Number One Call or email the Massachusetts Speaker of the House and thank him for proposing meaningful gun violence prevention legislation- Yesterday Speaker DeLeo proposed the most comprehensive gun legislation Massachusetts has seen in 16 years. The bill includes mandatory background checks for all private sales, mental health compliance with the national background check system, …
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Texas is a patriotic place. About ten percent of the domestic U.S. Military population is stationed there. In addition, the state is home to the second highest number of wounded and killed soldiers from both the Iraq and Afghanistan war. Unfortunately, it’s also a place where U.S. service men and women come home and are …
What if there was a way to prevent 1 in 25 homicides of law enforcement officers? Stop Handgun Violence founder, John Rosenthal, believes that there is a way- personalized gun technology. Besides law enforcement officers, it could save countless lives of children who use a gun in the home to shoot themselves and other children. …
What do bread, butter and bullets all have in common? Depending on where you shop, they may all be sold by the same company. I’d like to invite you to join Stop Handgun Violence in boycotting Shaw’s, Star Market, Albertson’s, Acme and Osco Drugs. But first, I’d like to explain why. Shaw’s, Star Market, Albertson’s, Acme …
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Joint Statement From Granite State Progress and Stop Handgun Violence: Concord, NH- New Hampshire House of Representatives refused to take a commonsense step today when they failed to approve background checks for all commercially-marketed private gun sales. “For years, New Hampshire has allowed guns to be sold by private dealers without a background check or even …
Boston, MA- “Stop Handgun Violence is pleased and encouraged by the Report of the Committee to Reduce Firearm Violence presented to House Speaker Bob DeLeo and released today,” said John Rosenthal, founder of the 19-year-old organization. “The Committee’s analysis of gun violence and their suggestions to strengthen existing law in the Commonwealth are both realistic …
Billboard Will Count the Number of Americans killed by Guns Since the Massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School and Call For Banning Assault Weapons to Prevent Similar Tragedies BOSTON, MA – On Dec. 14, 2012, twenty elementary school children and six of their caregivers were gunned down with a Bushmaster AR 15 assault weapon. …
