Gun Safety Weekly

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There’s been a lot of talk about the lack of unity at this year’s Republican National Convention, but there’s one issue that enjoys overwhelming support among Democrats, Independents, and even Donald Trump supporters in Cleveland: closing loopholes in our laws that allow criminals, suspected terrorists, and the dangerously mentally ill to buy weapons without a background check.


Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen a record number of national Republicans break ranks with the gun lobby to support legislation that will make us safer, and Gabby and I expect that the next Congress will be even more receptive than the current class to vote for change.

But there is one person who can put a halt to all of the progress we’ve made and expect to make in November, and that’s the man speaking from the big stage tonight, Donald Trump.

Gabby and I are going to spend the next few months doing everything we can to elect a Congress and a president that will work to make our communities safer, but we can’t do it alone … we need you with us in this fight. And that’s why I am asking:

Can Gabby and I count on you to make a $3 contribution to Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC today as a way of saying you will do everything you can to stop the one man who can derail the work to change our gun laws, President Donald Trump?

Donald Trump has very powerful allies in this fight. The gun lobby has already spent millions of dollars to support his campaign and unite Republicans around him. They know the stakes in this election.

But I know that if we continue to stand together and continue to challenge the gun lobby’s influence in Congress and state capitols across the country, we are going to win. And winning means saving lives. That’s why your contribution today, the day Donald Trump accepts the Republican Party’s nomination, is so important.

Donald Trump accepted the presidential nomination for the Republican Party, pledging, "I'm with you -- the American people."

But just weeks earlier, he made a different pledge to the NRA's chief lobbyist while accepting their endorsement, "I will not let you down."

The truth is, Trump's already broken his promise to the American people. Throughout his campaign, he's sold the NRA's reckless "guns everywhere" agenda as a solution to reducing gun violence in our communities. And this week, he let politicians bought and paid for by the NRA push their deadly agenda in prime time at the RNC.

We need to show Donald Trump that any politician who puts the NRA ahead of the American people won't be our president. Chip in $25 or more right now to help expose Trump's dangerous vision for our country.
Stop Donald Trump's Extremism and Elect Hillary Clinton
We have a different vision, Don, one that includes common sense gun safety laws that keep guns away from dangerous people and protect American families. And we have a candidate who is willing fight for that vision -- Hillary Clinton.

We need to make sure that every American hears our message loud and clear: More guns in more places will not make us safer. If that was true, America would be the safest country in the world. Instead, Americans are 25 times more likely to be murdered with a gun than people in other developed countries.

We can't afford to sit back and allow Trump and his extremist allies to distort the truth and double down on the NRA's dangerous vision for our country.

Over the next week, we're going to raise the voices of survivors of gun violence and gun sense champions in order to share our vision -- a vision of an America free from gun violence.

If you disagree with Trump and the NRA's deadly vision for America, chip in $25 or more right now to help us fight back.

By standing together, we'll make sure Donald Trump regrets standing with the NRA instead of the American people. 


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