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PLUS: Team ENOUGH Executive Council Applications, Donor Spotlight, and more This isn’t a joke, friend – multiple grocery stores in the United States have installed ammunition vending machines. Sandwiched between vending machines selling candy and Mountain Dew is a machine that will dole out bullets with the press of a button. This is the dangerous gun lobby agenda at its worst, making ammunition readily available in grocery stores in Alabama, Texas, and Oklahoma, while our nation's gun violence epidemic continues to worsen. Putting ammunition vending machines in grocery stores is the opposite direction that our country should be headed. [We cannot allow our country to be run by the gun lobby's greedy hands and I'm asking for your help to stop our country from going in an even deadlier direction. No matter where you live, will you send a message to grocery stores that installed ammunition vending machines and make it clear the public is against this dangerous decision and stop the spread of these machines to a grocery store in your state?]( [TAKE ACTION ]( The decision to put vending machines full of bullets in grocery stores makes it recklessly easy to immediately purchase deadly ammunition without needed human interaction or oversight. While ludicrous on its own, it also has far-reaching implications: This is happening in a country where gun violence is the leading cause of death for children and teens; where 117 people die from gun violence every single day; where we are in desperate need of more common-sense gun laws to close loopholes and save lives. Easier access to bullets and weapons is the last thing our country needs. [I know that the American people want to change this country as badly as I do, and that's why I'm asking you to speak out today and stop the momentum of a deadly decision in grocery stores across the country: Will you add your name to our urgent petition to grocery stores to remove these dangerous ammunition vending machines?]( [TAKE ACTION ]( Thank you, Liz Dunning Gun Violence Survivor Chief Development & Engagement Officer   Applications Are OPEN for the Team ENOUGH Executive Council! Do you know a passionate youth advocate (ages 13-22) who wants to become a leader in the movement to end gun violence? [Let them know that applications are OPEN for the Team ENOUGH Executive Council!]( Team ENOUGH, Brady’s youth-led initiative, was founded in the aftermath of the deadly 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. The Executive Council is the governing body of Team ENOUGH that helps shape its goals and programs to free America from gun violence. Members of the Executive Council will have the opportunity to: ✅ Learn from subject matter experts at Brady and in the gun violence prevention movement. ✅ Elevate fellow youth voices through one-of-a-kind programs and platforms, like our national Youth Advocacy Training Program. ✅ Speak on behalf of Team ENOUGH on national platforms. ✅Join a network of like-minded youth leaders with impressive backgrounds and experiences in social justice causes. share our application with a young person you know who is ready to lead the generation that will end gun violence!]( close on Monday, July 29, at 11:59 p.m. ET.]( [SHARE NOW ](   Donor Spotlight: Ruth Borenstein We at Brady are proud to feature supporters of our life-saving mission to free America from gun violence. This week, that’s Ruth Borenstein, an active donor, Brady California’s legislative & policy chair, and the co-lead of Brady San Francisco. Ruth was determined to take action on gun violence in her community in the wake of the deadly mass shooting in Parkland, FL. Once she found out that a state-owned property hosted gun shows multiple times a year, she wrote an [op-ed]( in the San Francisco Chronicle calling for a stop to gun sales at the Cow Palace gun show. Her advocacy continued, speaking out at local board meetings, and with the help of fellow Brady supporters, gun shows are no longer held on the property. While Ruth has seen the positive impact of her advocacy, she still remains frustrated about the power and influence of the NRA and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) over politicians and the barrier this creates to meaningful reform. However, Ruth stays hopeful through her work with the younger generation that has stepped up in the gun violence prevention movement. [We thank Ruth for supporting Brady and being an advocate for gun violence prevention. 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