We’re all going to die (thanks, Joni Ernst!) but every single gun death is a preventable tragedy. We have proof that better laws and less access/lower lethality reduces deaths. Good gun laws save lives.

And the most common type of gun death is suicide (61% of gun deaths nationally, 48% in MN) where Karen’s argument falls flat. Decades of research shows removing access to guns saves lives, especially in rural MN where suicide rates are higher.

GVP activist here! We say “gun violence” because a gun is the most lethal and accessible weapon, and that’s unique to the U.S. Guns - not cars or fertilizer or whatever - are the most common killer of American children under age 10.