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The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is the nation's largest, non-partisan, grassroots organization leading the fight to prevent gun violence.

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Campaign Against Illegal Guns

There is a growing awareness that too little has been done to combat illegal gun trafficking. Because of weak gun laws at the federal and state level and the NRA's recent efforts to make them even weaker, it is simply too easy for gun traffickers to arm dangerous criminals.

Yet there are many reasonable steps that could be taken to dry up the illegal gun market. As always, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If we make it harder for criminals to get guns, there will be fewer gun violence victims killed or injured. We have a sensible 3 point plan to dry up the illegal gun market:

Strengthen law enforcement tools to crack down on corrupt gun dealers and curb Illegal Gun Trafficking.Extend Brady background checks to all gun sales.Stop large-volume gun sales that supply traffickers.

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America Again Witnesses The Cost Of Assault Weapons In Civilian Hands

Washington, D.C. - Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, issued the following statement about yesterday's tragic shooting in Omaha, Nebraska: "Our sympathies and...
Posted by Brady Campaign on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:06:00 PST

Reminder: One Year Since Nickel Mines Shooting

Just a reminder: Today is the one year anniversary of the Nickel Mines shooting at the Amish schoolhouse.Amish Quietly Mark Massacre AnniversaryBy MARK SCOLFOROThe Associated PressTuesday, Octo...
Posted by Brady Campaign on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:27:00 PST

Senator Coburn Blocks Life-Saving Bill

Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is blocking legislation that would help close gaps that allows a dangerous person to be armed. Read more here. After Virginia Tech, even the NRA, which fought the ...
Posted by Brady Campaign on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:04:00 PST

Our hearts are with you VTech...

My prayers and deepest sympathies go out to the victims, families and friends affected by yesterday's horrendous massacre. I can't even begin to imagine the range of emotions you're all feeling....
Posted by Brady Campaign on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:26:00 PST

Southern California Shooting: An Appalling Tragedy

Southern California Shooting: An Appalling TragedyHonor the Victims by Fighting for Strong Gun Laws Yesterday, an employee at a printing plant in the Southern California city of Signal Hill shot and...
Posted by Brady Campaign on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:47:00 PST

Op-Ed: "How do youngsters get guns?"

An op-ed about the need to strengthen/extend Brady background checks to secondary and private sales appeared in the Toledo Blade on Sunday, March 4, 2007. It was written by one of our own (...
Posted by Brady Campaign on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:44:00 PST

MD Assault Rifle Ban. And Comments About Zumbo Make Jumbo Dumbo Out of NRA?

Yesterday, Brady staff attended (aka squeezed into) a Maryland Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for a proposed assault weapons ban introduced by Mike Lenett (District 19) and cosponsored b...
Posted by Brady Campaign on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:56:00 PST

WA Victory!! Background check bill advances!!!

Background check bill advances!!(from our Director of Priority States Organizing) The Washington State Senate's Labor, Commerce, Research and Development Committee yesterday passed a bill that would r...
Posted by Brady Campaign on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:37:00 PST

Blog block and other maintenance issues...

Because we've gotten questions about a block to some of our blog entries: Nobody is blocked from reading any of our posts. Part of the reason we started a myspace blog is to foster a dialogue ab...
Posted by Brady Campaign on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:02:00 PST

The NRA: Intolerant? Racist? Extreme? You decide.

Have you read Wonkette's story about the leaked NRA comic "Freedom in Peril: Guarding the 2nd Amendment in the 21st Century?" If you haven't, visit their website or download the entire graphic no...
Posted by Brady Campaign on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:12:00 PST