2010

DISCOVERY BUILDING TRAGEDY AFFIRMS ILLEGITIMACY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE

September 3, 2010

Washington, D.C.—The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence strongly condemns the actions of James Jay Lee, the gunman who took hostages Wednesday at the Discovery Communications building in Silver Spring, Maryland, and was later killed by law enforcement. This unnecessary tragedy was the result of Lee’s embrace of violence as a way to advance his political agenda.

HOUSE EXPECTED TO VOTE ON BILL TO PROTECT GUNS FROM CLAIMS OF CREDITORS IN BANKRUPTCY CASES

Joint Release from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, GunFreeKids.org, Legal Community Against Violence, Protest Easy Guns, and Violence Policy Center

July 26, 2010

Washington, DC—The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote tomorrow (Tuesday, July 27) on a bill that would protect guns from the claims of creditors in bankruptcy proceedings (H.R. 5827).  The national gun violence prevention organizations Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, GunFreeKids.org, Legal Community Against Violence, Protest Easy Guns, and Violence Policy Center are adamantly opposed to the legislation.