Category: firearms
Friday, February 16, 2018
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) mourns the loss of the seventeen young people and staff shot to death this week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. We know all too well the pain families and communities feel in the aftermath of such tragedies, and we grieve with them. And again, in the aftermath of yet another horrific mass shooting, we face the complicity of legislators who refuse to support measures to keep firearms out of the hands of...
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Friday, November 17, 2017
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW
The mass shooting in Sutherland Springs was a preventable tragedy. The shooter was legally prohibited from possessing a firearm, but he still passed a background check due to poor record keeping!
After years of inaction, it’s time for Congress to pass meaningful legislation to keep guns out of the hands of abusers. The gun rights activists have said time and time again that we need to fix the National Instant Criminal...
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Lynn Brewer-Muse
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Friday, November 17, 2017
Thursday, November 16, 2017
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence applauds the introduction of the Fix NICS Act, led by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), a bipartisan, bicameral bill to fix the broken background check system. Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have come together in a demonstration of good governance and solidarity. The gun violence prevention movement and the gun lobby agree on one thing: we need to improve the submission of records into the National...
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Lynn Brewer-Muse
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Thursday, November 16, 2017
Monday, November 6, 2017
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) grieves with the families in Sutherland Springs who lost loved ones to hateful violence and with a community that will spend years healing. We also extend our best wishes for a full and speedy recovery for those wounded in the attack.
This morning, NCADV Executive Director Ruth Glenn had this to say:
“Prohibiting all abusers, including dating abusers and stalkers, from possessing guns and requiring...
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Lynn Brewer-Muse
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Monday, November 6, 2017