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SOLUTIONS TO THE GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC
Every day over 100 will die and there will be a school shooting and a mass shooting of 4 or more people. If not now when do we call out the obstructionists in Congress who are standing in the way of effective gun violence prevention laws like we’ve proven to work in Massachusetts?
~John Rosenthal, SHV chair and co-founder
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We helped organize a rally [[link removed]] with March For Our Lives at Harvard Yard last month. Read David Hogg's speech on America's nightmare here [[link removed]] .
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Have you heard...
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Washington
will
become
the
10th
state,
plus
District
of
Columbia,
to
ban
assault
weapons.
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The
7th
U.S.
Circuit
Court
of
Appeals
in
Chicago
denied
a
request
for
an
injunction
by
Robert
Bevis,
a
firearms
store
owner,
while
he
appeals
a
ruling
by
U.S.
District
Judge
Kendall
that
found
the
Illinois
assault
weapons
ban
“constitutionally
sound.”
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In
response
to
the
Covenant
school
shooting,
Tennessee
Governor
Lee
signed
an
executive
order
to
strengthen
background
checks
and
called
on
the
General
Assembly
to
pass
the
equivalent
of
a
red
flag
law.
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Two
months
after
the
MSU
campus
shooting,
Michigan
enacts
safe
storage
requirements
and
an
expansion
of
background
checks
for
long
guns.
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A
federal
judge
denied
Delaware
gun
groups
a
preliminary
injunction
in
their
lawsuit
seeking
to
block
legislation
that
bans
assault
weapons
and
high-capacity
firearm
magazines.
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APRIL
27th:
Lesley
University
hosts
Gun
Violence
Awareness
webinar.
Free
but
must
register
here
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.
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MAY
14th:
Walk
for
Peace
[[link removed]]
on
Mother's
Day
to
benefit
LDB
Peace
Institute.
Join
the
MA
Coalition
team!
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MAY
18th:
We
celebrate
10
Years
of
the
MA
Coalition
to
Prevent
Gun
Violence.
Get
your
tickets
here
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