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Pages in category "Gun control advocacy groups in the United States" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The National Gun Victims Action Council (NGVAC) is an American organization which advocates against gun violence [1] and for gun control.The NGVAC uses targeted boycotts of various businesses and organizations in an attempt to persuade those organizations into changing their gun policies, or advocate for increased gun control.
The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) is a gun rights advocacy group in the United States. [4] [5] They maintain an affiliated PAC and a nonprofit legal foundation.. Officially incorporated in Virginia on March 29, 2000, [1] NAGR was founded by Dudley Brown as a national companion organization to Rocky Mountain Gun
A June 2022 ABC News/Ipsos poll found that 70% of Americans believed enacting new gun control laws was more important than protecting gun ownership rights. [43] Regarding the impending 2022 midterm elections , Gallup reported that 55% of voters said gun policy is "extremely important", while 8% of voters said that gun control was the country's ...
Gun control, or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians. [1] [2] Most countries allow civilians to own firearms, but have strong firearms laws to prevent violence.
In 2016, the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence merged with Americans for Responsible Solutions, a nonprofit gun safety organization led by former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut Captain Mark Kelly. The organization changed its name to GIFFORDS Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence in 2017. [7]
In 1974, the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society formed the National Coalition to Ban Handguns, [2] a group of thirty affiliated religious, labor, and nonprofit organizations, with the goal of addressing "the high rates of gun-related crime and death in American society" by requiring licensing of gun owners, registering firearms, and banning private ownership of handguns.
The National African American Gun Association (NAAGA) is an organization that promotes gun rights among African-Americans in the United States. It has over 45,000 members, [1] more than 75 chapters in the United States, and has grown significantly in reaction to Black deaths. The organization was founded by Phillip Smith in 2015.