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Articles about groups in the United States that advocate on behalf of gun control by promoting firearms legislation, stricter enforcement, and/or gun safety See also: Category:American gun control activists
Evolve USA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization [3] that advocates for gun safety. In contrast to many groups involved in gun politics in the United States, Evolve focuses on individual, voluntary actions to prevent accidental shootings. [4] [5] It was founded in 2013, after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. [6]
In 1974, the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society formed the National Coalition to Ban Handguns, [2] a group of thirty affiliated religious, labor, and nonprofit organizations, with the goal of addressing "the high rates of gun-related crime and death in American society" by requiring licensing of gun owners, registering firearms, and banning private ownership of handguns.
José Alfaro is making history as the first Latino to lead a national gun violence prevention organization in the U.S. at a time when firearms are increasingly killing Americans.. Gun violence has ...
Everytown for Gun Safety is distributing $1.5 million to a select collection of local nonprofit groups working to stop gun violence in their areas before it happens, Everytown officials tell ABC News.
The organization provides programs to teach the warning signs of violence and how to get help to intervene from an adult or anonymous reporting system. The group’s policy arm, Sandy Hook Promise Action Fund, advocates for bipartisan gun safety, mental health and violence prevention.
The mass shooting Wednesday at a Walmart in Virginia was only the latest example of a workplace shooting perpetrated by an employee. ... to “create a system for reporting signs of potential ...
Everytown was formed in 2013 due to a merger between Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. [8] The organization works to "support efforts to educate policy makers, as well the press and the public, about the consequences of gun violence, and promote efforts to keep guns out of the hands of criminals". [1]