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Friends,

The FBI released a report on gun violence, and it’s worth taking a moment to think about. Here’s what they found:

In 2022, the U.S. suffered more casualties -- meaning deaths or injuries -- from active shooters than it did in the four years prior.

For those not immediately impacted by the trauma, our brains can often blend the details of these gun tragedies -- a bank in Kentucky, a school in Nashville, a sweet 16 party in Alabama.

We can even find ourselves tuning out the news or normalizing these tragedies because the weight of all this loss is unbearable. But for the sake of our communities and our kids, we need to face the grim numbers head-on.

So here they are:

*
In
2022,
there
were
50
active
shooter
incidents
that
caused
313
casualties,
including
100
people
who
were
killed.

*
That
makes
roughly
one
active
shooter
incident
a
week
throughout
2022.

*
Last
year,
the
total
active
shooter
incidents
was
66%
higher
compared
with
2018.

The fact is, whether we’re close to it or not, the scourge of gun violence affects us all -- no community is immune from its impacts. No space is too sacred. Some of the most horrific shootings have occurred in elementary schools, concert venues, churches and synagogues, shopping malls, nightclubs, and grocery stores.

I emailed you recently about the challenges and limitations we face with a divided Congress on our ability to get something -- anything -- done to save lives. I’m sharing the question again because I still think it's a worthwhile exercise for myself and my colleagues:

Have we let the debate around this crucial issue become stale and futile? Are there solutions and strategies we’re not talking about that we might be able to find some common ground on?

This new report and the crucial contextualization it provides should motivate all of us to set aside our differences and find a new way forward on this issue. If you’re with me in the fight to put forward real actions and solutions, please add your name to my petition and urge everyone in Congress to fight for meaningful change. [[link removed]]

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Thanks for staying committed to this cause,

Tim Kaine








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