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Pages in category "Gun control advocacy groups in the United States" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The National Gun Victims Action Council (NGVAC) is an American organization which advocates against gun violence [1] and for gun control.The NGVAC uses targeted boycotts of various businesses and organizations in an attempt to persuade those organizations into changing their gun policies, or advocate for increased gun control.
GIFFORDS is an American advocacy and research organization focused on preventing gun violence. The organization draws its name from one of its co-founders, Gabby Giffords, a former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Giffords was shot along with 18 others at a constituent meeting in Tucson in 2011. [1]
Other gun-control proposals making their way through the General Assembly with Democratic support include measures that would ban assault weapons in public areas, ban plastic guns able to be ...
In 2016, the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence merged with Americans for Responsible Solutions, a nonprofit gun safety organization led by former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut Captain Mark Kelly. The organization changed its name to GIFFORDS Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence in 2017. [7]
Show Your Support for the Assault Weapons Ban The Assault Weapons Ban of 2121-22 (H.R.1808) has passed the House and is off to the Senate. This would ban the sale, transfer 6 Things You Can Do to ...
The organization was founded for mothers to advocate for violation of the second amendment and gun ownership prevention as a campaign of the Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund. The group was founded by Shannon Watts in Indianapolis, Indiana and originally began as a grassroots Facebook group page titled "One Million Moms for Gun Control". By ...
Americans for Responsible Solutions (ARS) was a United States non-profit organization and super PAC that supports gun control. [2] [3] The group's stated goal was "to encourage elected officials to stand up for solutions to prevent gun violence and protect responsible gun ownership." [4] It typically supported Democratic politicians in ...