Thread by @igorvolsky

We're kicking off another #TheTimeIsNow press conference urging the Senate to prioritize gun reform and pass life-saving legislation *this year*

Watch it here: facebook.com/gunsdownameric…

2/ @gregoryjackson recalls how he fought for his life in 2013 after being shot by a stray bullet.

Over 800,000 people have been shot and killed by gun violence since then...yet Congress has refused to take action

@gregoryjackson 3/ @fred_guttenberg stresses that gun violence happens in every community across America.

Gun safety is public safety
Gun safety is community safety

"If we address gun violence, we all become safer." #TheTimeIsNow

@gregoryjackson @fred_guttenberg 4/ @fred_guttenberg urges @Sen_JoeManchin and @SenatorSinema to support life-saving legislation, stresses that we must pass reforms *this year* #TheTimeIsNow

@gregoryjackson @fred_guttenberg @Sen_JoeManchin @SenatorSinema 5/ @Luis_22__ of @youthoverguns stresses that we must end all forms of gun violence, including police violence and community violence

Congress must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and the $5 billion for community programs included in Biden's jobs bill #TheTimeIsNow

@gregoryjackson @fred_guttenberg @Sen_JoeManchin @SenatorSinema @Luis_22__ @YouthOverGuns 6/ @MurchRescigno's cousin Daniel was one of 20 killed in Newtown, CT

"When is the time if Sandy Hook wasn't the time?" she asks. "I think the answer is now...the weather is warming up, we're all coming out again, and all I hear about are these shootings" #TheTimeIsNow

@gregoryjackson @fred_guttenberg @Sen_JoeManchin @SenatorSinema @Luis_22__ @YouthOverGuns @MurchRescigno 7/ Carolyn Dixon "Being a Black mother I desperately urge our leaders to tackle all forms of gun violence...Im fearful of the two sons I have left with police-involved shootings"

#TheTimeIsNow to take action for so many communities are suffering due to the trauma of gun violence

@gregoryjackson @fred_guttenberg @Sen_JoeManchin @SenatorSinema @Luis_22__ @YouthOverGuns @MurchRescigno 8/ Shaundelle Brooks' son Aklah DaSilva was killed while eating breakfast at a Waffle House in Tennessee.

4 innocent lives were lost that day 3 years ago

Shaundelle hasn't seen any change since then

#TheTimeIsNow for the Senate to pass life-saving reforms

@gregoryjackson @fred_guttenberg @Sen_JoeManchin @SenatorSinema @Luis_22__ @YouthOverGuns @MurchRescigno 9/ Oresa Williams is the mother of Andrell Daron Napper who was killed by a stray bullet on August 6, 2006.

Her message to Senators: "we are not foreigners, we are the people *you* represent."

#TheTimeIsNow to pass life-saving reforms.

@gregoryjackson @fred_guttenberg @Sen_JoeManchin @SenatorSinema @Luis_22__ @YouthOverGuns @MurchRescigno 10/ Oresa Williams of Not Another Child:

"Mass shootings are 1% of all shootings, when do we ever hear about the other 99%?!"

Nobody is exempt from gun violence

#TheTimeIsNow for Senate to pass even the most minimal of reforms like background checks on all gun purchases