Stop Handgun Violence joins Coalition to oppose Supreme Court nomination”

“As organizations working to strengthen public safety laws across the country, we are coming together to urge the Senate Leadership against rushing through the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court in the midst of an ongoing national election.”

Read the full letter here:

Gun Violence Prevention Organizations Letter to Senate Leadership on the Supreme Court Nomination (1)

Early Voting

Early Voting has started!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Check if your state offers early voting here.
  • Massachusetts voters have the option to vote with mail-in ballot OR in-person for early voting. Dates & times vary per town/city.
  • Virginia voter registration down on the last day of voter registration deadline.
  • Appeals court reinstates Governor Abbott’s order reducing TX ballot boxes to one per county.
  • California Republican party admits to placing misleading ballot boxes in Orange county and Fresno.

If you are voting with a mail-in ballot, drop it off in an OFFICIAL town/county ballot box. If you are unsure, please deliver it to your city/town hall.

In the News:

  • Mayor Walsh announces police reform in Boston.
  • Connecticut police union blame weekend violence in Hartford to police reform laws in recent effect.
  • New Hampshire implements state police accountability plan.
  • Domestic violence ends in a deadly shooting in New Hampshire.
  • In Colorado, a security guard is arrested for a fatal shooting at rallies in Denver.
  • Pennsylvania Appeals Court rules consumer protection law for the gun industry as unconstitutional.
  • A Texas gun dealer wants universal background checks.
  • Police officer in Texas fired after being charged with murder of an unarmed Black man at a gas station.
  • Evidence suggests sending mental health counselors in certain crisis situations instead of police could reduce police shootings.
  • Suicide by gun overwhelms rural South and West.
  • A new report links a rise in violent ‘militia’ terrorists to the NRA and Trump.

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Mobilize with Music

We are Ready to Mobilize with Music this Wednesday at 7:30pm

For the full list of performers and to make donations click here: tinyurl.com/Concert-Performers

Then please watch the VP debate. And most importantly, VOTE.

VOTE FOR GUN SAFETY

#VoteForUs

  • Gen Z voters are mobilizing voter turnout.
  • Giffords reports on armed voter intimidation and harassment for each state.
  • The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence releases video “Not Safe in Trump’s America’.
  • Parkland parents restore their dead son’s voice with Artificial Intelligence to get out the vote.

 

In the News:

  • In Massachusetts, man admits to illegal production of ghost guns, including an uzi.
  • In Connecticut, gun owner face charges for his stolen gun.
  • A white supremacist in California arrested for illegal gun production.
  • In Baltimore, white supremacist sentenced 25 years for shooting a Black man.
  • A ‘Proud Boy’ was arrested for multiple felony charges in Portland, Oregon.
  • St. Louis hospitals has record number of children with gun shot injuries.
  • Texas Sheriff arrested for tampering with evidence from a 2019 fatal shooting of a Black man during a traffic stop.
  • Federal law enforcement officials were instructed by the Trump Administration to make public comments sympathetic to the Kenosha shooter.
  • A socially conscious consumer economy.

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FIFTH ANNUAL “CONCERT ACROSS AMERICA TO END GUN VIOLENCE” GOES VIRTUAL

FIFTH ANNUAL “CONCERT ACROSS AMERICA TO END GUN VIOLENCE” GOES VIRTUAL

WITH JACKSON BROWNE, BONNIE RAITT, WYNTON MARSALIS, MELISSA ETHERIDGE, JOHN FOGERTY AND OTHERS

Nationwide virtual event October 7, 2020

(Boston, MA.) For the fifth-annual Concert Across America to End Gun Violence the concert will be a virtual livestreamed event with high profile talent like Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Wynton Marsalis, Melissa Etheridge, John Fogerty and others lending their voices to the gun violence prevention movement.

In a partnership with States United to Prevent Gun Violence and the MIC NYC, the Concert will be live streamed October 7, 2020 at 7:30 EST on the Concert Across America Facebook page and include an online celebrity auction. Bid on a Zoom meet, greet, and hang with Seinfeld star Jason Alexander, or actor Steve Buscemi or a one-to-one session with trainer Jillian Michaels.

The full line-up includes: Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, John Fogerty, Melissa Etheridge, The Bacon Brothers, Bobby Rush, Tank and the Bangas, Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi, Billy Strings, Camden Voices Choir, Carolyn Wonderland, Larkin Poe, Anders Osborne, and Cyrille Aimee.

Coalition partners and advocates will be holding watch parties to stay digitally connected during the COVID-safe event.

“In our fifth year, we are focusing once again on raising our voices to get out the vote on gun violence prevention,” said Concert Chair John Rosenthal. “One hundred Americans die and another 150 are injured with guns every single day and most gun violence is preventable. We just need our elected officials to prioritize passing effective laws and common sense regulations that have been proven to be effective at the state level without banning most guns.”

“I lost my niece in a domestic homicide. Taking action with this event during Domestic Violence Awareness Month seems like the perfect way to honor Becca’s memory.” said Charlie Allenson, the 2020 volunteer producer for the Concert Across America. “I would guess that the people who make the loudest noises about owning assault-style rifles, eliminating licensing and fighting universal background checks have never lost a family member to gun violence. I have. When you lose a family member you understand why commonsense gun legislation is, well, just common sense.”

“As a domestic violence survivor, I know firsthand the consequences of weak gun policy,” said Clai Lasher-Sommers, Executive Director of States United to Prevent Gun Violence. As a 13 year-old Clai was shot by her Stepfather with a high powered rifle. “This election we have an opportunity to vote for gun violence prevention and for saving lives. The Concert Across America will be an entertaining and powerful reminder about what is at stake in this election. We are so thankful for all the artists participating.”

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About The Concert Across America

In its fifth year, The Concert Across America will take place online on October 7th. Originally scheduled in 2016 to coincide with the Congressionally designated day of remembrance for murder victims (September 25th). This nationwide musical experience, spearheaded by Stop Handgun Violence in Boston, brings together a network of organizations, activists and artists to take a united stand against gun violence.  For more information visit http://concertacrossamerica.org.

35 Days Until Election

35 Days Until Election

Get your bumper sticker #VOTEFORUS

VERY Important Dates for Massachusetts

  • October 17: Early Voting begins
  • October 24: Voter Registration deadline
  • October 28: Deadline to request a Mail-in Ballot
  • October 30: Early Voting ends
  • November 3: General Election

ALL Mail-in Ballots must be postmarked by November 3rd and received by November 6th to be counted!

In the News:

  • ACLU-Massachusetts launched a map tracking alleged police misconduct.
  • A new study concludes that police presence in Massachusetts schools is harmful to students.
  • The Social Impact Center for gun violence victims opened in Boston.
  • Kentucky grand jury indicts no officers in the death of Breonna Taylor.
  • In Maine, rising gun sales are blamed on pandemic, civil unrest and politics.
  • Accused killer of police in California connected to right-wing Boogaloo.
  • Mass shooting in Rochester, New York leaves two dead, 14 wounded.
  • 11 year old shot and killed in Troy, New York.
  • Pediatricians call for an end to active shooter drills in schools.

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Action Week for ACLU

Police Reform in MA

Massachusetts legislators are still reviewing reforms to public safety, such as an end to qualified immunity and restrictions on use of lethal force.

Join us to support ACLU-MA  WEEK OF ACTION : #PoliceViolenceHappensHere 

On our calendar:

  • Concert Across America 2020 featuring performances by Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Wynton Marsalis, John Fogerty, Melissa Etheridge and others streaming on our Facebook page October 7th.
  • MVP Peace Award to benefit the MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence October 8th.
  • Grandmothers Against Gun Violence on Cape Cod monthly rally October 14th.
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Concert Across America 2020

Save the date for Concert Across America 2020 streaming on our Facebook Page October 7th!

In the News:

  • After 6 weeks of silence, Governor Baker calls on legislators to move on a Police Reform bill.
  • Father of two died after being shot outside his home in Lowell.
  • Two Los Angeles county sheriff deputies shot in their vehicles.
  • A Black student attending a zoom class in Colorado Springs was reported to police for playing with a toy gun.
  • In Florida, Stand Your Ground Laws used in defense of a counter-protestor raising his gun at protestors.
  • Joaquin Oliver is featured as a cutout for gun violence awareness at MLB games!
  • An argument for the Extreme Risk Protective Order in Maine for National Suicide Awareness.
  • In Ohio, a woman falsely reports to the police a Black man holding a gun, but it was his phone.
  • Oregon residents in evacuation zones are threatening people with guns.
  • A 13-year old autistic child was shot dead in Utah by police.
  • Richmond, Virginia city council approved banning guns at protests and Arlington county vote to ban guns at parks and government buildings.
Did you know that 93% of Black Lives Matter protests across the country have been peaceful?

 

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ELECTION DAY IS 2 MONTHS AWAY

  • John Rosenthal sets the record straight on what’s at stake this election. Spoiler alert- it’s NOT gun ownership.
  • 71% of college students plan to VOTE this year.
  • Tufts University is on a mission to maximize student turnout amid COVID this November.

Local News and Beyond:

  • Natick Police is hosting a gun buyback this Saturday, September 12th.
  • Eight injured by gun violence in Boston over Labor Day weekend.
  • Governor Baker urged to reopen cases of men fatally shot by MA police.
  • Federal Judge upholds California’s ban on open carry in public.
  • Louisiana lawmaker threatens to shoot Black Lives Matter protestors.
  • Portland, Maine Police Chief tells protestors to leave your guns at home.
  • In Minnesota, two men from Boogaloo are charged with terrorism.
  • New Jersey’s ban on large magazines upheld by the Federal Court.
  • Tell-all book by Joshua Powell, NRA’s former #2 man, supports gun control.
  • FBI background checks exceeds 3 million in August; overwhelming the NICS system.

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MA Primary Election TODAY

Your Vote Matters!

Four congressional seats are on the Massachusetts Primary Election ballot today.

  • Watch the 60 Minutes story on Colorado Extreme Risk Protective Order law.
  • Florida man pulls gun on protestor at a Black Lives Matter rally in Tallahassee.
  • Settlement was reached on behalf of March for Our Lives in lawsuit against Marjory Stoneham Douglas Safety Commission in Florida.
  • Missouri advances bill allowing guns to be given to children without parental consent.
  • In Portland, a fatal shooting during downtown protest.
  • Kenosha Militia FB event was reported 455 times but moderators did not flag it.
  • Dicks Sporting Goods online sales soar despite removing firearms from their inventory.

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