A COALITION OF NEARLY 30 GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ORGANIZATIONS SIGN AN OPEN LETTER ASKING GOVERNOR CHARLIE BAKER TO SUPPORT ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY’S ENFORCEMENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN NEWTOWN, CT & BOSTON, MA – Last month, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey took a very bold step by announcing that she will be stepping …
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“Finally, a gun show for a worthy cause,” wrote the NY Daily News yesterday, referencing the Concert Across America to End Gun Violence. Yesterday, the Concert Across America to End Gun Violence announced its anchor concert in Manhattan at the Beacon Theatre. This concert will be one of over 100 concerts nationwide. Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash, …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, and Harlem’s Gospel for Teens to perform at the Beacon Theatre on Sept. 25 New York, NY – (Aug. 9-, 2016) – From the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan to the Top of the Standard in Los Angeles to Lola’s Trailer Park in Fort Worth, TX, musicians …
This week, Attorney General Maura Healey has faced heavy pushback including sexist and homophobic slurs after announcing on July 20 that she would enforce the assault weapons ban in Massachusetts. “We will do everything we can to prevent the kinds of tragedies here that have occurred in places like Orlando, San Bernardino, Newtown and Aurora,” Healey said during her …
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Boston, MA – Stop Handgun Violence (SHV) Founder John Rosenthal today praised Attorney General Maura Healy’s efforts to sharpen the Commonwealth’s existing prohibition on assault weapons. “In the wake of the Orlando mass shooting at Pulse Night Club, Aurora CO, San Bernardino CA and more than 1,000 mass shootings of four or more Americans with …
Although the House sit-in ended with a discouraging adjournment until after July 4th, states are starting to take their own action on the issue of gun violence. Governor David Ige of Hawaii just signed a bill requiring gun owners to enroll in an FBI database, becoming the first state to do so. Upholding the importance of responsible …
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113,168 Americans have been killed since the Sandy Hook shooting, and Congress still hasn’t taken action towards preventing gun violence. After Senator Chris Murphy held the floor for 15 hours last week, the Senate voted on 4 amendments to implement universal background checks and close the terror gap on Monday, but all were rejected. Today, House …
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The U.S. Senate will vote today on two important gun violence prevention laws. The first, proposed by Sen. Feinstein of California, attempts to close the “terror gap” by prohibiting known and suspected terrorist from purchasing a gun. The second, proposed by Sen. Murphy of Connecticut, would require background checks for all gun sales and strengthen the …
(Santa Barbara, CA. – June 17, 2016) Last month The Concert Across America to End Gun Violence, announced an event for Sunday, September 25, 2016. Bringing together a network of organizations, activists and artists with group embraces the dual goals of keeping guns out of dangerous hands and making the issue of illegal guns top …
(BOSTON, MA, May 19, 2016) — The “Concert Across America to End Gun Violence,” a network of activists and artists across the country, will mark the start of the annual of NRA convention by releasing “Hallelujah,” a video on YouTube, calling attention to America’s high gun death rate. The singers, Naked Voices, an a …
