Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, ARS Release State of the Union Ad

Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow, Americans for Responsible Solutions will air an ad during President Obama’s State of the Union address in which the organization’s founder, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords asks, “what is Congress afraid of?”

You can view the ad here: http://bit.ly/1hF0vHq. A high resolution video file is available upon request.

The ad serves as a reminder that it has been one year since President Obama called on Congress to take action to help protect our communities from gun violence, but still nothing has been done at the federal level.

“Nine out of ten Americans support background checks as a commonsense measure to help keep guns out of the hands of criminals, terrorists and the dangerously mentally ill,” said Pia Carusone, Executive Director of Americans for Responsible Solutions. “Congress continues to listen to the gun lobby instead of their constituents, so we’re going to keep fighting at the state level to make our communities safer. It’s too dangerous to wait.”