- Right now @clgoddard is delivering 35K signatures to Congress pre-State of the Union to push for action on #guns http://t.co/C04i0QaY
- What can you do to help make a safer nation? Consider volunteering time & talent. Details here: http://t.co/hG1SKqJL
- If you've lost a loved one to gun violence, plz share your story: http://t.co/vSjqVbmI
- Tell Congress we want action to reduce #gun violence. Help reach the goal of 30,000 emails by midnight: http://t.co/GdNtznlD
- Only hours left to make as big an impact as possible. Plz RT to help reach goal of 30K emails to Congress: http://t.co/GdNtznlD
- #NowIsTheTime to rally friends & followers to reach our goal of 30,000 emails to Congress in the next few hours: http://t.co/GdNtznlD
- #NowIsTheTime to make Congress hear our demand to reduce #gun violence. Help send 30K emails by midnight http://t.co/GdNtznlD
- Make sure Congress hears our demand for action to reduce #gun violence. Let's send 30,000 emails over the next 48 hours http://t.co/GdNtznlD
- Make our voices heard. Help send 30,000 emails urging Senate Judiciary Committee members to act on #gun reform http://t.co/GdNtznlD
- #NowIsTheTime to rally friends, family & followers to help send 30,000 emails to Congress in the next 48 hours: http://t.co/GdNtznlD
- Nationwide call-to-action: Help rally friends & family to send 30,000 emails to Congress in the next 48 hours: http://t.co/GdNtznlD
- President, Gabby Giffords & Mark Kelly say #NowIsTheTime for #gun reform. Tell Congress you agree: http://t.co/NJBj2Vt8 http://t.co/bWHypNuY
Sarah Brady's Message to Illinois Voters: Don't Vote for THAT Brady
Oct 7, 2010
Washington, D.C. - Sarah Brady, honorary Chair of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, is urging Illinois voters to reject Gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady because of his “awful” positions on gun laws and vote for Pat Quinn for Governor.
Brady, the candidate, opposes legislation limiting civilian access to military-style semiautomatic weapons and prohibiting guns near schools. A bill to prohibit the purchase of assault weapons was blocked by the gun lobby in the Illinois state legislature this year.
Sarah Brady’s telephone message to Illinois voters begins to be distributed today, with an initial scope of 65,000 calls, paid for by the Brady PAC Illinois. “My husband, JIM Brady, is from Illinois,” Sarah Brady says. “We’ve voted Republican many times, but we think BILL Brady’s gun policies are awful.”
Listen to the call here: http://www.bradyvoter.org/xshare/bvote/2010/SarahBrady-il-gov-race.wav.
Bullets ended the lives of 304 young people (teenage and under) in Illinois in 2006 and 2007, the last years for which full figures are available, according to the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence (http://www.ichv.org/facts-about-gun-violence/general-facts-about-gun-violence/).
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