American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention

American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention
FormationDecember 8, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-08)
PurposeGun violence reduction
Membership
About 200
Key people
Brian Kavanagh
Websitewww.aslgvp.org

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

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

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