Happy New Year! Thank you to our generous donors for your year-end support! Gun Control and Prevention in the States: In 2019, Boston homicides are down. Massachusetts would benefit from greater awareness of the Extreme Risk Protective Order law. A 3D printed gun was used to kill a mother in Rhode Island. Nearly 500 guns turned in for buyback in Gilroy California. …
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VOTE with your wallet
After the 2018 Parkland shooting, several companies responded to the youth outcry to end gun violence. Most recently, chief executives of 145 companies signed onto a letter to the Senate to pass universal background checks. But, the Senate’s response has been silent as they continue to ignore the will of the people. So we are calling on our nation’s largest …
Our Year in Review
Thank you so much for your past support of Stop Handgun Violence. With your help, we have made Massachusetts the gun violence prevention capital of the United States and we’ve saved countless lives! In fact, as the Boston Globe has editorialized, if every state had the same low gun death rate as Massachusetts, over 27,000 more lives …
See you at the movies, Parkland Rising!
Get your movie tickets online at www.coolidge.org On Our Calendar Dec 10 (Tues) MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence at the State House Dec 11 (Wed) Screening Parkland Rising documentary in Brookline. Dec 11 (Wed) Boston annual vigil to end gun violence. Dec 14 (Sat) Goods for Guns buyback in Worcester. Dec 14 (Sat) Grandmothers Against Gun …
Ghost gun was used in Santa Clarita shooting
The ATF investigates the firearm used in the Santa Clarita shooting and finds it was a ghost gun (untraceable). Meanwhile, a judge ruled that the White House administration broke a federal law when it reached a settlement allowing a small gun-technology company to post online the digital blueprints for making weapons with a 3D printer. 3D printed guns …
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There’s still time to call your legislator…
It’s not too late to call your MA Representative and Senator to tell them you support Crime Gun Data Reporting & Analysis. Find your MA state legislator here. Local & State News Springfield youth express their concerns over gun violence. Gabby Giffords is honored at UTEC’s 20 anniversary gala. After a decade, a gun law in Philadelphia is now …
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Upcoming November Events
On Our Calendar Nov 18 (Mon) Gun Violence Panel in Needham. Nov 14 (Thu) Maine Gun Safety Coalition Fitzgerald Award in Portland. Nov 16 (Sat) 91% Screening hosted by Grandmothers Against Gun Violence in Cape Cod. Nov 18 (Mon) MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence quarterly meeting. Nov 22 (Fri) LDB Peace Institute Victims Awareness …
Gun Activist at milestone
Gun activist at milestone By Jon Chesto and Shirley Leung Globe Staff,October 28, 2019, John Rosenthal didn’t set out to become a gun control activist 25 years ago, but he became one when he decided to put up a 252-foot-long billboard along the Massachusetts Turnpike by Fenway Park. Rosenthal and the late Michael Kennedy owned …
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
On Our Calendar Nov 6 (Wed) A public health approach to gun violence. Nov 18 (Mon) Gun Violence Panel in Needham. Nov 14 (Thu) Maine Gun Safety Coalition Fitzgerald Award in Portland. Nov 16 (Sat) 91% Screening hosted by Grandmothers on Cape Cod. Nov 18 (Mon) MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence quarterly meeting. Nov …
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#SHV25 TONIGHT!
If you didn’t reserve a ticket, you can still buy at the door! Doors open at 6pm at House of Blues, 15 Lansdowne St, Boston. On Our Calendar Oct 24 (Thu) Stop Handgun Violence 25th Anniversary. Oct 28 (Mon) Dr. David Hemenway speaks in Lexington. Oct 30 (Wed) Massachusetts gun violence and laws. Nov 6 …