17th Annual CAGV Luncheon

17th Annual CAGV Luncheon

Sunday, April 15th, CAGV will “Enlighten Our Community,” with its special guest speakers Nick & Amanda Wilcox at its 17th Anniversary Celebration. An elegant luncheon to celebrate the occasion will...

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Guns & Lattes

Guns & Lattes

While Starbucks permits patrons to openly carry guns in the 43 states that allow such laws, we are happy to report that BJ’s Restaurants joins California Pizza kitchen in banning...

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Laura’s Law

Laura’s Law

Laura Wilcox, the 1999 valedictorian at Nevada Union High School in Nevada County, California, was home for winter break from Haverford College, where she was a sophomore running for co-presidentv...

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Too Many Victims Vigil

Too Many Victims Vigil

Gathered on the steps of Santa Barbara’s magnificent Spanish-style courthouse at 10:00 am, Sunday, January 8, 2012, community members marked the anniversary of the Tucson shooting massacre with a memorial...

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The Purchasing Power of the Pistol

Gun Purchasing Surges in 2011

The FBI performed a record number of instant background checks on potential firearm buyers in 2011 according
to new government data. Nearly 16.5 million queries were made by firearm sellers. That was up 15% from 2010, and the highest number of annual screenings performed since 1998, when the National Instant Background Check System (NICS) went into effect. Background checks are correlated with weapon purchases, so the uptick in screenings in 2011 suggests that the increase in gun sales which the FBI has been tracking for several years is continuing. Read More »

CAGV Honored with Year-End Gifts

The Coalition Against Gun Violence was honored to receive two substantial charitable gifts at year’s end in 2011.
Goleta Presbyterian Church Peacemaking Offering made a generous contribution to CAGV of $500, which is distributed to nonprofit organizations that work effectively to promote peacemaking and nonviolence. Read More »

California Tops Arizona, Alaska, Utah: “Do-Nothing” States

“California is golden when it comes to adopting laws that lead to safer communities. If more of America had California’s gun laws, countless lives would be saved.” — Dennis Henigan, Brady Acting President

Washington, DC. – California is a model of sensible gun laws. Its universal background check system, strong gun dealer regulations, and assault clip ban are just some of the laws that provide a roadmap to preventing gun violence. Meanwhile, Arizona, Alaska, and Utah do not have a single common sense gun law on their books, according to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
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The Second Amendment: NRA’s Challenges Shot Down!

The Second Amendment: NRA’s Challenges Shot Down!

Not satisfied! That is the theme of the National Rifle Association – not satisfied until every U.S. citizen is packing heat everywhere and anytime. The gun control advocates are not surprised. The Supreme Court’s rulings on Heller and McDonald, an activist’s decision which made new law, redefined the Second Amendment as an individual’s “right to keep and bear arms” for self-defense in the home. The NRA hopes to widen the scope so that gun totters may bear a loaded firearm in public.
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Teen Tragedy

Teen Tragedy

Tragic firearm stories are far too numerous in which both victim and perpetrator share misery at multiple levels – death, grief, loss and a knowing that justice, whatever that means, will never resolve the pain.

There are many questions left unanswered perhaps forever in this tragic story – a story that has been investigated, analyzed, discussed and written about by legal experts, educators, the media and everyone involved. One puzzling question is how could the jurors reject the hate crime charge? But they did. Remarkably however, one question was left out, never considered. How did a 14-year-old boy have access to a loaded firearm?
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