The NRA is about to lose yet another fight — this time hoping to stop Elena Kagan’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. But Ms. Kagan’s confirmation is all but certain. The NRA is simply using the Senate’s vote as yet another shameless opportunity to throw it’s weight around. According to the Los Angels Times [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Violence Policy Center). For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Contact: Marty Langley, 202-822-8200 x109, mlangley@vpc.org Washington, DC–A Florida mass shooting that resulted in the murder of four women, an innocent 17-year-old gunned down by a 61-year-old man in a case of mistaken identity, [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from GunFreeKids.org). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Andy Pelosi (914-629-6726), email: andy@gunfreekids.org (June 28, 2010, New York) – Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments. The Court considered the case of McDonald v. City of Chicago, where [...]
Supreme Court Stills Holds that Common Sense Gun Laws Are Constitutional and Can Be Enacted to Save Lives and Protect Communities For Immediate Release Contact: Thom Mannard, Executive Director, ICHV tmannard@ichv.org Scott Vogel, Communications Director, States United to Prevent Gun Violence scott@supgv.org (June 28, 2010, Chicago) – The Supreme Court extended the scope of the [...]
(We are pleased to post the following op-ed from Josh Sugaramann, Executive Director of the Violence Policy Center. Mr. Sugarmann’s commentary was originally published in the Gazette Extra on June 12th). By Josh Sugarmann WASHINGTON — EDITOR’S NOTE: The writer is addressing the question, Does the open display of firearms at protest rallies threaten to [...]
Advocacy and Community Spotlight New Yorkers Against Gun Violence’s Legislation Gains Momentum: Microstamping Legislation, Passed In Assembly, Now Voted Out Of Senate Committee. Click NYAGV’s page or the Coalition To Stop Gun Violence’s online resource, to learn more about microstamping; and see this New York Times editorial, “Albany’s Chance To Be Tough On Crime.” Arizona [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Campaign to Keep Guns off Campus). Contact: Andy Pelosi, 914-629-6726,andy@gunfreekids.org, Scott Vogel, 773-329-5589, scott@supgv.org 154 Individual Colleges and Universities In 33 States Now Part of Effort to Keep Guns Off College Campuses (June 10, 2010, New York) – The Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona, [...]
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel published a MUST-READ article on June 5th about the appalling lack of effective regulations on gun sellers. This brilliant article was written by the Sentinel’s John Diedrich, one of the country’s most professional and gifted journalists writing about the gun industry and violence in America. (Photo: Rick Wood: A clerk works behind [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Violence Policy Center). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 CONTACT: VPC Press Office, 202-822-8200 x110, press@vpc.org Washington, DC–States with higher gun ownership rates and weak gun laws have the highest rates of overall gun death according to a new analysis by the Violence [...]
(Photo by David Molnar / The Republican. As his father, Sean Connery snaps a photograph, left, Devin Connery of Lunenburg, fires a Heckler & Koch Universal Machine-Pistol at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo sponsored by the Westfield Sportsman Club and C.O.P. Firearms and Training on Sunday. According to the Associated Press on May [...]
David Corn of Mother Jones posted a strong critique of President Obama’s complete lack of leadership on supporting a ban on military-style semiautomatic assault rifles. Corn’s piece on May 21, is a must-read. David Corn When Mexican President Felipe Calderon addressed the US Congress on Thursday, he called for the United States to reinstate the [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence). OHIO COALITION AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE For Immediate Release: May 14,2010 Contact: Toby Hoover: info@ohioceasefire.org Toledo, OH– The NRA’s homepage for its annual convention in Charlotte, NC on May 14-16th says it all (http://www.nraam.org/index.html) “Note: North Carolina State law prohibits [...]
According to the Chicago Tribune on April 28, 2010: The Illinois Senate on Wednesday sent Gov. Pat Quinn a bill backed by Mayor Richard Daley that would increase penalties for certain crimes involving guns. The proposed change in state law would mandate a sentence of at least one year in prison for a person convicted [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2010 MEDIA CONTACTS: CSGV: Ladd Everitt, (202) 701-7171, leveritt@csgv.org ROOT: Kenny Barnes, (202) 431-6646, kennysr@rootinc.org NRA Has Deliberately Misled Congress About Substance of D.C.’s Current Gun Laws Washington, D.C.—Yesterday, U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Violence Policy Center). For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Contact: Marty Langley, Violence Policy Center, 202-822-8200 x109, mlangley@vpc.org Washington, DC–Concealed handgun permit holders have killed at least nine law enforcement officers in addition to 152 private citizens (including 15 shooters who killed themselves [...]
The Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence — a project of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence — held a press conference at Children’s Memorial Hospital on April 12, 2010. We strongly urge you to watch some of the video clips from that press event. IL State Rep. Harry Osterman: Background Checks Save Lives Dr. [...]
State Advocates Update Heeding God’s Call: Pennsylvania Church Members Hold Vigil On Good Friday Protesting Gun Violence — Also See Bishop Peggy Johnson’s Reflections On Vigil: Many of our pastors bury young people on a regular basis who have died from gun violence. It is just too easy to do nothing and in doing so…it [...]
(People pause at a memorial for victims of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting in Blacksburg, Va. Friday marks the third anniversary of the shootings, where 32 people plus the shooter died. Jeanna Duerscherl/The Roanoke Times/AP). On April 16th, the Christian Science Monitor quoted Andy Pelosi, Director of the Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus, about [...]
On April 10th, Columbus, Ohio’s NBC Channel 4 covered an ‘open-carry’ gun protest on the steps of the state capitol:
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus). For Immediate Release Contact: Andy Pelosi, 914-629-6726, andy@gunfreekids.org John Johnson, 319-389-7382, johnwjohnson@mchsi.com (April 15, 2010, New York) – Three years ago on April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, armed with two semiautomatic handguns and several hundred rounds of ammunition, [...]
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart posted a must-see video on April 12th, about the “open carry” handgun movement, including an interview with Paul Helmke, the President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. WATCH DAILY SHOW VIDEO The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Open Carrier Discrimination www.thedailyshow.com [...]
Chicago’s local Fox News affiliate interviewed a trauma surgeon, Dr. Marie Crandall of Northwestern Hospital, about the human and immense financial costs of gun violence. In addition, Dr. Crandall, representing the Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (ICPGV), urged state lawmakers to enact legislation to require background checks on all gun sales. (See the Illinois [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence). BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Contact: Peter Hamm, 202-289-5792 Washington, D.C. – The Starbucks Coffee Company allows customers to carry guns, yet prohibits employees from having weapons in Starbucks stores. [...]
(We are pleased to post the following guest commentary from Josh Sugarmann, Executive Director of the Violence Policy Center. Mr. Sugarmann’s essay was originally posted on the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence’s “Insights” section on its website). March 10, 2010 Since its inception, the Violence Policy Center (VPC) has approached gun violence as a broad-based [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence). For Immediate Release Contact: Thom Mannard (312) 341-0939 / cell (847) 997-3020, tmannard@ichv.org Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Says Communities Must Have the Right and Authority to Enact Sensible Gun Laws to Save Lives and Protect Public Safety (March [...]
Thom Mannard, Executive Director of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence wrote the following letter to the editor to the Springfield State Journal Register on Feb. 21st. Letter to the Editor The recent unintentional shooting of an 8-year-old Niles girl by her 13-year-old brother only reinforces one of the inherent dangers of having a handgun [...]
(We are pleased to post the following guest commentary from Mark Karlin, editor of BuzzFlash.com). Once our National Parks were a refuge of nature and tranquility, but that part of the American Dream just got shot full of holes by the NRA. Attached to the so-called credit card reform bill that went into effect on [...]
According to the Associated Press on Feb. 24th: LITTLETON, Colo. — The gunman was walking through a middle school parking lot and taking shots at students with a hunting rifle as terrified teenagers ran for their lives. He had just wounded two students and seemed ready to unleash more violence when a math teacher named [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Violence Policy Center). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 CONTACT: Marty Langley, Policy Analyst, 202-822-8200 x109, mlangley@vpc.org Washington, DC–More than one out of four assault weapons incidents involve police, according to “Target: Law Enforcement—Assault Weapons in the News,†a new study released today [...]
States United to Prevent Gun Violence www.supgv.org Contact: Scott Vogel (312) 243-8980, scott@supgv.org For Immediate Release: February 23, 2009 Merger Will Better Coordinate and Leverage Resources to Advance Life-Saving State Agendas (Chicago) – Two gun violence prevention organizations, Freedom States Alliance and States United to Prevent Gun Violence are joining forces to strengthen state-level advocacy [...]
Suspected terrorists being able to buy guns and law enforcement authorities not even knowing such vital information, or simply being unable to find out is a clear threat to our national security. That’s why the Mayors Against Illegal Guns are demanding that Congress “Close the Terror Gap” – a dangerous pro-gun lobby measure embedded in [...]
The New York Times education blog posted a lengthy profile on Feb. 15th, on Andy Pelosi and the Campaign to Keep Guns Off College Campuses. NYT noted the shooting at Alabama University in Huntsville, where a female biology professor, Amy Bishop, killed three fellow professors and wounded three others because, allegedly, she was denied tenure. [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus). Contact: Andy Pelosi, 914-629-6726, andy@gunfreekids.org John Johnson, johnwjohnson@mchsi.com For Immediate Release (Feb. 15, 2010, CROTON FALLS, NY) – Amy Bishop, a mother of four and a Harvard-educated biologist, used a handgun to fatally shoot three fellow biology professors [...]
(We are pleased to post the following column from Josh Sugarmann, Executive Director of the Violence Policy Center. Mr. Sugarmann’s piece was originally published on the Huffington Post on Feb. 12, 2010). Currently, visitors to national parks are allowed to possess guns only if they’re stored out of reach and unloaded. All this will change [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence). For Immediate Release Contact: Thom Mannard, (312) 341-0939, tmannard@ichv.org Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Remembers the Victims, Survivors and Families Affected By Valentine’s Day Shooting Rampage that Killed 5 Students and Wounded 16; Advocates Call for Renewed Effort to [...]
(We are pleased to post the following “Insights Column” from the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence). ICHV Insights Column by Garrett Evans Garrett Evans was wounded and survived the massacre at Virginia Tech University in 2007. He later graduated from the university and now lives in Chicago, where he frequently speaks about gun violence to [...]
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote an editorial on Jan. 30th, “It’s time to reconsider concealed-carry law. In response, we are pleased to post the following letter to the editor to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Feb. 2nd from the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort. Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort: No Good Reason For Journal Sentinel to Dramatically Change Its [...]
(We are pleased to post the following alert from CeaseFire PA). Pennsylvania’s gun violence problem continues at unacceptable levels which are deeply harmful to the public’s health – particularly to our children. The first of two new studies shows that 80 percent of Pittsburgh area youth are directly impacted by gun violence. The second study [...]
The New York Times wrote an editorial on Jan. 18th chastising America’s political leaders, including President Obama, for failing to stand-up to the gun lobby and pass an effective ban on semi-automatic assault weapons. The result of this “political cowardice” is that criminals are arming themselves with more lethal and powerful weapons, including semi-automatic military-style [...]
Spotlight: Keep Guns Off College Campuses Visit the Campaign To Keep Guns Off Campus Web Site. In Response To Glenn Beck, Watch ABC News 20/20 Report “If I Only Had a Gun” That Demolishes the Myth That Armed Students Can Stop an Attack. AZ: Gun Lobby Wants To Force Loaded Handguns On College Campuses – [...]
(We are pleased to post the following news alert from the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, an affiliate of the Freedom States Alliance). Bishop Timothy Clarke of First Church of Columbus will preside over the fourth monthly interfaith prayer vigil to remember homicide victims and their families. The vigil will be Sunday, January 17 at [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Violence Policy Center). For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Contact: Mandy Wimmer, Violence Policy Center, 202-822-8200 x110, mwimmer@vpc.org Washington, DC–Concealed handgun permit holders have killed at least nine law enforcement officers in addition to 108 private citizens (including 13 shooters who killed themselves [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus). For Immediate Release Contact: Andy Pelosi, 914-629-6726, andy@gunfreekids.org John Johnson, 319-389-7382, johnwjohnson@mchsi.com Bills Fail In Michigan and 11 Other States in 2009. Colorado State University Bans Guns On Campus In December; Momentum Builds To Protect Universities and Student Safety [...]
On Jan 3rd, Think Progress posted an unsettling video of Tea Party activists in New Mexico who openly carried loaded guns and assault weapons as a threat against “the government” and President Obama. Nearly 350 right-wing protestors crowded a New Mexico town’s busiest intersection yesterday to protest President Obama’s supposed anti-gun agenda and the “government [...]
(Use this link to purchase your copy today from Amazon.com and support the Freedom States Alliance. When shopping online at Amazon.com, up to 5% will be donated back to our efforts to save lives from gun violence). Freedom States Alliance communications director, Scott Vogel, interviewed Dennis Henigan, author of a vitally important and new book, [...]
(We are pleased to post the following guest commentary from John Woods, an advocate and a leader of Students for Gun-Free Schools). I am a representative in Student Government at The University of Texas at Austin. I’m also uniquely positioned to discuss the issue of firearms and classrooms as an alumnus of Virginia Tech: I [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from our partners, the Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus). (Over 90 colleges, universities and associations in 23 states have signed the resolution to keep guns off college campuses). For Immediate Release Contact: Andy Pelosi, 914-629-6726, andy@gunfreekids.org John Johnson, 319-389-7382, johnwjohnson@mchsi.com (December 4, 2009, New York) [...]
(Over 90 colleges, universities and associations in 23 states have signed the resolution to keep guns off college campuses). According to a breaking AP news brief on Dec. 4th: DENVER — Colorado State University’s Board of Governors has voted to ban all guns on campus, falling in line with nearly every major college nationwide in [...]
In response to a story in the Wichita Eagle on Nov 27th about the Kansan carrying concealed weapons law going into affect three years ago, our colleague Josh Sugarmann, Executive Director of the Violence Policy Center penned the following op-ed in response. Wichita Eagle: Too soon to declare gun law a success By Josh Sugarmann [...]
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