Five of the country\u2019s top anti-gun groups are celebrating the launch of a new organization comprised of state lawmakers, which will focus on changing state gun laws.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Legislators for Safer Communities<\/a>\u00a0consists of 171 state lawmakers from 43 states, and will serve as a \u201chub for collaboration, partnership, shared resources, strategy, research, and peer networking,\u201d according to an Everytown for Gun Safety\u00a0press release<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe coalition will work in partnership with Brady, Community Justice, Everytown, GIFFORDS, and March For Our Lives,\u201d the\u00a0release<\/a>\u00a0states. All five groups issued statements heralding the new organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n Everytown, Giffords and others say the new group will circumvent the \u201ccongressional stalemate\u201d on gun-control legislation at the national level and will focus on changing state laws, where they have seen recent successes.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhen Congress is gridlocked, we have watched state legislators across the country who understand that gun violence is preventable, work relentlessly in their statehouses to keep their communities safe from gun violence,\u201d\u00a0Tanya Schardt, Brady\u2019s senior counsel and senior policy director, said in a\u00a0press release<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cNow, with the formation of this new coalition, their efforts have been united as they pursue their shared goals: to save lives through common sense and evidence-based policies. Brady applauds these champions and supports their efforts.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n While the Legislators for Safer Communities claims to be independent and nonpartisan, all of the lawmakers named on its scant one-page website are Democrats. The site offers no information about the group\u2019s funding, but suggests it has \u201cpartnered\u201d with the five national anti-gun groups.\u00a0<\/p>\n The group\u2019s website has no phone number, only a digital contact form. The group did not return emails submitted through the contact portal seeking additional information about its funding and comments for this story. It is not listed on GuideStar or other charity navigators.\u00a0<\/p>\n Legislators of Safer Communities parrots most of the talking points used by its five national partners. The group claims \u201cgun violence is a public health issue with complex roots in systemic inequalities.\u201d Its solutions, the website states, will focus on \u201cequity and justice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Experienced Gun Controllers\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Delaware Senate Majority Whip Tizzy Lockman is one of the six co-chairs and like her co-chairs is notoriously anti-gun.\u00a0<\/p>\n Lockman introduced a permit-to-purchase\u00a0bill<\/a>, which was signed into law four months ago. Her bill requires Delawareans seeking to purchase a handgun to pass a state-approved training course, submit fingerprints and undergo a background check. It bars private sales to anyone without the state-issued permit.\u00a0<\/p>\n Co-Chair Representative Bob Morgan, a Democrat from Illinois, chairs his state\u2019s House Firearm Safety and Reform Working Group, which \u201crecommends legislation to crack down on gun violence in Illinois.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cUnder Rep. Morgan\u2019s leadership, the group will hear from gun violence experts and stakeholders, build consensus and advance impactful reforms,\u201d Morgan\u2019s\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0states.\u00a0<\/p>\n Co-chair Assembly Majority Floor Leader Sandra Jauregui of Nevada, introduced bills that banned guns at polling places, adopted ATF\u2019s definition of frames and receivers and prohibited anyone under 21 from owning or possessing \u201ccertain assault weapons.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n They are joined as co-chairs of the new anti group by other Democratic lawmakers Florida Rep. Christine Hunschofsky, Kentucky Rep. Keturah Herron and Washington Rep. Liz Berry.<\/p>\n This story courtesy of the Second Amendment Foundation\u2019s Investigative Journalism Project. Click\u00a0<\/em>here<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to make a tax-deductible donation to support pro-gun stories from the project.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Anti-Gun-Group-Legislators-for-Safer-Communities.jpg\")
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