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The Campaign marks 15th year fighting for safe educational spaces nationwide with our Annual Benefit on Friday, October 6, 2023 at the Hammond Museum in North Salem, NY honoring U Michigan Law School Professor Len Neihof and U. Arkansas Professor and author Stepken K. Boss.

Sponsorships and tickets are now available. Support the Campaign today! https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/2023-annual-benefit-15-years-of-service

Appeals court upholds UM's campus gun ban The ruling marks the second time a Court of Appeals panel has ruled in the lawsuit filed by Ann Arbor resident Joshua Wade.

The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus Responds to Georgia State Supreme Court’s Guns on Campus Decision in Knox v. State of Georgia. Read the press release here: https://www.keepgunsoffcampus.org/blog/2023/05/31/the-campaign-responds-to-georgia-state-supreme-courts-guns-on-campus-decision-in-knox-v-state-of-georgia/

One year ago today, an 18 year old former student of Robb Elementary School, armed with an AR-15 assault rifle and several recently purchased high capacity magazines, shot his grandmother and then entered the school, killing 19 children, 2 teachers and injuring 18 more people before finally being killed by Border Patrol agents.

Honor them with action by telling your US Senators and Congressperson to pass the Assault Weapons Ban now: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-to-act-now-pass-the-assault-weapons-ban/

24 years since a day of terror at Columbine High School ended in the killing of 13 members of the student and faculty community.

We remember their names, and we honor them with action.

16 years to the day since a lone gunman armed with two semi-automatic pistols attacked the Virgina Tech campus community, causing the deaths of 32 people and injuring another 17.

The Campaign remembers, and we honor them with action.

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GOP lawmakers feeling the heat and on the defensive as gun rights groups push for 'open carry' - Florida Phoenix With GOP supermajorities in the Legislature, House Speaker Paul Renner and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo can easily pass bills that top their agenda, but a gun rights bill has put Republican lawmakers feeling the heat and on the defensive these days. That’s because legislation this session a...

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What to Know About College Gun Policies About 150 colleges told U.S. News they allow guns on campus in some capacity.

Get Out There And Cast A Vote Against Guns - Our November Newsletter

Read how much your vote matters in this crucial mid term election then use our links and resources to make sure you know who and what you are voting for, and where you can cast that vote. Plus a preview of year end campaigns and a special thanks again for all who contributed to the annual benefit's success.

https://www.keepgunsoffcampus.org/blog/2022/11/04/2441/

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Meet Arizona State Legislator Hon. Jennifer Longdon. She's one of 4 honorees to be featured at our October 21 Annual Benefit.

Representative Jennifer Longdon is a Phoenix-based speaker, writer, and activist currently serving in the Arizona House of Representatives for Legislative District 24 which covers Central Phoenix and South Scottsdale. She serves as Assistant Minority Leader.

Paralyzed in a random shooting in 2004, Longdon focuses her legislative portfolio on advocacy for people with disabilities and strengthening laws to curb gun violence.

Longdon previously served as Chair of multiple boards and commissions including the Phoenix Mayor's Neighborhood Advisory Council, the State Independent Living Council of Arizona, Arizonans for Gun Safety, and Public Impact Advisory Panel to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. She has been profiled in AZ magazine, the Phoenix New Times, the Washington Post, Salon, Mother Jones and Rolling Stone.

Reserve your tickets to The Campaign's Annual Benefit today!

https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/the-way-forward-the-cmaoign-to-keep-guns-off-campis-2022-annual-benfit-tickets

Meet our Honorees - Join The Campaign on October 21 at Manhattanville College to honor these leaders in the Gun Violence Prevention movement who are doing their part to keep guns out of K-12 schools, colleges and universities. Tickets, Sponsorships and Journal Ads available now. https://www.keepgunsoffcampus.org/blog/2022/09/23/meet-the-honorees-the-way-forward-the-campaigns-annual-benefit-fri-oct-21-6-9pm/

It’s National Voter Registration Day! Take 30 seconds to register to vote, check your registration status, or find a registration event on or offline near you! NationalVoterRegistrationDay.org

A 's top desk drawer should have pencils, pens, paper and other schools supplies - not bullets and fi****ms. Arm for . Not combat. Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence Brady: United Against Gun Violence UFT - United Federation of Teachers

Our September Newsletter is up with Federal updates, our Back To School and Back to Campus social media campaign against the arming of teachers, tickets for our Oct. 21 benefit and much more.

https://www.keepgunsoffcampus.org/blog/2022/09/10/a-view-from-the-campaign-back-to-campus-back-to-school-sept-2022/

What does it say to our kids when their teachers are forced to be armed? How does that build trust? How does that not build animosity? Arm teachers for teaching. Not combat. Brady: United Against Gun Violence UFT - United Federation of Teachers

Arming teachers? How is that helpful? should be about school supplies & backpacks, not holsters & ammo. Arm for teaching, not combat. UFT - United Federation of Teachers Brady: United Against Gun Violence Teachers Against Guns in School

Arm teachers for teaching. Not combat. When your kids go back to school this year, make sure that school is kept as a safe and gun free space for learning. It's the least we can do. keepgunsoffcampus.org

The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus is proud to be an approved charity for the 2022 Combined Federal Campaign. (CFC #83173)

Federal employees, to learn more about how to support The Campaign and other great charities, click here: https://cfcgiving.opm.gov/welcome

Students and faculty are returning to colleges and universities all over the country right now. Don't you think they deserve campuses that are safe and gun free? Yet the gun lobby wants to arm educators with guns instead of the resources they need to just teach. They want concealed guns allowed all over campus campuses, even in dorm rooms.

Click through to write your governor to let them know you want to keep guns off campus, or if fi****ms are allowed on campus in your state, to repeal these wrongheaded statutes today.

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-governor-to-protect-college-campuses-from-concealed-handguns/

Our August Newsletter is out! A View From The Campaign – An Unquiet Summer - Federal updates & Actions, USA Today comes calling, Georgia, Annual Benefit Sponsorship and even a trip to The White House. Click to read it now.

https://www.keepgunsoffcampus.org/blog/2022/08/12/august-newsletter-a-view-from-the-campaign-an-unquiet-summer/

BREAKING: ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN IS GOING TO THE FLOOR

We need your help RIGHT NOW with one quick phone call to support passage of federal legislation that would ban military-style assault weapons and high capacity magazines.

H.R. 1808, sponsored by Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline is poised for a full vote NOW and must happen before the summer recess this weekend.

BREAKING NEWS - "House Dems have decided to do assault weapons ban on floor today, separately from policing bills, per multiple sources. Still working on broader policing deal."(*)

The federal ban on assault weapons expired on September 13, 2004. It's past time that a new and strong federal ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines becomes the law of the land.

ACTION STEP

Please call your Congressmember today. Look them up at Vote.org.

Tell the staffmember that you are constituent and that you want your Congressmember to vote YES on HR 1808 (ban on assault weapons) and not tie passage of this bill to any other unrelated legislation.

If you do not reach a live operator, please leave a brief message with your NAME, your city/town and the bill number for which you want them to vote yes: HR 1808.

Please contact them TODAY and let us know how the call went by sending us a quick reply note: I made the call at [email protected]

Thanks for all you do,
Andy Pelosi, Executive Director
The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus

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We asked you to demand more be done to regulate guns in the US and you responded. Over 1,000 letters have been sent and more are on the way. If you haven't already told The President and Congress that more work needs to be done, do it now. If you have, tell your friends to do the same. The stakes are too high to stop now. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-that-more-federal-gun-reforms-are-still-needed

Tell Congress - More Federal Gun Reforms Still Needed Tell President Biden and Members of Congress to Keep Working on additional federal gun reforms.

The Campaign's ED Andy Pelosi and Board Member Dina Siciliano are at the White House with advocates from all across the US celebrating this milestone, while working for more change to come.

It’s Time to Save Lives
Pass The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

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And Tell Them to Vote YES
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Let your Senators know they can do better. Pass real gun reform now! Let your Senators know they can do better. Pass real gun reform now! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-the-us-senate-to-act-today-on-gun-reform/

Read our June newsletter for all the latest info, actions and more. Stop The Carnage Now! https://www.keepgunsoffcampus.org/blog/2022/06/03/june-newsletter-a-view-from-the-campaign-stop-the-carnage-now/

for National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Join the fight for saner gun laws that will take the targets off the backs of students and teachers across the US. keepgunsoffcampus.org

It's hard to keep up with the latest on Uvalde, TX , so we've set up a special link to keep you informed on the latest actions. https://linktr.ee/keepgunsoffcampus

Frustrated? The Campaign To Keep Guns Off Campus says - TAKE ACTION TODAY!!

Reports show that the Uvalde, TX gunman purchased two assault rifles and at least 375 rounds of ammunition. This begs the questions:

Why are we still allowing military-style weapons with high capacity magazines to be offered for legal sale in the US?

Why can an 18 year old purchase these high powered military-style long guns and high capacity magazines with less effort than it takes to buy an antihistamine?

Click through to write President Biden, your Senator, Congressperson and Governor to let them know we need change NOW. TAKE ACTION TODAY!

https://actionnetwork.org/let.../uvalde-tx-take-action-today

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Campaign ED Andy Pelosi Weighs In On Uvalde Massacre On NBC Affiliate WXIA Channel 11 in Atlanta. Click though to see the entire piece. https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-renews-national-gun-debate/85-9da0dfea-f2c2-4812-b953-3ec0bc02aed8

Nearly 70,000 people were killed by guns between 1999 and 2019 in the US

The Victimization Rate for is nearly twice as high as the Homicide Victimization Rate for White People.

are used in nearly 3/4 of the homicides where the Victims are Latinx

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Photo: "Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month Celebration 2019" by CSUF Photos is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus issued the following statement in response to today’s horrific school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas:

“At this writing, at least 21 people are dead, 19 innocent children and two adults, all victims in a mass shooting perpetrated by an 18 year old gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. According to the Gun Violence Archive, this latest mass shooting is the 215th to take place in 2022 and marks the deadliest school shooting since the 2012 Sandy Hook Massacre.

https://www.keepgunsoffcampus.org/blog/2022/05/24/the-campaign-to-keep-guns-off-campus-issues-statement-after-the-deadliest-school-shooting-since-the-2012-sandy-hook-massacre/

PHOTO: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus Issues Statement after the Deadliest School Shooting Since the 2012 Sandy Hook Massacre The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus Issues Statement after the Deadliest School Shooting Since the 2012 Sandy Hook Massacre For Immediate Release (Croton Falls, NY) The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus issued the following statement in response to today’s horrific school shooting at Robb Elementa...

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