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An advocacy organization that promotes stronger enforcement of existing gun laws and new policy options to help keep guns away from criminals and kids, and to promote gun safety in the home.
Americans for Gun Safety Foundation
A non-profit educational organization that educates Americans on existing gun laws and new policy options to help keep guns away from criminals and kids, and to promote gun safety in the home. Features national and state-by-state information on gun laws and gun safety.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Promotes gun safety legislation, education, and gun control laws, but not a complete ban on guns; over 400,000 members nationwide.
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
Coalition of 44 civic, professional and religious organizations and 100,000 individual members advocating for a ban on the sale and possession of handguns and assault weapons.
Co/Motion, a program of the Alliance for Justice, is a an advocacy organization that engages youth in action to stop gun violence. Co/Motion’s news and resources center has up to date national news on gun violence.
Dedicated to the reduction of firearm injuries and deaths, the Center provides comprehensive, objective, accurate information and analysis of firearms and related morbidity and mortality.
Dedicated to reducing gun violence, the Firearms Law Center serves communities nationwide by providing information and resources relating to the regulation of firearms at the federal, state and local levels.
Promotes common sense safety measures and personal and community responsibility for preventing unsupervised access to guns.
An organization that opposes gun violence and develops media and organizing strategies to reach out to students and families to build a movement against gun violence.
State Gun Crime Facts
NEA Health Information Network has developed fifty state specific fact sheets that look at firearm injuries, gun laws and gun crime enforcement in each state. Select your state from the following menu. (These fact sheets are in PDF format and are optimized for Acrobat 5.0. If you have trouble accessing these, Acrobat 5.0 can be downloaded for free at http://www.adobe.com/acrobat.)
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