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Jan 10 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
I was horrified when I learned about a 6-year-old who shot their first-grade teacher.

A first grader should never have easy access to a firearm.

This tragedy brings a larger conversation around the efficiency of child access prevention laws and #SafeStorage. Let me explain.🧵
A 6-year-old brought a loaded firearm to his first-grade classroom and shot his teacher Ms. Abby Zwerner. Ms. Zwerner is facing life-threatening injuries, and the children in the class are traumatized.

However, this could have been prevented.
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…
Child access protection laws (also known as CAP laws) are critical to safeguarding kids from preventable firearm tragedies.

A new analysis on gun policy research breaks down the effectiveness of CAP laws.
rand.org/research/gun-p…
Here are the facts on Child Access Prevention laws they reduce:

✅firearm self-injuries
✅firearm homicides or assault injuries
✅unintentional firearm injuries among youth

To sum up, they are proven to work.
While this shooting has gained national attention, it is unfortunately something that is not out of the ordinary.

4.6 million kids in America live in a home with unsecured firearms which attributes to other instances of gun violence.
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✖️76% of school shootings are facilitated by kids' access to guns at home
✖️8 kids a day are unintentionally injured or killed with an improperly stored firearm

CAP laws can ensure that firearm owners are practicing lifesaving #SafeStorage methods to prevent these shootings.
In Tampa, a 12-year-old was killed and a 14-year-old was injured after a gun went off inside the home.

This is just one of the many reasons the @TampaPD is urging gun owners to ensure firearms are securely locked and unloaded in the home.
fox13news.com/news/lives-are…
This is why next week, our @bradybuzz Virginia members will be lobbying for lifesaving gun laws, including strengthening existing CAP laws.

We can't wait for the next tragedy to take action, which is why I hope VA state legislators take action as soon as possible.
No child should be able to harm anyone or themselves with a firearm they had easy access to.

If you are a firearm owner, please ensure that your firearms are:
✔️Locked
✔️Unloaded
✔️Stored separately from ammunition
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Kris Brown | President, bradyunited.org Profile picture
Aug 12, 2022
The gunman, Ricky Shiffer, who today opened fire on an FBI building in Cincinnati appears to have ties to extremist groups, including one that participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

This is Second Amendment extremism at work. And these threats are growing.

🧵I'll explain—
Shiffer, who was armed with an AR-15, appeared to post to social media that he was “ready for combat” after the FBI raided Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.
thedailybeast.com/cops-get-into-…
His armed attack comes a day after FBI Director Christopher Wray warned against threats of violence against agents and the Justice Department following the Mar-a-Lago raid.
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Jul 7, 2022
Last month, Congress passed the first gun violence prevention legislation in 30 years and proved that bipartisan solutions are possible.

But the Highland Park tragedy quickly reminded us that we can’t stop there. We have so much more to do if we want to end this crisis.

1/
In order to reduce America's gun violence epidemic and set the stage for generations of progress, we must:

1. Fix our unjust democratic systems
2. Expand the Brady Background Check System
3. Uniquely address and treat the many sources of gun violence bradyunited.org/reports/legisl…
Gun violence goes beyond the catastrophic mass
shootings that make the front page. It is a public
health epidemic that profoundly impacts millions
of Americans every single day.

With over 40,000 people killed with guns each year, we cannot wait another minute to demand action.
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May 16, 2022
.@TheJusticeDept announced they are investigating the #Buffalo shooting as an act of "racially-motivated violent extremism."

11 of the 13 victims were Black.

This shooting is an unfortunate reminder that domestic terrorism is a very real threat across America. #DisarmHate 🧵
Just last year, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland + Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas said the greatest domestic threat facing Americans came from “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.”
nytimes.com/2021/06/15/us/…
Domestic terrorism has been a growing issue across the country for quite some time and it’s not going away anytime soon.

According to @washingtonpost, domestic terror incidents have surged.

Adding guns into this mix should worry Americans.
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
Read 10 tweets
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May 11, 2022
A @teamtrace article reveals the NRA has pressured lawmakers to block the collection of critical gun ownership data.

The NRA is clearly aware of what this data will show — more guns equal more violence, and we need gun violence prevention solutions.🧵
thetrace.org/2022/05/nra-la…
Without research, it is difficult to develop new solutions or revamp existing solutions to prevent gun violence.

We can only improve these efforts if we have adequate data and research.
bradyunited.org/blog/biden-har…
The NRA is fully aware of that.

For 20 years, the NRA backed Dickey Amendment was interpreted to ban federal funding for gun violence prevention research.

It wasn’t until 2019, that Congress appropriated federal funding to study gun violence.
bradyunited.org/press-releases…
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Apr 17, 2022
Today marks 9 years since the Senate failed to pass life-saving gun violence prevention reform because of the filibuster.

Let’s be clear, #TheFilibusterIsKillingUs and we must eliminate it. [Thread 🧵]
washingtonpost.com/news/post-poli…
Following the Sandy Hook massacre where 20 children and 6 adults were senselessly killed, Americans continued to demand Congress strengthen America’s weak gun laws.

We all rallied together to urge our leaders to take action.
@NewtownAction @sandyhook
In response, leaders from across the aisle decided to #TakeActionNotSides and took up a series of gun reform bills.

The reforms included a bipartisan bill to expand Brady Background Checks, also known as– “Manchin-Toomey”.
npr.org/sections/thetw…
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Apr 16, 2022
15 years ago, Americans learned about one of the deadliest mass shootings in the country.

32 people were killed and 23 others were injured at #VirginiaTech. Today we #HonorWithAction and remember the victims and survivors. 🧵
Some of my friends were professors at Virginia Tech, and I remember the gut wrenching fear I experienced as I waited to learn if they were safe.

It was an awful day that I will never forget.
Survivor @clgoddard was in French class at #VirginiaTech when he was shot 4x.

Colin later worked with us at @bradybuzz and more recently joined our podcast to talk about what it means to be a survivor of gun violence.

Take some time to listen.⬇️
bradyunited.org/podcast/episod…
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