Trump endorsed by the NRA, virtual events, & new podcast episodes!

{NAME}, this shouldn't surprise you. This week, the NRA endorsed President Trump for reelection in November 2020. But we all know President Trump hasn't 'delivered' on any of the promises made to the families devastated by gun violence during his time in office. Parkland, Poway, El Paso, Dayton, Gilroy — each of these tragedies happened amid Trump's lethal inaction on gun reform. Every time a mass shooting makes national headlines, we know the routine. President Trump is quick to offer “thoughts and prayers.” He might even entertain the idea of strengthening our gun laws, but he then backtracks after long talks with the NRA. After all, don't forget: the NRA paid for Trump’s presidency, spending $30 million to elect him to the White House in 2016. We shouldn't have to say this, but the President of the United States shouldn't have the NRA's Wayne LaPierre on speed dial for advice! We're saying enough. We deserve a leader in the White House who will protect the American people — rather than protect their financial interest with the NRA. The fight to elect a gun safety President in November must be a top priority for all of us. [Add your name to our petition if you support electing a gun safety champion to the White House in 2020!]( [ADD YOUR NAME TO OUR PETITION]( --------------------------------------------------------------- ICYMI: Watch Our Archived Facebook Live Events with Members of Congress --------------------------------------------------------------- Brady President Kris Brown & Chairman Adam Schiff Discuss Gun Violence Prevention Brady President Kris Brown and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, discussed Schiff’s leadership to prevent gun violence in the 116th Congress. As Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, Rep. Schiff was in charge of investigating the relationship between the NRA and the Russian government and how that relationship benefited President Trump in the 2016 election. We heard more about the evidence his committee found, highlighting Russian influence over the NRA and Russia's goal to sow discord on social media by using the debate over guns. We also discussed legislation Rep. Schiff is championing to repeal special protections enjoyed by the gun lobby as well as historic funding granted to the CDC and NIH to research gun violence in America. [Watch the archived version now!]( [WATCH THE ARCHIVED VERSION NOW]( Biden Battleground Virginia: Featuring Sen. Tim Kaine, Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn, and Kayla Hicks The fight — and victory — for common-sense gun reform in Virginia was years in the making. Virginians rallied, organized, elected a gun safety majority, and now gun reform is the law of the land in Virginia. To discuss the historic progress made in Virginia, we convened Virginians Brady President Kris Brown, Kayla Hicks, Sen. Tim Kaine, and Virginia House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn. We discussed how we can take lessons from Virginia to pass gun reform across the country in 2020! [Watch the archived version now!]( [WATCH THE ARCHIVED VERSION NOW]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [🎧 The Fight for D.C. Statehood and Gun Violence Prevention]( Our nation’s capital continues to face disproportionate rates of gun violence, and it is compounded by D.C. residents’ lack of congressional representation to directly address the causes of this violence. To discuss the fight for D.C. statehood, JJ is joined by Christian Heyne, vice president of policy at Brady, and activists Ty Hobson Powell, organizer with 51 for 51, and Aalayah Eastmond, executive council member of Team ENOUGH and a Concerned Citizens organizer. [Listen now.]( [LISTEN NOW]( [🎧 What Does Police Reform Have to do with Preventing Gun Violence?]( Across the country, many communities have echoed protesters’ demands for the reform or defunding of police departments. To break down the root causes of these demonstrations and what changes their impressive momentum might bring, JJ and Kelly Sampson, legal counsel at Brady, are joined by Dwayne Crawford, executive director of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), and Clayton Rosenberg, chief of staff for the Alliance of Concerned Men, for a discussion about police reform, public safety, and gun violence prevention. [Listen now.]( [LISTEN NOW]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Brady Donor of the Week: Gary Holland Gary grew up in Long Beach and started supporting Brady three decades ago as a concerned citizen. Now, as a faculty member in the Department of Ophthalmology at UCLA and director of the Ocular Inflammatory Disease Center at the UCLA Stein Eye Institute, Gary is specifically concerned about gun violence as a public health issue. Among the long-term consequences of gun violence are eye injuries leading to blindness among some survivors. He is inspired by the increasing interest among young people, including medical students, in the issue of gun violence prevention. For example, a group of UCLA medical students are creating a teaching module on how to counsel patients about gun safety for inclusion in the medical school curriculum. Gary and his colleagues have also started a research study into eye injuries among survivors of gun violence, who are seen in the Emergency Department at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, with its urban Level-1 trauma center. At this hospital alone, there is an average of almost one ocular injury related to firearm violence each month. [Read more about Gary's work in our full donor profile!]( [READ MORE]( [Bump Stock Maker Seeks Compensation From Las Vegas Massacre Victim Fund]( New York Post [Another Deadly Virus Continues to Ravage America: Gun Violence]( NorthJersey.com Loren Lieb, co-leader of the Brady San Fernando Valley (CA) chapter, has been active in the movement to prevent gun violence since the late 1990s. In 1999, a white supremacist opened fire on a California Jewish Community Center (JCC) where Loren’s son, Josh, was in attendance. The gunman shot and killed 11 people and injured six more, including Josh. It was one of the deadliest attacks on the Jewish community in U.S. history. Since then, Loren, alongside Million Mom March organizer Donna Finkelstein, whose daughter was also in the JCC shooting, has rallied and testified numerous times in support of gun safety and stronger gun laws in California. Most recently, Loren spoke about safe gun storage and ending family fire with Rep. Katie Porter (CA-45) in a virtual event, continuing to bring attention to the fact that 4.6 million children live in homes with access to an unlocked or unsupervised gun. We are proud to have such a committed leader and activist who fights to ensure no family has to experience what hers did. [Watch the Facebook Live conversation with Rep. Porter!]( --------------------------------------------------------------- “Slide Fire has not taken an ounce of responsibility for anything that it has ever done, nor has it made any gesture, however small, to try to do right by the victims of this shooting. Instead, they have fought tooth and nail against the victims in court, and this filing appears to be the latest chapter in that strategy." — [Brady Chief Counsel Jonathan Lowy in the New York Post]( [DONATE NOW]( [Our work is made possible by grassroots supporters like you.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for supporting the Brady Campaign. 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