What began as a Monday like any other turned into a nightmare – as the day was coming to a close, shots rang out on multiple floors of a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan. People hid in bathrooms, barricaded themselves in conference rooms, and hoped that they would make it home. 

A gunman armed with an AR-15 style assault rifle, shot and killed four people, one of them an off-duty New York Police Officer working security at the building.

John, this heinous attack is the deadliest shooting in New York City in over two decades and it was made possible by easy access to weapons of war. Our lawmakers must go beyond ‘thoughts and prayers’ and finally take action to protect the American people. Call on Congress to ban assault weapons and stop the next tragedy. >>

One survivor of the shooting described a sense of knowing amongst her young peers – they had gone through active shooter drills in school, had grown up fearing the inevitable shooting that would befall them. 

John, mass shootings shouldn’t be inevitable, but this is the reality of our country – one that values unfettered access to weapons of war over the safety of its citizens.

This time, a weapon of war was used to wreak havoc on a crowded New York City office building, and if we fail to finally rid our streets of assault weapons, the next deadly attack is all but guaranteed… Next time it could be another workplace, or a church, or a school — no piece of normal American life is safe from gun violence when our lawmakers refuse to address it as the epidemic that is.

Please, to honor the lives lost and try to prevent more from being senselessly taken, will you call on lawmakers to take action to ban assault weapons? >>

Our hearts are with the families of the victims of yesterday's shooting and we won't stop fighting to honor the lives lost with action. 

Kris Brown

Brady President