Run Against Guns Washington, DC   Oct 6, 2024

A 5K FOR BETTER GUN ​CONTROL. The Run Against Guns is a run to raise money for Giffords Law Center and the prevention of gun violence.

• Every year more than 40,000 Americans lose their lives to gun violence; in 2021 48,000 people died because of a gun.
• Over 1 million Americans were shot in the past decade, and the number is just going up.
• In 2020, almost 3,000 kids died to guns with this number increasing to 3,500+ kids in 2021. In neighboring states Maryland and Virginia, someone dies every 9-12 hours from a gun, and children in major cities are 3x more likely to be killed than kids in small towns.
• Despite all of this, politicians still refuse to increase gun laws. According to an ABC news and Washington Post poll, 89% of Americans support background checks for all gun purchases and 56% support banning assault weapon sales.
• With so many, or at least the majority, of people fearing mass shootings and wanting something to change, what’s holding us up? If other countries, including the UK and Australia, can create a safer environment then so can the US.