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 | www |
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 Senator 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
[edit]- ^ Raasch, Chuck (December 8, 2014). "State Rep. Newman in DC for formation of new anti-gun violence coalition". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
- ^ Marso, Andy (December 9, 2014). "Legislator to promote gun background checks as health issue". Kansas Health Institute.
- ^ Johnson, Lacey (December 8, 2014). "State lawmakers launch gun control coalition". Washington, D.C.: Reuters. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.