R. Disney · [email protected]

September 13, 2019 at 10:27 PM

347% INCREASE

John, Twenty-five years ago today, the federal assault weapons ban, which Brady crafted, was signed into law. And 15 years ago today, that ban expired. We know what’s happened since: Odessa, Dayton, Gilroy, Parkland, Aurora, Orlando, Las Vegas, Sandy Hook, San Bernardino, Sutherland…

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  Research Team at Brady · [email protected]

September 12, 2019 at 2:08 PM

You’ve Been Selected to Represent Your City

John — ahead of tonight's debate, we need our supporters from across the country to fill out our Official Presidential Debate Survey. As a top supporter, you’ve been selected to represent your city on our survey. This survey will take 2-3 minutes to complete, and your response is ap…

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  BRADY TEAM · [email protected]

September 11, 2019 at 6:33 PM

Last night’s victory

John, Mitch McConnell might not be doing anything in the Senate to stop gun violence, but yesterday the House took major action. House committee members returned from recess and voted to pass three gun safety bills: ✔️ The Extreme Risk Protection Order Act keeps guns away from peop…

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  Kris Brown · [email protected]

September 10, 2019 at 11:14 PM

BIG NEWS OUT OF NEW JERSEY

John, I want to share some exciting news with you! Today, we stood by Gov. Phil Murphy as he announced that — effective immediately — New Jersey will stop doing business with any gun manufacturers or retailers that fail to follow common-sense public safety standards. What’s the in…

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  Brady · [email protected]

September 9, 2019 at 7:57 PM

We need to talk about suicide

This week is National Suicide Prevention Week. If you are struggling, please call the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for free and confidential support: 1-800-273-8255 John, Every year, 22,274 people in the U.S. die from suicide by a gun. Every year, 590 children and teen…

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  Brady · [email protected]

September 7, 2019 at 4:16 PM

Brady Weekly Newsletter

Brady Weekly June 1, 2019     We Need Background Checks Now Following last weekend’s mass shooting in Odessa, President Trump declared that background checks “wouldn’t have prevented” the massacre. He was wrong. Authorities have said that the Texas gunman purchased the murder weapon, a…

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  Cordy Galligan · [email protected]

September 6, 2019 at 8:58 PM

Background checks worked, then a loophole let him get a gun

John, We know that loopholes in our gun laws have long been exploited by individuals looking to cause others harm. Now, we’re learning that the Odessa shooter failed a background check in 2014, and then ultimately used a loophole to buy the weapons he would later use to murder 7 p…

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  Brady · [email protected]

September 6, 2019 at 3:22 PM

Thank you for signing up!

Dear John, Thank you for signing up to receive email alerts from Brady. We'll be in touch soon. Thank you, Kris Brown, President Brady    

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  Kris Brown, Brady · [email protected]

September 5, 2019 at 3:26 PM

Thank you Walmart!

John, The nation’s largest retailer, Walmart, announced that it will stop selling ammunition for assault weapons AND is asking shoppers to no longer openly carry firearms in its stores. John, this is huge! But...the NRA is already bashing Walmart for its move, calling it “shameful…

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  TRUMP WATCH (via Brady) · [email protected]

September 3, 2019 at 10:38 PM

Walmart just acted faster than our elected officials

John, In breaking news, Walmart just announced new restrictions on gun and ammo sales. It will discontinue all handgun sales, stop selling ammo for assault weapons, and prohibit shoppers from carrying firearms in its stores. In short, Walmart just acted faster than our elected offi…

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  Kris Brown · [email protected]

September 1, 2019 at 5:10 PM

Odessa

John, Yesterday, a gunman opened fire in Odessa, Texas, killing 7 people and injuring at least 18 more. Among the injured was a 17-month-old girl. In August alone, more than 50 people were murdered in mass shootings in America. The entire time, the Senate was on summer break, and S…

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  Renee (via Brady) · [email protected]

August 31, 2019 at 5:13 PM

UPDATE: Gun violence fundraising drive

John, We launched an aggressive fundraising drive, and so many of you came through. Thank you! But we’re still behind our goal, and we need to close the books before September 1. Can you help us close the gap by rushing a tax-deductible donation before midnight? DONAT…

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  Brady · [email protected]

August 31, 2019 at 4:16 PM

Brady Weekly Newsletter

Brady Weekly June 1, 2019     Brady Endorses 30 Gun Violence Prevention Champions in Virginia Virginia voters head to the polls this November, and there’s a lot riding on this election. Virginians want stronger gun laws, but under the Virginia General Assembly’s NRA-backed leadership, t…

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  K. Brown, President · [email protected]

August 30, 2019 at 8:24 PM

We didn’t forget, John

John, After a mass shooting, we mourn. Our elected officials promise to make changes so it won’t happen again. But then the news cycle moves on, and we forget. We can’t forget this time, John. We aren’t going to give up the fight until our country is completely free of gun violenc…

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  Robert Disney · [email protected]

August 29, 2019 at 5:28 PM

We take action

John, Last week, Brady activists across the country took to the streets — along highways, in town centers, statehouses, and more — to demand that Mitch McConnell and the Senate take action to end the gun violence that threatens all our lives. Our grassroots are more powerful than …

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  Jaime · [email protected]

August 27, 2019 at 11:37 PM

update on our campaign

John, We’ve collected more than 4O,OOO signatures on our petition to challenge the NRA’s tax-exempt status. We need to reach 5O,OOO signatures so we can mail this petition directly to the IRS. We are demanding a thorough investigation into whether the NRA has abused its tax-exempt …

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  Jaime · [email protected]

August 27, 2019 at 6:05 PM

The NRA is not above the law, John

John, The National Rifle Association (NRA) is currently a tax-exempt nonprofit organization. In return for tax-exemption, it’s supposed to operate in the public interest. However, the NRA works almost exclusively to make the gun industry rich — at the expense of public safety. We’re c…

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  Kris Brown · [email protected]

August 25, 2019 at 6:05 PM

Our work together

John, 40,000 people killed every year. 100 killed every day. Hundreds more injured. And countless more living in daily fear. John, we MUST do better. Our country is facing a gun violence epidemic, and we urgently need to act. For more than 45 years, Brady has been making strides t…

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  Renee · [email protected]

August 24, 2019 at 11:24 PM

Mitch, do your job

John, The horrific tragedies in El Paso, Dayton, and Chicago earlier this month should have been a blaring wake-up call. Our nation is facing a gun violence epidemic. Yet the Senate has refused to take action to prevent future shootings. Bills that will make our communities safer ar…

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  Brady · [email protected]

August 24, 2019 at 5:15 PM

Brady Weekly Newsletter

Brady Weekly June 1, 2019     The Morning Routine in America People in every community should be able to go to school, go to the park, go to festivals, walk their streets — basically live their lives — without fearing gun violence. But that’s not the reality we live in. A new poll by th…

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  Warriors Coach Steve Kerr · [email protected]

August 23, 2019 at 4:32 PM

Again and again and again

John, There are mass shootings now almost every single day. It’s unbelievable that this is becoming routine. There are school shootings and workplace shootings. This month alone, dozens were killed or injured in mass shootings in El Paso, Dayton, Chicago, Philadelphia, and more. An…

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  Kris Brown · [email protected]

August 22, 2019 at 4:42 PM

Trump needs to listen

John, President Trump is furiously backpedaling. In the immediate wake of the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, he spoke of passing stronger gun laws. Then he started communicating constantly — sometimes a few times a day — with Wayne LaPierre and the NRA. Now, Trump’s dropped all …

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  OFFICIAL SURVEY: Assault Weapons · [email protected]

August 21, 2019 at 12:23 AM

August survey

John You have been selected to complete our survey on assault weapons. This survey will take 2-3 minutes to complete and we really value your input to help set our priorities. Can you please take a moment to add your response? How important to you is it that legislative leaders at …

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  Jon Lowy · [email protected]

August 20, 2019 at 3:27 PM

In the courts...

John, The Senate is dragging its heels on gun reform. But at Brady, our work isn’t stopping. One of the most effective ways we fight back against gun violence is through our nation’s courts. Here’s how we fight in the courts to end gun violence: Force the gun industry to implemen…

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  Renee Davidson · [email protected]

August 17, 2019 at 10:54 PM

this is an epidemic, John

John, Gun violence kills 100 people in America every day. This is a public health epidemic, and we need to start treating it like one. The first step to ending gun violence is to fully understand the issue so that we can identify and invest in solutions. However, the Senate is blockin…

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  Brady · [email protected]

August 17, 2019 at 5:33 PM

Brady Weekly Newsletter

Brady Weekly June 1, 2019 It’s the “Weekend of Action” for Gun Safety! We’re unleashing our grassroots power this weekend! In partnership with fellow gun violence prevention groups, we’re holding events across the country to demand legislators take immediate action on common-sense gun refo…

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  Christian Heyne · [email protected]

August 16, 2019 at 11:05 PM

breaking news

John, The House Judiciary Committee just announced it’s cutting its recess break short to return to Washington, D.C., to work on gun safety legislation. They’re focusing on lifesaving bills that are part of Brady’s comprehensive plan, including an assault weapons ban. "Judiciary…

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  NRA ALERT (Via Brady) · [email protected]

August 14, 2019 at 10:39 PM

They think they’ve won.

John, Less than two weeks after several mass shootings dominated the news, headlines are beginning to fade. As reporters move on to new stories, families, friends, and loved ones in Dayton and El Paso are coming to grips with a new reality. Meanwhile, the NRA is working behind th…

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  Donna Finkelstein, Brady San Fernando Valley · [email protected]

August 14, 2019 at 4:19 PM

I know first-hand

Take the membership survey!   Dear John, I know first-hand how frightened the citizens of El Paso must feel about being targeted by a white supremacist who had easy access to guns. A white supremacist stormed a Jewish day camp in California where my daughter Mindy was a 16-year-old camp counsel…

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  Brian Lemek · [email protected]

August 13, 2019 at 7:57 PM

Will John make the difference?

John, I just finished checking my records. We are now just $53.35 away from hitting our goal of raising $25,000 to help ban assault weapons. John, we’ve decided to extend this fundraising drive for just 12 hours longer to give you one more chance to donate and hit our goal. Will you b…

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  Jaime · [email protected]

August 13, 2019 at 12:23 AM

Trump thinks this is a joke

John, Last week, we all mourned the horrific murders in El Paso and Dayton. Donald Trump used the El Paso tragedy to boast about crowd sizes in front of the victims: John, gun violence is not a joke, despite what our President seems to think. People are dying every day. Help us …

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  JP Thomas, Brady · [email protected]

August 12, 2019 at 7:09 PM

Join Brady for a Weekend of Action

Take the membership survey!   Dear John, Brady will be joining other groups for a weekend of action to prevent gun violence. Will you join us? So far, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he will not call Senators back to Washington during recess, but that gun violence prevention me…

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  Kris Brown · [email protected]

August 12, 2019 at 12:31 AM

Pause.

John, I want to take a moment to pause and reflect and hope that you can find time to do the same. The work that we do is incredibly important. Our mission is powerful and our motivations are for a better future. However, our work is difficult as well. A week ago, 32 people were k…

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  Brady · [email protected]

August 10, 2019 at 10:34 PM

Brady Weekly Newsletter, August 10

Brady Weekly June 1, 2019 We're Fighting Hard We are Brady: United Against Gun Violence Following a tragic week of gun violence in America, people across the country are asking themselves “what can I do to stop this?” We at Brady know the solutions. In the spirit of our namesakes Jim and Sa…

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  NRA Watch (via Brady) · [email protected]

August 10, 2019 at 10:01 PM

Gun lobby’s message: do nothing

John, Just hours after Donald Trump casually said he would be open to passing background checks, he was warned by the NRA: No way. The NRA spent $30 million in 2016 to help elect Trump. Now, Wayne LaPierre is calling Trump to warn him to stay away from policy solutions supported by…

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  R. Disney, Brady · [email protected]

August 10, 2019 at 2:01 PM

Lend us your voice.

John, We have been fighting for an assault weapons ban for years. These weapons are designed for maximum lethality in a minimum amount of time. Increasingly, assault weapons are the weapon of choice for mass shooters and in the wake of the horrifying shootings in El Paso and Dayton…

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  AJ (Iphone) · [email protected]

August 10, 2019 at 1:31 AM

FWD: UPDATE: Assault weapons fundraising drive

John, Did you see this note from Brian? If you could chip-in before the weekend, we’ll hit our goal! I can’t tell you how proud I am of the work we’ve been doing and how many calls, letters, and notes we’ve seen from all over the country calling for Congressional action. This is our mom…

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  Brian Lemek · [email protected]

August 9, 2019 at 10:01 PM

UPDATE: Assault weapons fundraising drive

John, The response to our assault weapons ban fundraising drive has been incredible! We’re almost to our goal! I know we can raise the funds necessary to go toe-to-toe with the NRA. We’ve heard reports they’ve been reaching out to members of Congress to ensure that life-saving gu…

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  Kris Brown · [email protected]

August 9, 2019 at 2:01 AM

BREAKING: McConnell on background checks.

John, It’s working. Brady supporters have made over 10,000 calls to Mitch McConnell’s office and just now, we heard some great news. Mitch McConnell said in an interview this afternoon that the Senate will address gun violence, including prioritizing background checks. McConnell …

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  Jaime Bellemare · [email protected]

August 8, 2019 at 11:01 PM

We’re not going anywhere.

John, It’s only been four days since the tragic back-to-back shootings in El Paso and Dayton and a spate of gun violence in Chicago. We must channel our outrage into action and let elected officials know we’re not going away. Since this weekend, we’ve been demanding Congress return…

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  Team Brady · [email protected]

August 8, 2019 at 3:01 PM

Update on our campaign

In the few hours since we’ve launched our campaign, we’ve seen an overwhelming response. Our team has been in contact with congressional staff and allies, we’ve been inundating Mitch McConnell’s office with calls, we’re on national television encouraging citizens to use their voice, …

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  Gun Violence Prevention Team (via Brady) · [email protected]

August 7, 2019 at 8:32 PM

CAMPAIGN LAUNCH (please read)

John, The results from yesterday’s poll are in. Our senior team just got out of a meeting: today, we’re launching a no holds barred campaign to ban assault weapons. First, we have an aggressive goal of raising $25,000 within the next 48 hours. This money will help us keep the medi…

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  Mark Collins · [email protected]

August 7, 2019 at 12:31 AM

Mitch McConnell calls himself the grim reaper.

John, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell likes to refer to himself as the grim reaper. Perhaps he should since his legislative inaction is costing Americans their lives. More than 150 days ago, the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill to expand background checks. Th…

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  Gun Violence Polling (via Brady) · [email protected]

August 6, 2019 at 8:31 PM

SURVEY: Solutions to gun violence

John We are looking for survey responses from 2,500 of our top supporters. The survey below will take 2-3 minutes to complete, and your time is greatly appreciated. Poll outcomes will be shared with our leadership team in the next 24 hours and help shape our talking points with the …

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  Jaime Bellemare · [email protected]

August 6, 2019 at 1:01 AM

Trump’s rhetoric

"These aren't people. These are animals." — Donald Trump “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” — Donald Trump John, 22 people were killed in El Paso. Targeted by a white supremacist armed with an assault rifle. Easy access to these weapons of war makes…

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  Cordy Galligan · [email protected]

August 5, 2019 at 6:01 PM

What Trump just said.

John, Did you see Donald Trump’s press conference just now? Trump said that he condemned hatred and bigotry. But his words are hollow. Donald Trump has spent the past three years in office vilifying his opponents, minority groups, and anyone who stands up to oppose him. His misgui…

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  Kris Brown · [email protected]

August 5, 2019 at 3:00 AM

Jim Brady

John, Tonight, as I’m thinking about the horrific events of this weekend, I’m also thinking of Jim Brady, who passed away five years ago today. I wanted to take a moment to share his story of hope with you. It’s what’s inspiring me in this difficult fight. Jim Brady, who served Whi…

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  Brady United Against Gun Violence · [email protected]

August 4, 2019 at 3:39 PM

The shootings this weekend

John, Two deadly mass shootings have occurred within 24 hours of one another. The total death toll has now surpassed 29 people. Families grieve. Communities are at a loss. Our hearts are with Dayton and El Paso as they deal with this enormous tragedy. John, this is ENOUGH. The time…

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  Cordy Galligan · [email protected]

August 3, 2019 at 5:37 PM

Mitch McConnell BLOCKS our work

John, Do you know what's astounding? Background checks are more popular than pizza. Background checks on all gun sales have the support of 97% of Americans, including gun owners. Do you know what else is astounding? Mitch McConnell has been blocking a bill for universal backgroun…

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  Brady · [email protected]

August 3, 2019 at 4:41 PM

Brady Weekly July 28, 2019

Brady Weekly June 1, 2019 Get busy — it's August recess!   It’s August Recess — Which is YOUR Chance to Meet with Your Members of Congress! Right now, Congress is on August recess, when members head home to their districts for a six-week break. It’s the perfect opportunity for activists l…

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