Laws, and shared stories about the impact of nonviolence. Good morning, everybody put your right hand up in your left hand up. We are going to be loud all day long. We are in front of the Supreme Court and we have some haters here. Let me hear you. [crowd cheering] i am going to be your mc for the day. Up. It [crowd cheering] give it up for every town. [crowd cheering] all right. [indiscernible] so proud of being here and having you here. Before we get started, a lot of people did not survive gun violence and could not be here today, so were going to have a moment of silence for those who lost their lives to gun violence right now. We are back at it. Thank you for that moment of silence. I appreciate you all respecting those who could not be here today. We see where the opposition stands when it comes to losing lives in this country. When i say enough, i want you to say is enough. Enough is enough every year, over 100,000 people are shot or killed by gun violence. We are here for those people today. We have an Amazing Group that will speak about the importance of ending gun violence and how gun laws save lives we are going to hear from them all day long. If the haters get too loud, we are going to say enough is enough awesome. You will hear a lot from me today. In 2013, i was shot about a mile from here from gun violence. In washington, d. C. , over 150 people have been shot this year, some people were not necessarily part of gun violence. Only 10 years old, two at a two miles here mcdonalds. I am here to stand for him and everyone who could not be here today who are fighting every day to reduce violence in their own unique ways. I want to thank you guys for being here, give yourself another round of applause. [crowd cheering] i love it. Were going to introduce our first speaker, kelly samson with brady. Give it up for kelly. [crowd cheering] i am here as a proud member of team brady. I am a d. C. Resident and native detroiter. As a little girl, i imagined how life would be different if i lived in the suburbs. I imagined being able to hang out with my friends whatever i wanted and go to the store anytime of day. Dont get me wrong, the detroit of my youth was not as warlike as the media would have you believe that i cannot deny that gun violence was and is a real problem. Childhoodhind my memories like dressing my dolls and playing board games lies anxiety, like hiding in the basement every new years eve to avoid stray bullets, fleeing from a fireworks imitation when gunfire broke out and merchants behind bulletproof glass food glass. Help but imagine that if i lived in the suburbs, my life would be better, because from what i could tell, kids there did not have to rearrange their lives around being shot. That was then and this is now and you know like i knew that gun violence which includes suicide, Mass Violence and suicide is everywhere. Thats why im here. We have the right not to be shot. [crowd cheering] does not just rhetoric, the second memo is not supreme, is just one of the many rights laid out in the constitution. 27 ofcond amendment just the constitutions of 7591 words, and in those words are our entire system of government and those words, and our entire system government makes it clear that i cannot do whatever i want if it is going to endanger someone else. This rally is a perfect example. Speaking to you today, i am exercising my First Amendment right to free speech but that doesnt mean i have the right to use my time to incite the crowd to mob violence. That goes beyond the scope of the rights. The Second Amendment is no different. The Supreme Court has made it clear that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited. The government has authority to pass reasonable regulations to protect our right not to be shot and uphold Public Safety. [crowd cheering] when i was a kid, i could hold onto the idea that i could avoid the gun violence that plagued my city simply by moving a few miles outside of town. Todays kids do not even have that. They know that gun violence is a menace to leafy suburbs and concrete jungles, mountain villages and beach towns, lonely apartments and classrooms. They are asking us to protect their right not to be shot. There is no constitutional reason why we cannot listen. [crowd cheering] give it up for kelly when i say gun laws, you say save lives. Gun laws save lives gun laws save lives we are going to remix it, you guys say gun laws and you guys say save lives. Gun laws save lives that was awesome. Please give a big round of applause for our next speaker from march for our lives, tatyana washington from milwaukee, wisconsin. [crowd cheering] hi, everyone. I hope that every single one of you are proud of yourselves. It is so beautiful to look out and see all of you. What we are doing here today is valid and bigger than ourselves. But today i wanted to speak specifically to my peers, and in doing so, i hope my words will encourage generations before me that whether you look like me, or spend hours making videos, your voices are vital. Do not listen to anyone that tries to dismiss you and your voice, because your resilience is urgent. We are here fighting because nearly 100 people die from guns every day. Trayvonighting because martin cant, we are fighting because trey jackson cant, we are fighting because Sherita Davis cant. Was my aunt, she was shot in her chest, stomach and legs by her husband, who then shot himself. Their children were present at the time the tragedy happened, and my 12yearold cousin had to perform cpr on his mother. She later died in the hospital. Even though gun violence has broken my family, i am not antigun. Both of my parents are Law Enforcement officers and i grew up with guns in my house. I also understand that none of us deserve to be shot. We have the right to not be shot. [crowd cheering] as i have been grieving my aunt, i keep asking myself what happened to the American Dream . Little children are losing time. Doy have to practice what to when someone turns a sacred space for education into a murder scene. Black and brown children are terrified of being gunned down by those who serve and protect us. What is the American Dream . We have the right to not be shot. [crowd cheering] our age does not limit our power. History, you have always had an Important Role in making a change. It has been said that the duty of youth is to challenge corruption, and that is exactly what we are doing here today. I urge you to continue doing that. To never, ever let anyone tell you that your opinion, your voice, your say is useless. Your voice is the most important powerful tool you have. Use it for change and never remain silent. Stay strong and may you all find strength in your voices. Thank you. [crowd cheering] give it up for tatiana one more time. [crowd cheering] i forgot one group, an Amazing Group, gays against guns. [crowd cheering] next we are going to introduce our next speaker. We have jason are you here . Come on up. All right. Before we do that, i have one quick announcement. If you are in a volvo from indiana, you may get told. Towed. It is a great car, my first car was a volvo. But please move your car so you do not get towed. We are going to turn it over to Jason Lindsay. [crowd cheering] good morning. My name is Jason Lindsay and i am the founder and executive director of pride fund to end gun violence. War veteran iraq who has served on the battlefield and seen what weapons of war due to people. We do not need weapons of war on our streets. I keep hearing the chant that guns dont kill people. But guess what, guns kill people children every, single day, where they are unsecured and parents do not lock them up at lock them up. When i hear that chant, i dont think a toddler should be held responsible when he kills himself from an unsecured firearm. [crowd cheering] by attending today, you are not only honoring those who tragically lost their lives to gun violence, but also the many others that are impacted as a result of gun violence. We stand united in the call for action. Our elected leaders and our legal system to address the gun violence epidemic. Gun violence end was born out of the tragedy of the pulse nightclub shooting. It was just three and a half years ago that the horror was unfolding. Lives were ended, the country wept, and the way we look at everything changed. On saturday, june 11, 2016, most of us here in d. C. Were celebrating gay pride. We were filled with joy and pride and love of our community. Morning tothe next the devastating news about the tragedy of pulse. In the early hours of june 12, 49 individuals and 53 others were injured in what was the worst mass shooting in our country at the time. The fact that it occurred at a celebration during pride month made it that much worse. For our community, gay bars are safe spaces where we can go and be ourselves and be at one with our community. Justafe space was violated like so many others. The shooting cast a dark cloud over the city of orlando, our country, and even the world. Our spaces were violated and death touched everyone there as i have traveled throughout orlando, i have met so many families and so many people. Many people in the orlando gay community, if you knew one victim, you knew many because thats how tightknit the community was. In the days following pulse, i decided that enough was enough. I had not been involved in the Gun Reform Movement until then but i could no longer sit on my hands. As a gay man, i felt targeted, and i was angry and ready to act. I knew as an iraq war veteran i can bring something to the table. I knew the Lgbtq Community needed our own unique organization to fight for gun reform. I created pride fund. We fight for common sense gun laws. We support candidates who are willing to stand up for our rights. We have stood shoulder to shoulder with victims all over the country. The time to act on gun violence is now. More thanalone, 40,000 americans lost their lives to gun violence, including orders, mass shootings, accidents, suicides, and children accidentally choosing shooting themselves. When will we reach the Tipping Point . When will congress act . When will our courts act . Branch hasjudicial the opportunity to do the right thing and vote for common sense gun safety. And ourlong, lawmakers court system has failed in their responsibility to keep us safe. It is our turn to make sure we are safe. Ground of you on the doing the important work and are here today, keep fighting and lets take it up a notch. Half to twor and a years has shown us what the power of the people can do. The building behind you and look at how many new members of congress we have that ran on common sense gun safety and defeated nra candidates. [crowd cheering] the days of the nras political power is over. [crowd cheering] do not give up, keep up the fight, and thank you for being here. [crowd cheering] give it up one more time for Jason Lindsay [crowd cheering] what do we want . Gun laws window we wanted . It . Hen do we we want now everyone give a big round of speaker,for our next bruce glynn, a survivor of gun violence and an advocate for Domestic Violence. Glynn. Up for bruce cheering and applause] good morning. What do we want . Gun laws when do we want them . Now amen. Greg said, i am ruth glynn, president of the National Coalition against Domestic Violence. We have been fighting for survivors of Domestic Violence and here lately, more so survivors of Domestic Violence and gun violence. Of theso a survivor deadly mix of gun violence and Domestic Violence be i was shot ,hree times, left for dead after many years of gun violence and harassment and fear. I did everything right and i thought i was safe, but due to my partners access to weapons and guns, he did that harm to me. On behalf of the one million willman women alive today who have been shot or shot at, i ask disarml of us, to Domestic Violence. [crowd cheering] the intimate partner homicide rate has increased in recent years, driven by an increase in homicides committed by firearms. And domestic abusers access to firearms. I am not only a survivor because i am alive after the shooting, i am a survivor because i endured years and years of threats and fear. Toause the man who needed control me used the firearm to intimidate me, including kidnapping me at gunpoint, holding me hostage for four hours. Knowing that a trigger pull could kill me within minutes, i lived in constant fear. The four point 5 million women alive today who have been directly threatened by an intimate partner with a gun, i ask you and i ask all of us to disarm Domestic Violence. [crowd cheering] regarding my asked own story and about victims in general, those that call us and say what do i do, i am afraid. Wouldnt it have been better if you had you own firearm . A weapon inusing forced by the abuser of the gun being used on you, being turned i am sorry, had their gun beingm, of the used on you or the very idea that you would have a gun in the home in which violence is being perpetrated. In my mind, that doesnt even make sense. Access means access to any gun. And abusers access to a firearm increases the risk of intimate partner homicide fivefold, regardless of who owns the gun. On behalf of those who are at risk, i ask you, all of us, to disarm Domestic Violence. I am not alone and i am lucky, i am here today to remind you of the women killed every month. On average, 52 women are shot and killed by an intimate partner per month. 52 women per month. When are we going to be mad about it . [crowd cheering] on behalf of those lost women, i ask you, all of us, all of you, disarm Domestic Violence. [crowd cheering] i employ you to remember the impact of the intersection of Domestic Violence and children, our families, our communities, hospitals, workplaces and other institutions. Victims of Domestic Violence are often forgotten in these discussions and debates, especially those who have lost their lives as a result. On behalf of those who no longer have a voice and cannot be here ,oday because they are dead whose family and children are missing them, for those who have endured the threats of Domestic Violence in the presence of a gun, those who left even though they knew it could result in their death, please disarm Domestic Violence. We do not want gun control. The mere word causes shivers. We want safety. Women and children are at risk, entire communities are at risk. Chest check your histories of mass shooters. Gun laws save lives. Closing loopholes save lives. And disarmmber those Domestic Violence. Thank you. [crowd cheering] give it up one more time for ruth [crowd cheering] enough is enough raise your hand if you are organizing to and gun violence locally. Give yourself around of applause. [crowd cheering] please give it up for our next speaker good morning. Thank you for showing up on this rainy day. I know that some people came through the snow to be here. I became a gun violence survivor on another snowing and freezing, snowy day in january of 1970. My stepfather shot me with a hunting rifle at our home in rural new hampshire. This type of gun is used to bring down big game. The bullet exploded into my back and exited my 13yearold body. It severed nerves close to my spine and caused damage to my kidneys. Shrapnel still rises to the surface of my skin, pushing its way through muscle fiber. The simple addition of access to a gun and Domestic Violence forever changed my life in the course of seconds. While the bullet is no longer in my flesh, the trauma will never leave. Survivors fight traumatic memories. We know there is no safe place in america. That is why thousands of survivors are standing up to the nra. This is enough, enough you tot want any of carry the burden we do. We walk next to all of you. You have shown up to tell the court that we matter. You have shown up to show the court that the nra can no longer politicize and profit from our stories. [crowd cheering] for the past two years, for the past two years i have worked in vermont with a determined team of hunters, faith leaders, teachers, and farmers. With farmers all over the state. We have stood up to the nra. [crowd cheering] vermont past an expanded background check bill that limited highcapacity magazines, band bump stocks, raised the age to purchase to 21, and at the same time, at the same time we passed an extreme protection order. We held our heads high as we watched a republican governor signed them into law. [crowd cheering] those laws are now at risk. Now i stand before you as the executive director of states united to prevent gun violence. Accomplish much at the state level. We know it matters. Every state and local group work hard to pass good violence prevention policy. Up andtes have stood fought to hold back bad policy. We show up and we stand up. We are doing this work every day, even when we are bone tired. We know we cannot win this fight alone. We need each other. , after weter together rise. [crowd cheering] we need to rise up against the nra, whose agenda has landed us here this morning. The Supreme Court is jeopardizing our Public Health and Public Safety if they choose to reinterpret the Second Amendment. No matter what Supreme Court justices or members of congress or the statehouse say, we will continue to fight against the horrific Public Health crisis called gun violence. [crowd cheering] i am one person with many people, and i have to be brave with my life to show you that we can be