Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Formation
  
1974

Website
  
csgv.org

Membership
  
48 organizations

Founded
  
1974

Coalition to Stop Gun Violence httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenbb9New

Headquarters
  
Washington, D.C., United States

Similar
  
Violence Policy Center, Gun Owners of America, Law Center to Prevent Gun Viole, National Rifle Association, National Association for Gun R

Profiles

Facebook
Twitter

Diner coalition to stop gun violence


The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV), and the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence (EFSGV or Ed Fund), its sister organization, are two parts of a national, non-profit gun control advocacy organization that is opposed to gun violence.

Contents

Coalition to stop gun violence psa kids


History

In 1974, the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society formed the National Coalition to Ban Handguns, a group of thirty religious, labor, and nonprofit organizations with the goal of addressing "the high rates of gun-related crime and death in American society" by licensing gun owners, registering firearms, and banning private ownership of handguns with "reasonable limited exceptions" for “police, military, licensed security guards, antique dealers who have guns in unfireable condition, and licensed pistol clubs where firearms are kept on the premises.” In the 1980s and 1990s, the coalition grew to 44 member groups. In 1989, the National Coalition to Ban Handguns changed its name to the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, in part because the group felt that assault weapons as well as handguns, should be outlawed. Today, the coalition comprises 48 member organizations.

Mission

According to CSGV, its mission is to secure freedom from gun violence through research, strategic engagement and effective policy advocacy. The organization has nine areas of focus, regarding issues and campaigns:

  1. Opposition to the "insurrectionism" which the group attributes to the National Rifle Association (NRA). The coalition contends this philopsohy "degrades the democratic values and institutions that protect all of the freedoms we enjoy as Americans."
  2. Support for firearm microstamping, a ballistic identification technology intended to allow law enforcement to trace the serial number of a firearm from ejected cartridge case(s) recovered at a crime scene.
  3. Support for closing the gun show loophole through universal background checks.
  4. Highlight problems with the current system for providing concealed carry permits.
  5. Opposition to the sale of assault weapons to the public.
  6. Support "countermarketing", the strategy of using municipalities and law enforcement to force changes in gun industry marketing and distribution practices.
  7. Opposition to stand your ground laws.
  8. Support for improving mental health screening of firearms purchasers.
  9. Opposition to the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which gives immunity for the firearms industry against negligence.

Leadership

  • Joshua Horwitz is the Executive Director of CSGV/EFSGV. Mr. Horwitz is an attorney who joined the Ed Fund in 1989 as Legal Director.
  • Michael K. Beard is the President of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence/Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence, a title he has held since the inception of the respective organizations.
  • Ladd Everitt has served as the organization's Director of Communications since May 2006.

    • Membership

    CSGV consists of 48 organizations. Among them are religious organizations, child welfare advocacy groups, public health professionals, social justice, and political action organizations.

    Member groups include:

  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • American Association of Suicidology
  • American Ethical Union
  • American Jewish Committee
  • American Jewish Congress
  • American Psychiatric Association
  • American Public Health Association
  • Americans for Democratic Action
  • Association of Japanese Families of Gun Violence Victims in the U. S. A.
  • Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America
  • The Bible Holiness Movement, International
  • Center for Science in the Public Interest
  • Central Conference of American Rabbis
  • Children's Defense Fund
  • Child Welfare League of America, Inc.
  • Church of the Brethren
  • Communitarian Network
  • The Council of The Great City Schools
  • DC for Democracy
  • The DISARM Education Fund
  • Fellowship of Reconciliation
  • Friends Committee on National Legislation
  • Jesuit Conference - Office of Social Ministries
  • Jewish Community Center Association
  • Jewish Women International
  • Loretto Community
  • Mennonite Central Committee
  • National Association of School Psychologists
  • National Association of Social Workers
  • National Council of Jewish Women
  • National Council of Negro Women
  • National Urban League
  • North American Federation of Temple Youth
  • Pan American Trauma Association
  • Peace Action of Washington
  • Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
  • Union for Reform Judaism
  • Unitarian Universalist Association
  • UNITE HERE
  • United Church of Christ
  • United Federation of Teachers
  • United Methodist Church Board of Church & Society
  • United States Conference of Mayors
  • United States Student Association
  • United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
  • Woman's National Democratic Club
  • Women's League for Conservative Judaism
  • YWCA of U. S. A.

    • References

    Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA