Why We Fight To End Gun Violence
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Click here to view all videos in the “Why I Fight To End Gun Violence” series.
Gun violence affects nearly everyone. Close to 40,000 Americans die and more than 100,000 are injured by gun violence every year. With numbers that large, it’s easy to lose sight of the individual stories of those directly affected by this public health epidemic. CAP’s Gun Violence Prevention team sat down with grieving mothers, students, victims of domestic abuse, people from communities trapped in cycles of poverty, and many others and asked why: Why do you fight to end gun violence? Here are their answers.
Bottom line: We fight to end gun violence, because we can win. Now is the time to end gun violence.
View the other videos in this series:
- “Why I Fight To End Gun Violence: Survivors of Domestic Abuse and Violence“
- “Why I Fight To End Gun Violence: Our Youth“
- “Why I Fight To End Gun Violence: Shirley Carter“
- “Why I Fight To End Gun Violence: Andrea Murray“
- “Why I Fight To End Gun Violence: Maria-Teresa Liebermann-Parraga“
- “Why I Fight To End Gun Violence: Milagros Burgos“
- “Why I Fight To End Gun Violence: Davoria Williams“
- “Why I Fight To End Gun Violence: The DaSilva Family“
- “Why I Fight To End Gun Violence: Judy Schneider-Wallace“
- “Why I Fight To End Gun Violence: John Lindsay-Poland“
- “Why I Fight To End Gun Violence: Robin Brinkley White“
Jasmine Hardy is the video producer at the Center for American Progress. Jessica Schuman is a former video intern at the Center. Oshane Mcrae is the campaign associate for Gun Violence Prevention at the Center. Rukmani D. Bhatia is a senior policy analyst for Gun Violence Prevention at the Center.
The positions of American Progress, and our policy experts, are independent, and the findings and conclusions presented are those of American Progress alone. A full list of supporters is available here. American Progress would like to acknowledge the many generous supporters who make our work possible.
Authors

Jasmine Hardy
Senior Video Producer

Jessica Schuman

Oshane Mcrae
Campaign Associate

Rukmani Bhatia
Senior Policy Analyst
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