EVEN GUN OWNERS SUPPORT STRONGER CHECKS

88% of Americans support requiring background checks for all gun buyers – including 86% of gun owners.

NEARLY HALF OF VOTERS DISAPPROVE OF THE NRA

46% of Americans have an unfavorable view of the NRA, while only 35% have a favorable view. 55% of Black people surveyed had an unfavorable view of the NRA.

DEATH TOLL

More than 100 Americans are killed with guns every day, and 200 more are shot and wounded. Firearms are the leading cause of death for American children and teens. Over 100,000 Americans are shot or injured by guns every year. Over 70% of people killed in a homicide are Black or Brown in America.

NATION OF SURVIVORS

58% of American adults report they or someone they care for have experienced gun violence in their lifetime. 66% of Americans shot by a gun survive, yet there are minimal resources, programs and policies in place to support survivors of gun violence.

STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE

Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color are disproportionately impacted by gun violence, including violence from police. More than half of all people murdered with guns each year are Black men, even though Black men are only 6% of the U.S. population. Women, especially trans women, are also disproportionately killed by guns. The presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation makes it 5 times more likely that a woman will be killed.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

Allowing certain politicians and the NRA to spread gun violence in our communities is a choice we don’t have to keep making.

Everyday, gun violence is hurting our families and communities. From the mass shootings in shopping malls, schools, and places of worship, to the retaliatory gun violence in neighborhoods haunted by the legacy of economic disinvestment caused by racism and poverty, to the suicides committed nationwide with increasing frequency.

For decades, the NRA and gun lobby have used fear and racist rhetoric to keep us divided and allow people to get ever more deadly weapons without any common sense checks. Today, loopholes in our laws allow up to 40% of gun sales to go unchecked.

We need our leaders to stop the reckless and irresponsible gun lobby and industry who want to keep their profits high, no matter the cost.

Military-style weapons…

No matter what we look like, where we come from, or what’s in our wallets, we all want our families and communities to be safe.

Common sense solutions…

We need to begin by listening to the survivors of mass shootings, everyday shootings, suicide and intimate partner violence.

Invest in life, instead of paying for death

We have to invest in the communities most harmed by gun violence to address the root causes that fuel the cycle of violence.

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