On tonight’s @giffords.org Gun Owners for Safety Meet-n-Greet call, we learned that 3 out of 5 gun deaths in the US are gun suicides - that’s about 67 lives every day. September is Suicide Prevention Month. Learn more about suicide prevention at giffords.org/suicide. #GunOwnersforSafety
Volunteers turned out to canvass for @momsdemand.bsky.sopart's own Lindsey Dougherty in Chester as part of our weekend of action! @giffords.org #GunOwnersForSafety
We joined two-dozen volunteers in #Charlottesville to write postcards urging Virginians to GOTV for Kacey Carnegie, @guzman4virginia.bsky.social and John McAuliff! @momsdemand.bsky.social @giffords.org #GunOwnersForSafety
Great to see our Big 3 in #Charlottesville tonight! We're fired up to protect our progress in November 💪 @abigailspanberger.com @momsdemand.bsky.social @giffords.org #GunOwnersForSafety
Two volunteers holding the Albemarle County Wear Orange proclamation
A volunteer addresses the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
A volunteer addresses the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
Katie, a @giffords.org #GunOwnersForSafety and @momsdemand.bsky.social volunteer, shared her survivor story as she accepted the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors' #WearOrange proclamation on Wednesday. @everytown.bsky.social
Wear Orange message
More than 125 Americans die by gun violence every single day. That’s unacceptable.
Most gun owners like me know that we can save lives and protect our rights at the same time. This #GunViolenceAwareness month join GIFFORDS #GunOwnersForSafety in the fight to end this epidemic. #WearOrange 🧡
For Charlottesville @momsdemand.bsky.social's Wear It Wednesday get-together, volunteers, including some of our littlest helpers, put together care packages for the domestic abuse treatment center SHE. @giffords.org #gunownersforsafety #WatchUsWork
Me, as a representative of Giffords Gun Owners for Safety, after providing public comment in subcommittee
The terribly fuzzy screen-capture from the meeting recording.
Good afternoon, members of the committee. My name is Katie Fox, and I’m here as a representative of the Virginia chapter of Giffords Gun Owners for Safety and as a proud gun owner deeply committed to promoting responsibility and safety within our community. I’m speaking in strong support of House Bill 1597. This bill is personal to me. My life was saved by secure firearm storage. I come from a family of responsible gun owners, a tradition that goes back generations. Guns were not only a part of our family culture—they were a lifeline, helping put food on the table during hard times. My father kept three large gun cabinets in the master bedroom, and they were always locked. From middle school, I began battling depression, and there were moments I seriously considered ending my life. The only reason I didn’t act on those thoughts was because I couldn’t access my dad’s guns. I knew they were the only way to be certain, and I didn’t want to risk any attempt not working. Tragically, my friend in high school didn’t have the same protection. Our sophomore year, he found an unsecured firearm at a friend’s house and ended his life in their garage. That loss changed me forever. HB 1597 is vital for saving lives. It upholds the values of responsible gun ownership by requiring secure storage, penalizing unsafe practices, and educating the public on the importance of these measures. Ensuring firearms are safely stored doesn’t infringe on rights—it protects children, families, and communities from preventable harm. I urge you to support this bill to make Virginia safer for everyone. Thank you for your time.
I shared part of my survivor story at the House Public Safety-Firearms subcommittee as a rep of @giffords.org #GunOwnersForSafety supporting Del Mike Feggans' secure storage bill HB1597. I've added my public comments here.
Responsible gun owners believe in education & storage. Everyone should.
Far too often, children are killed or injured when a gun is left unlocked and loaded.
On National Injury Prevention Day, we’re highlighting our volunteers who are working to protect our kids with secure storage. #GunOwnersforSafety #BeInjuryFree
365 days in a year.
We are on day 153 of 2022.
So far this year, 233 mass shootings.
We have more mass shootings than days of the year.
It's a problem we need everyone at the ballot box to fix. Doing nothing isn't an option.
#GunControlNow #GunSafetyNow #GunOwnersForSafety
How many of you consider an AR-15, used in most mass school shootings, to be a dangerous and unusual weapon?
#GunOwnersForSafety
#GunSafety
#GunViolence
#GunReformNow
#TexasSchoolMassacre
Why is a war zone safer for our kids than our own schools? Even accounting for differences like population size, this is a unacceptable.
I support universal background checks and other common sense gun laws.
#GunOwnersForSafety @Everytown https://x.com/emzorbit/status/1530938882774257664
Republicans spent years on @FoxNews attacking black Americans for protesting the police, and teachers for teaching actual history.
Now, magically those same teachers are the new saviors of America who should be armed instead of the police? 🧐
#GunOwnersForSafety #GunControl
Exercising your #2A right to buy a firearm doesn't mean you have to put guns before children. I don't, and no one should.
#GunOwnersForSafety
