The first 100 days, victory in Virginia, & honor Sarah Brady!

Read more. {NAME}, For decades now, the NRA has fought tooth and nail to block gun reform efforts. They’ve spent millions of dollars on candidates who oppose common-sense laws that the overwhelming majority of Americans support, like expanding Brady Background Checks to all gun sales. But the NRA’s stranglehold on our political process ends now, {NAME}. President Biden and Vice President Harris can take immediate action against gun violence in their first 100 days by leveraging the power of executive actions. It's why we created a bold Executive Action Plan on exactly how the Biden-Harris administration can address America's gun violence epidemic, including by: ✅ Strengthening the Brady Background Check system ✅ Banning assault weapons ✅ Improving gun industry oversight ✅ Regulating untraceable “ghost guns” [With the strongest gun safety administration in our history, we can advance lifesaving gun reform in the first 100 days without NRA interference. But we need your immediate help to urge President Biden to take action. Will you endorse our Executive Action Plan now?]( [ENDORSE OUR EXECUTIVE ACTION PLAN ]( By making your voice heard, you’ll help us ensure that gun violence prevention is a top-tier issue for President Biden and Vice President Harris in their first 100 days. Thank you for fighting alongside Brady! Victory: Gun Violence Prevention Bills Advance Virginia! We’re celebrating big wins for gun violence prevention in Virginia! Almost as soon as the Virginia legislative session kicked off, five common-sense gun safety bills passed out of their respective committees and are now on their way to the Virginia House floor. These lifesaving bills will ban guns at polling places, ban firearms on state capitol grounds, protect domestic abuse survivors, extend the time law enforcement has to complete a background check, and regulate undetectable "ghost guns.” We thank the lawmakers who introduced and oversaw these lifesaving reforms, including House Public Safety Chairman Patrick Hope, Firearms Sub-Committee Chairman Jeffrey Bourne, and Delegates Marcus Simon, Alfonso Lopez, Mark Levine, and Kathleen Murphy. We are excited to build upon our historic progress to prevent gun violence in Virginia and build a safer Commonwealth for all. [Read more about our legislative priorities in Virginia.]( [READ MORE ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Help Us Honor Sarah Brady! Sarah Brady testifying before Congress in support of the Brady Bill. {NAME}, we have an exciting opportunity to rename a Virginia elementary school in honor of our namesake and hero, Sarah Brady — but we need your votes! As Brady supporters know, Sarah Brady made it her life's mission to prevent gun violence after her husband, Jim Brady, was shot in the head in the 1981 assassination attempt of President Reagan. Alongside Jim, Sarah fought for over seven years to pass the Brady Bill, which established our nation's first background check system. To this day, nearly 4 million prohibited purchasers have been blocked from purchasing a firearm — helping save countless lives. What many don’t know is that Sarah, who lived the majority of her life in Virginia, was also a dedicated public school teacher. She grew up attending Virginia public schools. After she graduated from the College of William & Mary with a degree in Elementary Education, she returned to Alexandria, Virginia, to teach at a newly integrated elementary school where she was an advocate of racial justice. [Will you help us honor Sarah Brady's legacy by voting to establish Sarah Kemp Brady Elementary School?]( [NOMINATE SARAH ]( Simply select “Sarah Kemp Brady”(third down in the right-hand column of choices) as your nominee and click submit. You do not have to live in Virginia to participate. Tell Your State Legislators: #NoGunsInGovSpaces! Following the January 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol, we have to keep the pressure on our state legislators, {NAME}. They have a responsibility to protect our democracy now and long into the future. [That’s why we’re urgently calling on state elected officials across the country to ban firearms at state capitols, legislative buildings, and all polling places. We cannot risk any further violence in our democratic process. Please, make your voice heard today](. [TAKE ACTION ]( 🎧 Episode 111: The Danger of "Stand Your Ground Laws" So-called ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws are the law of the land in at least 24 states, and time and again, they've been used to justify the senseless murders of Black Americans like Trayvon Martin and Ahmaud Arbery. To discuss the dangerous threat of this racist and discriminatory policy, we're joined by Team ENOUGH Florida’s Alyssa Ackbar and experts Dr. Caroline Light and Dr. John Roman. [LISTEN NOW ]( 🎧 Episode 112: Remembering the Cleveland Elementary School Shooting Thirty-two years ago in January 1989, a gunman shot and killed five students and injured 31 others at Cleveland Elementary School. It was the first mass school shooting in the age of 24-hour cable news. And it should have been the last. We recall the day with Julie Schardt, a former teacher at Cleveland Elementary School and Brady California member. [LISTEN NOW ]( 🎧 Episode 113: Do Guns Make Us Free? The NRA has claimed that more firearms are essential to maintaining freedom in America. But is this argument true? We're joined by Brady President Kris Brown and political philosopher Dr. Firmin DeBrabander to explore the facts. [LISTEN NOW ]( It’s a new moment for America — and an end to four years of lethal inaction. We’re prepared to combat gun violence and save lives with the strongest gun safety administration in our country’s history! [SHARE ON FACEBOOK ]( Biden and Vice President Harris have shown that they will not hesitate to act to use the power of their offices to enact common-sense gun violence prevention policies and regulations. They ran and were elected on the most comprehensive gun violence prevention platform in U.S. history. They are prepared to take a whole-of-government approach to this effort, and we are prepared to assist them. That work begins today.” — [Brady President Kris Brown]( Our work is made possible by grassroots donors like you. 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