Domestic and International Gun Violence Prevention Organizations

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We encourage visitors to our website to also check out the websites of other organizations working to prevent gun violence. Below are links to some of these other organizations with brief comments about the organizations and how their approaches may differ from that of Americans Against Gun Violence.

The International Action Network on Small Arms

The International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) is an international coalition of organizations and individuals working to stop the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons.* IANSA supports efforts to make people safer by reducing demand for such weapons, improving firearm regulation and strengthening controls on arms transfers. Through research, advocacy and campaigning, IANSA members are promoting local, national, regional and global measures to strengthen human security. Americans Against Gun Violence is an active member of IANSA.

GunPolicy.org

GunPolicy.org, which is hosted by the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney, is an excellent source of information for comparing rates of gun violence, rates of gun ownership, and firearm regulations between different countries. These comparisons demonstrate the extraordinarily high rate of gun violence in the USA as compared with all other high income democratic countries and the association between lax gun control laws, high rates of gun ownership, and high rates of gun violence.

The Violence Policy Center

The Violence Policy Center (VPC) is an excellent source of information about guns and gun violence in the United States. Americans Against Gun Violence often refers to studies done by VPC, particularly on issues such as the risks of concealed weapons, the myth of "guns for protection," and the uniquely American problem of mass shootings. In addition to research and education, the VPC also engages in legislative advocacy.

The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence

The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence (LCPGV), formerly the Legal Community Against Violence, was founded after a mass shooting at San Francisco law firm in 1993 in which eight people were killed and six wounded before the shooter killed himself. The LCPGV website has been an excellent source of information on gun laws in the United States. The LCPGV has also been active in fostering what the organization refers to as "smart gun laws" and in opposing bad ones.

More at the link:

http://aagunv.org/links-to-other-organizations/

All worthy organizations, and working together for a better world for all of us -- worldwide.