Last week the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence released their annual scorecard on state gun laws. Massachusetts received an A-, the fourth highest grade behind New Jersey, Connecticut and California. We are proud of the work we have done here including: – Requiring background checks for private sales, online sales, and at gun …
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MA Gun Reform Update: Post-Parkland, Students lead the way
It’s been a very busy two weeks since the Parkland Massacre and our Statehouse lobby day the following day. Generally, we end this newsletter with the upcoming events and deadlines, but we’ve decided to put them first this week, since there are so many important ones we want to bring your attention to them. March …
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Stop Handgun Violence Announces Backfire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2018 Contact: Zoe Grover at Info@stophandgunviolence.com #BackfireTrump Auto-Tweets At Trump Every Time An American Dies From Gun Violence New Campaign Aims to Shame the President Into Acting to Save American Lives. In the wake of the devastating school shooting in Parkland, Florida, Stop Handgun Violence is partnering with States United to …
Stop Handgun Violence Response to Parkland FL School Shooting
Stop Handgun Violence Response to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Mass Shooting; Boston, MA – Yesterday, on a day that is supposed to celebrate love, seventeen high school students and educators were murdered and 12 more wounded with an AR 15 assault weapon at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Parkland makes the eighteenth school shooting in the first …
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ACTION ALERT: Extreme Risk Protection Order Advocacy Day 2/15
We are at a critical point in the effort to pass H3081, the Extreme Risk Protective Order bill, which is pending before the Judiciary Committee. We need action NOW to move this bill. We are asking Coalition advocates to take two actions in support of this life-saving legislation: 1) Call your State Representative; and 2) join …
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Gun Reform Update 1/18/18: Using data end gun violence
Using data to reduce gun violence In Massachusetts, Senator Creem has filed a bill, S1292, which would collect data on multiple gun purchases made in state and analyze whether those guns were later used in crime. If you’d like to get this important bill passed, sign our letter to the Joint Committee on Public Safety, …
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Massachusetts Gun Reform: Holidays Edition
Thank you for reading this edition of Gun Reform Roundup: the latest news from the Commonwealth, New England, and the Nation. Here are the biggest stories this week: 1) Last Thursday was the five year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Massacre. Since then, over 160,000 Americans have died due to gun violence. Across the state, …
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Massachusetts Gun Reform: Week of 12/11
Thank you for reading this edition of Gun Reform Roundup: the latest news from the Commonwealth, New England, and the Nation. Here are the biggest stories this week: 1) John Rosenthal Pens Op-Ed in Attleboro Sun Chronicle Denouncing the House’s Passage of Concealed Carry Reciprocity The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass Concealed Carry …
PRESS RELEASE: Stop Handgun Violence Condemns House of Representatives for Passing Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, joined by Attorney General Maura Healey and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans
Boston – Today the House of Representatives passed the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, a bill that dismantles state-level concealed carry permitting systems and creates a race to the bottom for safety standards. “Just two months after the deadliest mass shooting in recent American history, the House of Representatives has chosen blood money campaign …
#StopCCR Open Letter and Day of Action
All hands on deck! Today (Wednesday 12/6) is the day of action to #StopCCR. Believe it or not, the U.S. House of Representatives has the audacity to put their most dangerous gun bill in decades–perhaps of all time–up for a floor vote on the same day as the National Vigil to Honor Victims of Gun …