Dear Friend,

An unlicensed seller hawking an AK-47 at a recent gun show. E-mail your Senators today to cosponsor S. 843 to close the gun show loophole.

I am asking you to contact your Senators today. The message is clear: we need to close the gun show loophole.

It makes no sense that in most states anyone can walk into a gun show and buy guns — like AK-47s — from unlicensed sellers without a Brady criminal background check.

That's why last week Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ) introduced a bill, S. 843, to close the gun show loophole.

Click here to email your Senators today to urge them to cosponsor S. 843.

Right now there are 15 cosponsors. Building the list of cosponsors is what we need to move this legislation forward.

We need Brady criminal background checks on all gun sales to help protect you, your family, and your community from gun violence. Since gun shows provide the venue, advertising, and audience for so many of those unregulated sellers, this is the obvious place to start.

The gun lobby will be fighting us every step of the way with its mantra "any gun, anywhere, for anybody."

That makes it even more critical that your Senators hear from you today. And please click here to forward this e-mail to your friends. Everyone's help is needed to make our communities safer.

Thank you for all your ongoing support!

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