UPDATE-> #DemandAction: 7 Senators need to hear your voice before tomorrow's vote on background checks!

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Jim McBride

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Apr 15, 2013, 3:31:07 PM4/15/13

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Another day and another tragedy....how appropriate this time:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/04/14/man-shoots-himself-at-nra-500.html

But people are having their voice heard! (see below on how to #DemandAction too)

WATCH: Sandy Hook victim's mother delivers the President's Weekly Address
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/04/12/weekly-address-sandy-hook-victim-s-mother-calls-commonsense-gun-responsibility-refor?utm_source=email207&utm_medium=text1&utm_campaign=nowisthetime

WATCH: Organizing For Action"We Have Not Forgotten" Vigils in Northern Virginia covered by NBC 4
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Vigils-for-Gun-Violence-Victims-Held-in-Vienna-202859221.html

Yet as many of you know, last week the Senate voted 68-31 to allow "debate" on Bill 649, the Safe Schools, Safe Communities Act and Democratic Senator Joe Manchin (WV) and Republican Senator Pat Toomey (PA) negotiated a compromise to close the gun show and internet loopholes for avoiding background checks since 40% of gun sales are currently unchecked. Watch the SNL parody:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/04/14/saturday-night-live-on-the-toomey-manchin-gun-control-compromise

Private sales are probably responsible for 78% of gun crimes so this is the BARE minimum of what is required and what families of lost loved ones deserve: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/11/gun-experts-on-the-manchin-toomey-bill-it-is-a-step-forward-but-a-small-step

90% of Americans believe dangerous people don't deserve 2nd Amendment Rights BUT children deserve the Right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness yet our system doesn't work that way so our country has a homicide rate THREE TIMES HIGHER than Somalia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

BUT THE NRA IS STILL FIGHTING TO CRUSH ANY REFORM & WE NEED SEVEN MORE VOTES!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/04/15/down-to-the-wire-for-expanded-background-checks

#DEMANDACTION NOW:

98% of people on the constituent advocacy platform PopVox are saying they are AGAINST Bill 649 so we need your voice to show ALL Senators you want common sense background checks!!!

(this is percentage is not necessarily true of every senator's office so your outreach might help even the score)

Email Your Senators to support Bill 649 here:

https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s649

Join VP Biden and Call Senators here:

http://www.demandaction.org/SupportGunReform?akid=584.788980.O8v_1e&rd=1&t=1

(you can also text MYVOICE to 8778877 or call 888-997-3976)

Facebook/Tweet/Call ALL Undecided/Opposed Senators here:

http://thedailybeast.thisisyourreponguns.com

< Undecided include Heitcamp (ND), Donnelly (IN), Heller (R-NV), Ayotte (R-NH), Burr (R-NC) & Democrats opposed so far include Begich (D-AK) and Pryor (D-AR) >

"Filibuster" the Filibusters:

Join the 24-hour Vigil to read the names of people killed by gun violence at the Capitol this week!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yKMnMOGXSKZ6rUCKiERaIB4cC9CWpfBYSm406L_Q9cY/viewform

(learn more: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/04/13/1857291/in-12-hours-gun-violence-victims-read-the-names-of-over-3300-people-shot-to-death-since-newtown)

Spread the Word on Social Media:
https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/1839-nowisthetime-to-act

Read why UNIVERSAL Background Checks Matter: