There is a founding and governing principle that holds that civilian government controls the military, not the other way around. It was made crystal clear today when President Obama relieved Gen. Stanley McChrystal from overseeing the war in Afghanistan after the general made disrespectful and disparaging remarks in Rolling Stone magazine about the President, Vice [...]
(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, [...]
(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) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
(We are pleased to post the following guest commentary from Freedom States Alliance affiliate, the New England Coalition To Prevent Gun Violence.) A recent Associated Press story highlighted the push by the NRA to loosen gun laws across the country. Kowtowing to the pressure of the NRA, legislators in a number of states have passed [...]
(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, [...]
Mayors Against Illegal Guns started a new campaign, Close the Terror Gap.org to bring attention to the gaping loopholes in federal gun laws that put our national security at risk, as evidence by Major Hasan’s massacre at Fort Hood. The Chairman of the 9/11 Commission, Thomas Kean, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg penned [...]
(We are pleased to post the following guest commentary from our colleague, John Johnson, outreach coordinator for the Campaign To Keep Guns Off Campus, about the gun lobby’s agenda to force hidden and loaded handguns on Michigan’s college campues. Mr. Johnson’s essay was originally published in the Traverse City Record Eagle on Dec. 3rd). (Over [...]
(Click here to see full Washington Post ad). (We are pleased to post the following press release from the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition). For Immediate Release, November 23, 2009 Contact: Mayor Bloomberg’s Press Office (212) 788-2958, Mayor Menino’s Press Office (617) 635-4461 In a Full-Page Advertisement in Today’s Washington Post, More than 500 Mayors [...]
(We are pleased to send you the following press release from our partners at the Violence Policy Center). November 17, 2009 Contact: Mandy Wimmer, Violence Policy Center, 202-822-8200 x110, mwimmer@vpc.org Scott Vogel, Freedom States Alliance, 312-243-8980, scott@freedomstatesalliance.org Washington, DC–Concealed handgun permit holders killed eight law enforcement officers and 77 private citizens (including 10 shooters who [...]
(We are pleased to post the following joint press release from Connecticut Against Gun Violence, Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence, and New England Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16, 2009 CONTACT: Cathie Whittenburg, New England Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, necpgv@gmail.com This week, the Senate Homeland Security Committee will hold hearings [...]
Mother Jones posted a insightful analysis on Nov. 16th about Sen. Burr’s irresponsible amendment to allow mentally incapacitated or incompetent veterans to buy guns, despite a spike in suicides, domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and crimes committed by soldiers returning from multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Major Nidal Hasan, accused of killing 13 [...]
(We are pleased to post the following alert from Freedom States Alliance affiliate, the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence). ICHV Insights Column by Daniel Webster Daniel W. Webster, ScD, MPH is Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research and Associate Director of the Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence at [...]
(We are pleased to post the following joint press release from the Campaign To Keep Guns Off Campus, Freedom States Alliance, Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence, and Students For Gun-Free Schools). For Immediate Release Monday, October 19, 2009 Contacts: Andy Pelosi, Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus and GunFreeKids.org, 914-629-6726 Peter Hamm, Brady Campaign [...]
According to Talking Points Memo (TPM) on Oct. 16th: The National Rifle Association is in the field with a call campaign asking recipients a rather leading question — “Should third-world dictators and Hillary Clinton dictate our gun policy?” – according to several TPM readers who have reported receiving the call. While TPM has not been [...]
(We are pleased to post the following commentary from Hoosiers Concerned About Gun Violence in response to the Indy Star’s investigative report about Indiana’s broken and flawed CCW permit system). The Indy Star’s exceptional investigative report, “Should these men have been allowed to carry a gun?†on Oct. 11, should force state lawmakers to reform [...]
(We are pleased to post the following guest commentary from Freedom States Alliance affiliate, New England Coalition To Prevent Gun Violence). The gun lobby is in the middle of an intense campaign to push guns into every corner of our society. Protestors are showing up at Obama rallies with handguns in side holsters and assault [...]
(CNN photo, September 16, 2009). Freedom States Alliance Press Release Contact: Scott Vogel (312) 243-8980, scott@freedomstatesalliance.org September 25, 2009 Advocates Urge Appropriations Conference Committee To Strip Senator Wicker’s (MS) Gun Amendment To Transportation Bill (H.R. 3288) That Forces Guns In Amtrak Train Luggage; Presents Serious Public Safety Risks, and Possible Cessation Of All Amtrak Service [...]
(We are pleased to post the following news alert from Freedom States Alliance affiliate, the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence). ICHV Legislative Update August 31, 2009 HB3991 Signed Into Law: Bill Would Revoke FOID Card for those with Order of Protection People in favor of stronger gun control laws in Illinois won a victory in [...]
(We are posting the following action alert from the Illinois Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence). The Illinois Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence (ICPGV) is extremely disappointed to announce that Governor Quinn signed HB 182 – a bill which would allow individuals to carry concealed weapons into other people’s homes – into law yesterday. Gun violence [...]
(We are pleased to post the following guest commentaryfrom Andrew Goddard, a Virginia gun violence prevention advocate whose son was shot and wounded during the Virginia Tech tragedy). Sen. Thune’s Amendment 1618 to the Defense Authorization Bill (S. 1390): To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed [...]
July 21, 2009 The gun lobby is attempting to force our communities to permit untrained and dangerous individuals from other states to carry loaded, hidden handguns in public. CALL YOUR SENATORS RIGHT NOW AND TELL THEM TO VOTE “NO!” ON SEN. THUNE’S AMENDMENT NO. 1618 TO THE DEFFENSE AUTHORIZATION Bill S. 1390. A VOTE IS [...]
(We are pleased to post the following piece from Josh Sugarmann, Exec. Director of the Violence Policy Center, that was originally published in the Huffington Post on July 20th). For more than two decades a top priority of the gun lobby has been establishing and expanding state laws that allow the carrying of concealed handguns [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Violence Policy Center). 31 Incidents Result in Criminal Charges or Suicide of Concealed Handgun Permit Holder Washington, DC–Concealed handgun permit holders killed at least seven police officers and 44 private citizens in 31 incidents during the period May 2007 through April 2009 according to [...]
July 16, 2009 The gun lobby is attempting to force our communities to permit untrained and dangerous individuals from other states to carry loaded, hidden handguns in public. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and your Senators can stop the gun lobby’s extremist agenda. That’s why we need you to call Sen. Reid’s office RIGHT NOW [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release on behalf of national gun violence prevention organizations, including the Freedom States Alliance). For Immediate Release: Monday, July 13, 2009 Contacts: Scott Vogel, scott@freedomstatesalliance.org Peter Hamm, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, 202-898-0792, phamm@bradymail.org or Ladd Everitt, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, 202-701-7171, leveritt@csgv.org Washington, DC–America’s [...]
Dangerous legislation is pending in the U.S. Senate that would force our communities to permit untrained and dangerous individuals from other states to carry loaded, hidden handguns in public. States currently have the power and authority to determine their own carrying concealed weapons (CCW) policies. But Congress is suddenly overreaching its power to dictate that [...]
(See the Wall Street Journal’s July 8th report, An Uphill Fight for the Right to Carry Guns on Campus). PRESS RELEASE Students for Gun-Free Schools Joined By: Freedom States Alliance Gun Free Kids.org Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence Protest Easy Guns.com Coalition To Stop Gun Violence For Immediate Release Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Contacts: [...]
It is absolutely ridiculous that in the U.S. there are more restrictions on switchblades than on firearms, even though guns kill an estimated 30,000 people every year. Now the gun lobby is pushing its agenda to stop the Homeland Security Department from regulating knives. According to Congressional Quarterly on June 29th: The National Rifle Association [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from our Freedom States Alliance affiliate, Ceasefire NJ). For Immediate Release June 26, 2009 Contact: Bryan Miller (856) 371-3038, cfnj@aol.com Ceasefire NJ Applauds Action, Thanks Leadership, Sponsor, Governor, Mayors and City Councils Trenton: The NJ Senate passed Senate bill S-1774, colloquially known as the One Handgun [...]
(We are pleased to post the following joint press release from the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence and the Freedom States Alliance). For Immediate Release Contact: Thom Mannard (312) 341-0939 Scott Vogel (312) 243-8980, scott@freedomstatesalliance.org On One-Year Anniversary of Supreme Court Heller Ruling that Stripped D.C. Of Its Handgun Ban, Pro-Gun Groups Want To Flood [...]
Our Freedom States Alliance affiliate, Ceasefire NJ, and one of the most remarkable gun violence prevention advocates, Bryan Miller, is celebrating a huge victory tonight in passing a one handgun per month law. The state senate vote was 21-15, and now goes to Gov. Corzine for his signature to become law. (See this video profile [...]
Josh Sugarmann, the Executive Director for the Violence Policy Center, wrote a new blog entry for the Huffington Post. (Also see our Freedom States Alliance editorial: The Smoking Gun! New Regulations On Tobacco Industry Show Why Gun Industry Should Be Regulated for Consumer Product Safety Standards). President Obama’s signing of a bill granting the federal [...]
BuzzFlash.com wrote an exceptional piece on June 16th about the gun lobby’s stranglehold over our government — it is a must read. A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSISby Christine Bowman Back during the primary election season, Democrats vilified “lobbyists” as the enemies of the people. No self-respecting Democratic candidate was going to let the unscrupulous K-Street lobbyists [...]
(We are pleased to post the following action alert from the Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence). House Bill 182, a dangerous bill that will threaten public safety, is now at the Governor’s desk. HB 182 would change Illinois law governing the concealed carrying of handguns and allow a person to carry a concealed handgun [...]
With the Senate’s vote earlier this week to regulate tobacco, a giant step has been made towards better regulating tobacco for health and safety standards. If as anticipated the House approves the updated version and President Obama signs it, we will all have much to celebrate as countless lives and healthcare dollars will be saved. [...]
(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 Woods 703-801-2625, john.o.woods@gmail.com Marsha McCartney 214-802-6053 Campaign To Keep Guns Off Campus Shows Strong Momentum As Over 90 Universities Oppose Gun Lobby’s Radical Agenda (Austin, TX, June 2, 2009) [...]
(We are pleased to post the following alert from Freedom States Alliance affiliate, Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence). ICHV Legislative Update May 27, 2009 As the current legislative session winds down (the last day would be May 31, if it is not extended), there have been new developments on several bills we have been keeping [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2009 CONTACT: Ladd Everitt, leveritt@csgv.org Statement of Josh Horwitz, Executive Director, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence was deeply disturbed by yesterday’s vote in the House of Representatives which [...]
According to the Tulsa World on May 20th: WASHINGTON — A coalition of House Democrats, retired park rangers and supporters of national parks called on House leaders Tuesday to kill a Senate-passed amendment by U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., to allow loaded guns in national parks. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., chairman of the House Subcommittee [...]
Dorothy Samuels wrote an exceptional and must-read editorial in the New York Times on May 9th, “The Deadly Myth of Gun Control in Electoral Politics.” In politics, conventional wisdom can be slow to die, even when the so-called wisdom is neither true nor wise. So I was reminded on a recent visit to Capitol Hill, [...]
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