Getting Involved In Gun Control
How do I become involved in the gun control issue?
There's a number of things that individuals can do about gun control. One is contact your local elected officials, they're the ones that are making the decisions at the federal level, at the state level, at the local level about gun control. Let them know that you want something done. That you want Brady background checks expanded to all sales. That you want to make sure that military style weapons aren't showing up on our streets. Make sure that local law enforcement and the ATF have the resources they need to combat illegal guns. Those are things that the elected officials need to hear from the average citizen. Join groups like our Million Mom March chapters or our Brady Chapters in the various communities. Look for state-wide chapters in the various communities if there isn't one contact us and we'll help you start a chapter in those local communities that way you can get the information out to others. You could help talk to local elected officials and federal elected officials. You can help get the letters to the editors. And then the last thing is educate yourself and others about the gun issue. There's a ton of information available on our website www.bradycampaign.org anything you wanted to know about gun issues gun laws gun restrictions is available. Learn the facts talk to your, friends, get the message out and make sure elected officials are hearing you.
How do I contact my senator?
Your elected officials, they're listed in the phone book, they're usually in the front of the phone book, their offices like to be accessible. You can contact them by mail, you can contact them by e-mail, you can call, they've got 800 numbers, they've generally got district offices. They want to hear from you. When they don't hear from you, that's when they assume that you don't care or that those that contact them represent all the views. So, they're easy to get a hold of and it takes no more than a phone call to information, usually, to get that number.
How do I become involved in gun control on a local level?
We want individuals to get involved with the gun violence prevention issue, and the best way to get involved locally is to number one, see if there's a local chapter of the Brady Campaign, Million Mom March chapters there, whether there's a state wide group in your area, Cease Fire or whatever that you can talk to. If there's not, contact us at www.bradycampaign.org. We'll let you know if there is a chapter in the area, and if not, we'll work with you to start a chapter. Finding other people that care about the issue gives the individual even more power to influence elected officials. With that on your own or with others, you can write letters to the editor, you can contact elected officials, you can show up at health fairs, you can distribute the message to tell people that we make it too easy for dangerous people to get guns in this country. We can do something about gun violence in this country.
