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Nation’s Leading Gun Violence Prevention Legal Experts to Host Press Call Following Supreme Court’s Decision in Garland v. Cargill

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Everytown Law, GIFFORDS Law Center, and March For Our Lives to Outline Decision’s Ramifications for Public Safety

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, June 14 at 12:00 PM EDT, legal experts from the nation’s foremost gun violence prevention advocacy organizations will host an on-the-record press call discussing the important implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling today in Garland v. Cargill, a case involving the legality of a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, devices that convert semi-automatic weapons into machine guns, which have been heavily restricted in the U.S. for nearly a century. The bump stock ban at issue was implemented by the Trump administration following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, during which 60 people were killed and hundreds more were injured.

WHAT: On-the-record press briefing with legal experts from leading gun violence prevention groups discussing the impacts of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Garland v. Cargill.

WHEN: Friday, June 14 at 12:00 PM EDT

WHO:

  • Douglas N. Letter – Chief Legal Officer, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

  • Eric Tirschwell – Executive Director & Chief Litigation Counsel, Everytown Law

  • David PucinoLegal Director & Deputy Chief Counsel, GIFFORDS Law Center

  • Ciara Malone – Legal Director, March For Our Lives

To participate in today’s press call, please RSVP to [email protected] to receive dial-in information.

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Brady has one powerful mission — to unite all Americans against gun violence. We work across Congress, the courts, and our communities with over 90 grassroots chapters, bringing together young and old, red and blue, and every shade of color to find common ground in common sense. In the spirit of our namesakes Jim and Sarah Brady, we have fought for over 45 years to take action, not sides, and we will not stop until this epidemic ends. It’s in our hands.