin sent an email to Brady supporters with a short video of his ordeal at Virginia Tech urging them to forward his video and sign a petition to Congress demanding that it close the gun show loophole.

Our national policy should be: no background check, no gun, no excuses.

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Click here to view Colin Goddard’s undercover footage showing how guns can be easily purchased at gun shows without a background check.