American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention
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| Formation | December 8, 2014 |
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| Purpose | Gun violence reduction |
Membership | About 200 |
Key people | Brian Kavanagh |
| Website | American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention |
American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention (ASLGVP) is a United States non-partisan coalition of state lawmakers to promote gun control in order to reduce gun violence.[1][2] It was founded by Representative Brian P. Kavanagh (D-NY). The other legislators who joined Kavanagh at the Washington, D.C., press conference to announce the formation of the group were: Representative Barbara Bollier (R-KS); Senator José R. Rodriguez (D-TX); Representative Renny Cushing (D-NH); Representative Merika Coleman-Evans (D-AL); Representative Stacey Newman (D-MO); and Senator Adam Ebbin (D-VA).[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/state-rep-newman-in-dc-for-formation-of-new-anti/article_9ec4e7d7-cfca-579c-bdc1-94dbeac03f25.html
- ↑ http://www.khi.org/news/article/legislator-promote-gun-background-checks-health-is/
- ↑ Johnson, Lacey (December 8, 2014). "State lawmakers launch gun control coalition". Washington, D.C.: Reuters. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
Further reading
- Tucciarone, Alex (December 8, 2014). "Bipartisan Group of 200 Legislators In All 50 States Form Nonpartisan Gun Violence Prevention Coalition" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: ASLGVP. BerlinRosen. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
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