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# States United to Prevent Gun Violence

A 50 State Solution to end gun violence

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## Posts

- [Supreme Court Update June 2026](https://supgv.org/2026/07/01/scotus-rulings-june-2026/) - Over the last two weeks, there have been several significant updates on Second Amendment law from the Supreme Court. First, in United States v. Hemani, the Court held that marijuana use alone is not sufficient to bar someone from possessing a firearm. An individual had been prosecuted for violating the federal statute prohibiting habitual users of
- [Investing in State Based Solutions](https://supgv.org/2026/07/01/investing-in-state-based-solutions/) - The strength of States United to Prevent Gun Violence comes from a network of state affiliates. Every day, these organizations are on the frontlines of the gun violence prevention movement. They are educating their communities, advocating for lifesaving policies, and creating innovative programs that meet the unique needs of the people they serve. That’s why
- [Iowa Perry School Shooting Response](https://supgv.org/2024/04/18/iowa-perry-school-shooting-response/) - STATE NEWS: In response to the Perry school shooting, Iowa House Republicans advanced a bill to arm teachers and assign school resource officers. Maine legislature to hold first public testimony on 4 bills – expanded background checks, a 72-hour waiting period, changes to the yellow flag law and amendment to bump stocks and similar devices
- [From Our State Affiliates](https://supgv.org/2023/12/14/from-our-state-affiliates/) - MAINE: Maine successfully protected two gun safety laws: 72-hour waiting period law and the Extreme Risk Protection Order law. “Both of these [repeal] efforts failed thanks to political leaders who listen to their constituents and support common-sense gun safety measures, and both of these laws will help save lives.” ~Nacole Palmer MGSC CONNECTICUT: Trauma-informed school
- [Virginia is for SUPGV](https://supgv.org/2026/05/06/virginia-is-for-supgv/) - SUPGV Expands with a 2nd Affiliate in Virginia We’re excited to announce that Virginians for Change (VFC) has joined States United as a second GVP group in Virginia. “Virginians for Change is proud to be named an affiliate of States United Against Gun Violence,” said Sarah Peyton Kaufman, Virginians for Change Board President. “Especially at
- [Washington, June 10 2022](https://supgv.org/2023/12/14/washington-june-10-2022/) - Coalition of 32 state organizations supports responsible gun ownership, calls on voters and Senate to act. WASHINGTON, June 10, 2022 — To capture the groundswell of bipartisan support for responsible gun ownership, States United to Prevent Gun Violence (SUPGV) launched a public service campaign calling on voters to write to their Senators in support of
- [MN Fatal Shooting by ICE Agent](https://supgv.org/2026/01/09/mn-fatal-shooting-by-ice-agent/) - On Wednesday, an ICE agent brutally killed Renee Good, a wife and mother in her community. No one should lose their lives to gun violence and yet, it is a tragedy we are far too familiar with in our nation. Time and time again, our communities are tasked with rebuilding as our representatives in Washington
- [SUPGV Responds to the Brown University Mass Shooting](https://supgv.org/2025/12/14/supgv-responds-to-the-brown-university-mass-shooting/) - Once again, we find ourselves struggling with the fact that firearms are the number one killer of children in America, as we watch the most recent school shooting unfold: A gunman shot and killed two students, and wounded several more at Brown University. Two of the students surviving this most recent preventable tragedy, have also
- [New Year 2024](https://supgv.org/2024/02/17/new-year-2024/) - STATE NEWS Iowans for Gun Safety makes a call to action after a fatal school shooting in Perry, Iowa. Find ways to support their work on their site. We are excited to have Marylanders To Prevent Gun Violence back with States United! Learn more about them on their site and the new Gun Violence Prevention Center that they advocated
- [STATES ON THE MOVE](https://supgv.org/2024/05/07/states-on-the-move/) - CO Ceasefire – Three priority bills passed in the CO legislature: Secure Storage in vehicles; Dealer Requirements and Permits; and an Excise Tax on firearms and ammunition to voters. Hawaii Coalition to Prevent GV – Raise the age to 21 years ammunition sales passed and awaits the Governor’s signature. Protect Minnesota – Straw purchase bill passes and awaits the Governor’s
- [SUPGV Response to Abundant Life Christian School shooting in Wisconsin](https://supgv.org/2024/12/16/supgv-response-to-abundant-life-christian-school-shooting-in-wisconsin/) - Earlier today at 10:57 am in Madison, Wisconsin at the Abundant Life Christian School, three (3) people were killed, including the suspected juvenile shooter who attended the school. At least six (6) additional people were injured, It is believed the shooter used a handgun. Although the news of this shooting at a school is shocking
- [SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS IMPORTANT GHOST GUN RULES- SUPGV APPLAUDS](https://supgv.org/2025/03/26/supreme-court-upholds-important-ghost-gun-rules-supgv-applauds/) - Today the Supreme Court in BONDI v. VANDERSTOK ET AL. upheld life-saving rules created by the ATF during the Biden Administration that regulated "Ghost Guns" and the sale and purchase of "do-it yourself" kits in an effort to limit access to unserialized, unmarked and untraceable firearms, which have been increasingly used in the commission of
- [Business Must Act](https://supgv.org/2025/03/11/business-must-act/) - We partnered with Guns Down America’s campaign, Business Must Act. The businesses we shop often have the power to influence policy and culture to keep us safer. Click here for more info.
- [SUPGV Response to Trump Executive Order Focused on Dismantling Laws Protecting Americans from Gun Violence](https://supgv.org/2025/02/11/supgv-response-to-trump-executive-order-focused-on-dismantling-laws-protecting-americans-from-gun-violence/) - President Trump signed his first pro-gun related Executive Order yesterday, directing newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi to examine within 30 days all “orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies” to determine any “ongoing infringements” of the Second Amendment, and present a plan to him on how to protect gun
- [CDC 2023 Data Released](https://supgv.org/2025/01/31/cdc-2023-data-released/) - 2023 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data shows overall gun death rates state by state with Massachusetts ranked #50 with the lowest and Mississippi ranked #1 with the highest.
- [Annual Conference Success](https://supgv.org/2024/10/11/annual-conference-success/) - Our pinnacle event of the year, annual conference, was well-attended and well-received by our affiliates! Sixteen state groups were represented, plus nine speakers delivered excellent content to educate and inform our GVP leaders. Thank you to our conference sponsors, Center for American Progress and Giffords. Speaker Diversity Conference speakers included respected voices from Community Justice
- [Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis.](https://supgv.org/2024/05/01/white-house-office-of-gun-violence-prevention/) - June 2024: U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has issued a landmark Surgeon General’s Advisory on Firearm Violence, declaring firearm violence in America to be a public health crisis. This advisory is the first publication from the Office of the Surgeon General dedicated to this issue, and it outlines the devastating and far-reaching consequences that
- [December 2024](https://supgv.org/2024/12/08/december-2024/) - A Message from our Executive Director Many of you may feel a sense of uneasiness and despair about the recent elections. While there is no way to control or predict the future of this Country, I can assure you that we will continue to fight for the safety of our families and loved ones. We
- [States United Response to Apalachee High School Shooting](https://supgv.org/2024/09/09/states-united-response-to-apalachee-high-school-shooting/) - Yesterday, I was on the phone with parents, volunteers, students, teachers and advocates from Georgia. Once again, we find ourselves with a community of people, shocked that their children are gone. That their children and their teachers were murdered by someone with an AR-15 style assault weapon. Only this time it was at the hands
- [U.S. Surgeon General declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis](https://supgv.org/2024/07/01/u-s-surgeon-general-declares-gun-violence-a-public-health-crisis/) - The Surgeon General outlines the devastating and far-reaching consequences that firearm violence poses to the health and well-being of the country. A Surgeon General’s Advisory is a public statement that calls the American people’s attention to an urgent public health issue. Advisories are reserved for significant public health challenges that require the nation’s immediate awareness
- [States United Welcomes a 2nd Affiliate in Massachusetts](https://supgv.org/2024/08/30/states-united-welcomes-a-2nd-affiliate-in-massachusetts/) - Stop Handgun Violence (SHV) is a founding organization of the MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence in 2013. SHV has worked hand-in-hand with them to pass the 2024 gun safety laws in the state. “The MA Coalition is a great partner for legislative action. Plus, their team are boots on the ground supporting communities that
- [SUPGV Response to Trump Rally Shooting, July 14 2024](https://supgv.org/2024/07/14/supgv-response-to-trump-rally-shooting-july-14-2024/) - Earlier tonight, in Butler, PA, during a Trump Rally, a shooting incident left two people dead, including the shooter, and injured former president Donald Trump. Although the news of this shooting, and possible assassination attempt is shocking to most, the fact that another shooting has occurred in America comes as no surprise to anyone. We
- [SCOTUS Ruling, June 21 2024](https://supgv.org/2024/06/21/scotus-ruling-june-20-2024/) - Supreme Court’s Decision to Prevent Intimate Partner Abusers from Having Firearms (Ruling in Rahimi) Today the Supreme Court of the United States, ruling on United States V. Rahimi decided (8-1) that intimate partner abusers subject to "domestic-violence restraining orders" under federal law, and found by the court to "pose a credible threat to the physical
- [SCOTUS Ruling, June 14 2024](https://supgv.org/2024/06/15/scotusruling/) - IT DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE A DUCK: SCOTUS SAYS YES TO MORE MACHINE GUN FIRE- Reverses bump stock ban. "When I see a bird that walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.- Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor in her dissent from the majority opinion in Garland
- [New Executive Director, May 1 2024](https://supgv.org/2024/04/30/new-executive-director-may-1-2024/) - States United to Prevent Gun violence Announces New Executive Director States United is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeremy Stein as its new Executive Director. Jeremy brings with them a wealth of experience and a strong commitment to advancing the mission of SUPGV. Jeremy Stein is a nationally recognized gun violence prevention expert, advocate
- [Update from Missouri](https://supgv.org/2024/03/05/update-from-missouri/) - Statement from Grandparents for Gun Safety in Missouri: ‘Once again we witnessed a tragic, unspeakable and PREVENTABLE mass shooting. We are angry and determined to act now to insist our elected officials serving in the Kansas and Missouri state legislatures and those representing us in Congress recognize easy access to guns is one fixable cause
- [JUNE 19, 2020](https://supgv.org/2020/06/19/june-19-2020-2/) - Today is Juneteenth, the anniversary of the day in 1865 when more than a quarter-million people enslaved people in Texas learned that they had gained their freedom two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Now, 155 years later, people of color in America are still waiting for liberation--from oppressive systems that have left
- [JULY 1, 2020](https://supgv.org/2020/07/01/august-4-2020-2/) - The past six months have been one of the most awe inspiring, as well as retraumatizing, times in my life. For me, as a wounded survivor of gun violence, it is painful to see how our movement has failed Black communities and other communities of color where the wounded try to gather up the pieces
- [AUGUST 4, 2020](https://supgv.org/2020/08/04/august-4-2020/) - The news out of cities like New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Louis all reflect the same crisis of gun violence in communities of color. Babies and toddlers have been shot on sidewalks and in moving cars. Fathers, high school graduates, mourners at funerals, young children visiting their grandparents... the stories of the lives lost
- [The Supreme Court strikes down a New York gun law](https://supgv.org/2022/06/23/the-supreme-court-strikes-down-a-new-york-gun-law/) - On June 23, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled against the New York gun law that required people to show “proper cause” to get a license to carry a concealed handgun outside the home. The vote was 6-3. President Biden’s statement on this Supreme Court Ruling on Guns, “I am deeply disappointed by the Supreme Court’s
- [Safer Communities Law](https://supgv.org/2022/06/25/safer-communities-law/) - The Safer Communities Act swiftly moved through the House and to the President’s desk on June 25, 2022 — less than 48 hours after the Senate voted to pass the first significant gun safety bill in decades. The new law includes: Funds crisis intervention, including red flag laws to keep guns out of the hands
- [Steve Dettlebach Confirmed](https://supgv.org/2022/07/12/steve-dettlebach-confirmed/) - The Senate voted on Tuesday, July 12th to confirm Steve Dettelbach as President Biden’s nominee for Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Dettlebach’s confirmation in the wake of high-profile mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, and Highland Park — is a victory for both the Gun Violence Prevention movement and the
- [Assault Weapons Ban](https://supgv.org/2022/07/29/assault-weapons-ban/) - The Congressional House passed the Assault Weapons Ban bill on the final day of session, July 29, 2022. Not surprisingly, the vote was largely partisan and Gun Violence Prevention advocates anticipate a stall in the Senate.
- [MAY 2023 NEWS](https://supgv.org/2023/05/10/states-united-news-may-2023/) - Guns to Gardens provides an opportunity for NH residents to remove unwanted firearms from circulation. More people understand that having a firearm in the home can be dangerous, especially with young children and teens in the house.New Hampshire state law prohibits law enforcement from destroying firearms which come into their possession and must either store
- [Wear Orange Edition](https://supgv.org/2023/06/01/wear-orange-edition/) - JUNE IS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH! STATE AFFILIATE NEWSMICHIGAN: The Extreme Risk Protective Order was signed into law on May 22, 2023. MINNESOTA: Governor Walz signed several gun violence prevention measures into law. Extreme Risk Protection Orders, Universal Background Checks, and funding for Community Violence Intervention and Gun Violence Research were enacted on May 19, 2023. ILLINOIS: After
- [Summer Edition](https://supgv.org/2023/07/11/summer-edition/) - GUNS TO GARDENS New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence hosted their 18th Guns To Gardens buyback! 156 guns were dismantled; 1/3 were semi-automatics and assault style rifles. Most of the participants surrendered their firearms for safety reasons. At GunSense NH first Guns to Gardens, 31 unwanted firearms were dismantled, including an AR-15. Ralph, a retired

## Pages

- [States United to Prevent Gun Violence](https://supgv.org/) - We support independent, state-led gun violence prevention groups and recognize each state org. is the expert and we follow their leads and amplify their efforts
- [Wear Orange Events](https://supgv.org/wear-orange-events/) - 2026 Wear Orange Events CEASEFIRE COLORADO: Peace Walk June 5th CONNECTICUT AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE: Wear Orange Weekend June 5-7th GEORGIA MAJORITY: Wear Orange Shabbat June 5th at Temple Atlanta MAINE GUN SAFETY COALITION: EverOrange rally June 6th at Brunswick Town Hall MASSACHUSETTS COALITION TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: Community Gathering June 11th in Boston END GUN VIOLENCE MICHIGAN: Safe Homes/Safe Schools June 8th webinar PROTECT MINNESOTA: Interfaith Vigil June 7th at Wolfe Park Amphitheater GRANDPARENTS FOR
- [About SUPGV](https://supgv.org/why-states-united-to-prevent-gun-violence/) - WHY STATES UNITED States United to Prevent Gun Violence is unique in its commitment to independent state organizations, providing our 27 state affiliates with strategic support, operational backup, and opportunities for connection. Our support allows these independent organizations to work more efficiently and effectively, building healthy communities and reducing gun deaths and injuries through stronger
- [Who we are](https://supgv.org/why-states-united-to-prevent-gun-violence/biographies/) - Stephanie BensadounBoard ChairSonya Y. ColemanTreasurerTerri GilfillanSecretary
- [Our Affiliates](https://supgv.org/our-affiliates/) - OUR AFFILIATES Our 27 state affiliates are independent gun violence prevention groups that primarily focus on education and advocacy in their home states. There are no fees associated with becoming an affiliate. All affiliate organizations have access to the services and support provided by States United to Prevent Gun Violence. Scroll over a state to
- [Bills to Support](https://supgv.org/bills-to-support/) - BACKGROUND CHECKSEND THE FILIBUSTERPASS SAFE STORAGEBACKGROUND CHECKS A background check on every firearm sale Most states across the country only require a background check on gun sales at Federal Firearm Licensed Dealers. This bill would include background checks on private sales that occur online, at gun shows or between individuals. END THE FILIBUSTER End the
- [Legislator Look-Up](https://supgv.org/legislator-look-up/) - FIND YOUR LEGISLATORSenateTo find your Congressional Senator, select the button below and enter your resident state.Find your Senate LegislatorHouse of RepresentativesTo find your Congressional House of Representative, select the below button and enter your zip code.Find your House Representative

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