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22 Apr, 8 tweets, 5 min read
3 years ago today, a gunman used an AR-15 to senselessly murder 4 young people at a Waffle House in Nashville. They had their whole lives ahead of them.

We remember their names:

— Joe R. Perez, 20
— Akilah Dasilva, 23 @akilah_the
— Deebony Groves, 21
— Taurean C. Sanderlin, 29
The 2018 Waffle House gunman wasn't stopped by a "good guy with a gun" — as is almost never the case. (This is a myth pushed by the gun lobby.)

Instead, he was stopped by @JamesShawJr9, who was unarmed. nytimes.com/2018/04/23/us/…
More on that long-debunked "good guy with a gun" myth here. #EndGunViolence vice.com/en/article/evd…
We at @bradybuzz were proud to honor @JamesShawJr9 at our 2018 #BradyAwards.

In the years since the Waffle House shooting, James has continued to use his voice to build the movement to prevent gun violence.
James didn't ask to be a hero. And he shouldn't have needed to be one.

But our nation's gun violence epidemic puts too many of us in life-or-death circumstances.

Whether mass shootings or gun suicide or unintentional shootings, +300 people in America are killed w/ guns each day
The Waffle House shooter never should have had a gun.

He had been known to be dangerous, and the FBI had seized his guns.

But his father had given him back his guns, including the AR-15 he used as his murder weapon. #EndGunViolence cnn.com/2018/04/23/us/…
Today, we remember Joe R. Perez, Akilah Dasilva, Deebony Groves, and Taurean C. Sanderlin.

They had their full lives ahead of them.

They should be alive today.

#WaffleHouse #EndGunViolence #HonorWithAction
wkrn.com/news/antioch-w…
This we know: Easy access to guns is killing us.

Stronger, sensible gun laws will save lives.

We vow to #HonorWithAction by fighting to end our country's gun violence epidemic. @akilah_the wkrn.com/news/state-cap…

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Kris Brown | President, bradyunited.org Profile picture
21 Apr
GREAT NEWS: Amid growing threats around homemade "ghost guns," both California AND Nevada just advanced bills to prevent the dangerous spread of these untraceable & unregulated firearms.

Thank you to @sandra4nv, @AsmCottie, @ca_brady & Brady Nevada! #EndGunViolence #CAleg #NVLeg
More on the California ghost gun bill here, led by @AsmCottie.

“If it looks like a gun, and shoot like a gun, it’s a gun. Closing [the ghost gun] loophole is simple common sense.” #CAleg @ca_brady @bradybuzz ocregister.com/2021/04/21/gho…
And here is the crucial Nevada bill, led by October 1 survivor @sandra4nv.

“What we want to do is make sure that we’re closing that loophole. That we’re not allowing someone who can’t pass a background check the ability to purchase a ghost gun.” #NVleg
capradio.org/articles/2021/…
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17 Apr
Today's the anniversary of the Senate’s deadly failure to pass gun violence prevention reform via the filibuster.

What happened on 4/17/13 shows exactly why we must #AbolishTheFilibuster — & why we must stop at nothing to push the Senate to pass background checks today.

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The legislation that was killed on the Senate floor 8 years ago today was in response to the Sandy Hook shooting, where 20 first-graders & 6 school employees were senselessly murdered.

Americans across the country, DEMANDED Congress strengthen our weak gun laws. @NewtownAction
In response, the Senate took up a series of gun reform bills. The reforms included a bipartisan bill to expand Brady Background Checks, aka “Manchin-Toomey”.

Why background checks? A shocking 1 in 5 guns in America is sold without a background check.
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17 Apr
Huge thank you to @JohnWoodrowCox for joining us on the @bradybuzz podcast to talk about his new book, "Children Under Fire."

We are failing our children if we do not change our nation's weak gun laws. Pleases give this episode a listen. #EndGunViolence bradyunited.org/podcast/episod…
A big part of our conversation was about safe firearm storage — which too often is not a part of the conversation around gun violence.

Yet every day in America, 8 kids are killed due to "family fire," or a shooting involving an improperly stored or misused gun. @EndFamilyFire
.@JohnWoodrowCox told us he sent his book to members of Congress — hoping they'd understand the apolitical importance of safe storage laws.

"It's baffling to me that there's very few people saying, 'Hey, why don't we just lock up the guns that we have?'" #EndFamilyFire
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16 Apr
14 years ago today, I watched in horror as a gunman opened fire at my alma mater, Virginia Tech.

32 people were killed and 23 were injured that day.

As a student, I'd spent countless hours in the building struck by the shooter. Here's what I've learned since.

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Some of my friends had become professors at Virginia Tech, and I only learned later that they were safe.

It was an awful day that I will never forget. In the years since as Prez of @bradybuzz, I’ve become close friends w/ more survivors & their families. krisbrownbrady.medium.com/april-is-a-pai…
.@clgoddard was in French class at #VirginiaTech when he was shot 4x.

Today, those bullet fragments are still lodged in his body. He takes daily pills to prevent lead poisoning.

The toll of gun violence continues for years and lifetimes. #EndGunViolence
people.com/crime/virginia…
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8 Apr
OK, let's be clear, common-sense gun reforms are entirely consistent with the Second Amendment.

Just as Scalia said in the Heller decision, the 2A is like any other constitutional right in that it has sensible limitations based on public safety.

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For too long, we've lived under the gun lobby's reckless, dystopian, and outright deadly (!) vision of the Second Amendment. They willfully misinterpret the Constitution to bestow civilians with unfettered access to firearms.

That was *never* the Founder's intention.
As the 9th Circuit Court affirmed just last month, the Second Amendment does NOT mean unfettered access to guns beyond reason. We can — and should — enact life-saving, sensible gun regulations.

(PS You can see my thread on that recent court ruling here.)
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8 Apr
BREAKING: @WhiteHouse has just released details on @POTUS's executive actions to reduce gun violence.

This. Is. Huge.

These lifesaving reforms represent the boldest action our country has taken to reduce gun violence in 30 years. @bradybuzz whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
.@WhiteHouse's 6 executive actions to reduce gun violence will:

1️⃣ address the flow of unregulated ghost guns
2️⃣ address dangerous uses of stabilizing braces
3️⃣ strengthen extreme risk laws, which prevent gun suicide
4️⃣ prioritize investment in community interventions

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5️⃣ issue an annual report on gun trafficking to provide data to inform lifesaving policy solutions
6️⃣ nominate former ATF agent @davidchipman as @ATFHQ director to oversee and enhance gun industry oversight

#EndGunViolence cc @bradybuzz
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