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Another mass shooting once again makes national headlines. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ Friend, this isn't an easy email to write. Yesterday morning, Fred reached out, reflecting on the six years since the Parkland shooting, where his 14-year-old daughter, Jaime, was shot and killed. Yesterday was already an incredibly hard day for the Parkland community, for all of us who have been impacted by gun violence, and for our entire country. But then, another mass shooting once again made national headlines. Two gunmen at a Super Bowl celebration in Kansas City killed one person and injured more than 20 others, including children. The gun violence crisis is an epidemic, friend. No community in our country is safe, and we must act NOW to end this crisis once and for all. We're calling on Congress to finally take action to end this violence — and we need you to join us. Will you respond to our live poll before midnight tonight to raise your voice for change? After the Kansas City shooting, we've increased our survey response goal to 10,000, so please don't wait to respond: Should Congress take action on gun violence? [YES]( [NO]( Thank you, Liz Dunning Gun Violence Survivor & Chief Development and Engagement Officer, Brady ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fred Guttenberg Subject: Help me honor my daughter and the victims of Parkland Friend, my daughter, Jaime, was killed six years ago today. At only 14 years old, her life and her future was ripped from her when she was shot and killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. My daughter was gunned down in the hallways of her school with an AR-15-style semi-automatic weapon. It took the shooter just six minutes to kill my daughter and 16 other people. That weapon of war had no place in my daughter's school, in my community, or in the hands of a civilian. I'll never be able to get my daughter back. But I do have the power to fight with everything I have so that no more of our children are killed with weapons of war. And you do too. To mark six years since the Parkland shooting, I'm helping Brady reach 6,000 responses on their survey. [Please, before our survey deadline at midnight tonight, will you respond to show lawmakers that Americans are ready for change?]( Should Congress take action on gun violence? [YES]( [NO]( It's hard, but all too easy, to think about what Jaime's life would have been like if she'd not been killed. She would be 20 years old by now. She might be spending today sitting in a lecture hall at college, following her dream of becoming a pediatric physical therapist. Perhaps she'd be volunteering to help special needs children. Maybe she would've followed her passion for dance or found even more to dream about. But I know for sure that she'd have the same loving heart and that same beautiful laugh that I'll never forget. Congress had the power to save my daughter by banning assault weapons and passing other long-overdue gun safety reforms. But they refused to act — and unfortunately, my daughter is just one of hundreds who have been killed because of their inaction. From Uvalde to Nashville to Perry, there have been hundreds of school shootings since Parkland. Gun violence is rising. Our leaders in Washington have the power to stop it. But they will only take action if we raise our voices as one to demand it. I've spent every day since losing Jaime fighting to save other kids just like her. [Today, will you help me honor Jaime and the 16 other victims from Parkland by calling on Washington to finally take action? Brady needs another 3,000 responses to hit our goal, so please, raise your voice now:]( Should Congress take action on gun violence? [YES]( [NO]( Thank you, Fred Guttenberg Jaime and Jesse's dad Friends, thank you for supporting Brady. ['Brady is committed to defeating the NRA, electing gun safety champions and passing common-sense bipartisan legislation – but we need your help.'](#) If you're in this fight to create a better, safer country for future generations, join Brady today by making a gift. [DONATE]( [DONATE MONTHLY]( Brady 840 First Street, NE Suite 400 Washington, DC 20002 United States This message was sent to your email address. 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