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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Tell Your Senators to Oppose CCR and Support Fix NICS

The Senate will soon consider two bills that will have a huge impact on survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. S.446 would make it terrifyingly easy for abusers to legally carry concealed firearms into other states when stalking their victims. S.446, the ‘Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017’ would undercut existing state and local protections for victims of domestic and dating violence -- and replace those protections with the w... Read More

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Thursday, December 7, 2017

NCADV Disappointed by HR 38 Vote

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) is deeply disappointed by yesterday's vote in the House of Representatives to make it easier for domestic abusers to stalk their victims across state lines. H.R.38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (CCR), undermines states' ability to regulate who can carry loaded, concealed weapons within their borders. This legislation forces states to recognize all out-of-state concealed carry permits, including from st... Read More

Posted by Lynn Brewer-Muse at Thursday, December 7, 2017

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Friday, December 1, 2017

Protect survivors from gun violence: Stop H.R. 38

ACTION ALERT: Contact Your House Representative Members TODAY and Urge Them to Oppose H.R. 38 The U.S. House of Representatives wants to give domestic violence offenders the right to stalk and kill their intimate partners across state lines. Protect survivors from gun violence: Stop H.R. 38! WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW Next week, the House is planning to vote on a bill that would make it terrifyingly easy for abusers to legally carry concealed firearms into other states when... Read More

Posted by Lynn Brewer-Muse at Friday, December 1, 2017

Action Alert concealed carry reciprocity H.R. 38

Monday, November 27, 2017

Tell Congress to Oppose HR 38 and Support HR 4434

What's Happening in Congress Right Now On WEDNESDAY, November 29th, the House Judiciary Committee will mark up two bills that will have a huge impact on survivors of domestic violence and stalking. The first bill, H.R. 38, would make it terrifyingly easy for abusers to legally carry concealed firearms into other states when stalking their victims. H.R. 38, Representative Hudson's (R-NC-08) 'Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017' would undercut existing state and local... Read More

Posted by Lynn Brewer-Muse at Monday, November 27, 2017

Action Alert concealed carry reciprocity Fix NICS Act

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Oppose H.R. 38

As our hearts go out to the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas and to their families and friends, we also grieve, on this Domestic Violence Awareness Month, for the approximately 470 women who have been killed this year by abusers with guns. As we grieve, the House may vote on a bill that would make it terrifyingly easy for abusers to legally carry concealed firearms into other states when stalking their victims (this bill may also be added as an amendment to the SHARE Act &ndash... Read More

Posted by Lynn Brewer-Muse at Thursday, October 5, 2017

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