Katie Couric Media: This Nonprofit Founder Shares How She’s Standing Up to Gun Violence
And why the last few weeks of the year are crucial for her mission
Kitty Brandtner and her family were enjoying their neighborhood’s Fourth of July parade in Winnetka, Illinois when terror struck just a few towns over in Highland Park. Seven people were killed and 48 injured after an 18-year-old opened fire on unsuspecting parade-goers using an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
Brandtner knew she had to do something. Nine days after the shooting she mobilized 500 supporters for a rally on Capitol Hill and founded March Fourth, a nonpartisan and nonprofit advocacy group with a singular mission to federally ban assault weapons. We caught up with Brandtner to learn about the important work March Fourth is doing and their latest initiative to get the Senate to pass the Assault Weapons Ban before the end of the year.
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