Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

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Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
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Formation 1974
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Membership
 48 organizations
Website csgv.org

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.

History

In 1974, the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society formed the National Coalition to Ban Handguns,[1] 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.”[2][3] In the 1980s and 1990s, the coalition grew to 44 member groups.[4] 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.[5] Today, the coalition comprises 48 member organizations.[6]

Mission

According to CSGV, its mission is to secure freedom from gun violence through research, strategic engagement and effective policy advocacy.[7] The organization has five areas of focus, regarding issues and campaigns:[8]

  1. Opposed to the "insurrectionist philosophy" which the group attributes to the National Rifle Association (NRA). The coalition contends the NRA's goal "to retain the right to take whatever measures necessary, including force, to abolish oppressive government” is, in fact, a plot to oppose any regulations on guns and degrades the institutions that protect other freedoms.[9]
  2. Support on state and federal levels, research relating to, and the implementation of firearm microstamping, an emerging ballistic identification technology which purports to allow law enforcement to trace the serial number of a firearm from ejected cartridge case(s) recovered at a crime scene.[10] Microstamping was enacted into law in the state of California in 2007 with AB 1471. It was immediately suspended while the state determines the feasibility of implementing the law.[11]
  3. Believes that the ability of private individuals to engage in private firearms transactions without requirement for background checks constitutes a loophole in the law, and is working to change this.[12]
  4. Highlight problems with the current system for providing permits to carry a concealed loaded weapon in public.[13]
  5. Support thorough federal legislation,[14] repealing the Tiahrt Amendment, renewing the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, closing the gun show loophole, and prohibiting individuals who are on any government watch list from purchasing firearms.[15]

Leadership

  • 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.
  • Joshua Horwitz is the Executive Director of CSGV/EFSGV. Mr. Horwitz is an attorney who joined the Ed Fund in 1989 as Legal Director.
  • 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.[6]

Member groups include:[6]

  • Association of Japanese Families of Gun Violence Victims in the U. S. A.
  • Communitarian Network
  • The Council of The Great City Schools
  • DC for Democracy
  • The DISARM Education Fund
  • Jewish Women International
  • Pan American Trauma Association
  • Woman's National Democratic Club
  • Women's League for Conservative Judaism

References

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  7. ↑ About Us
  8. ↑ Issues & Campaigns
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  10. ↑ Microstamping
  11. ↑ Bill Documents AB1471
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  13. ↑ http://www.csgv.org/issues-and-campaigns/concerns-about-concealed-carry
  14. ↑ Federal Legislation
  15. ↑ GAO-05-127

External links

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