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Local gun safety groups are listed below. If your state is not listed, it means that it doesn't yet have a gun safety group that receives a grant from or is affiliated with Americans for Gun Safety. If you'd like to start one, please use the form on the Contact Us page to send us a message. We will send you information from our national office, and have a local representative contact you right away.
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Arizona
Halt Gun Violence
PO Box 7664, Phoenix, AZ 86601
Phone: (602) 547-0976
Fax: (602) 547-0819
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Colorado
Safe Colorado
1177 Grant Street, #204, Denver, CO 80203
Phone: (303) 563-7233
Fax: (303) 839-8880
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Hawaii
Hawaii Firearms Control Coalition
PO Box 1245, Kaneohe, HI 96744
Phone: (808) 235-4222
Fax: (808) 236-2242
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Illinois
Illinois Citizens for Handgun Control
223 West Jackson Blvd, Suite 1106
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: (312) 341-0460
Fax: (312) 341-9770
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Maine
Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence
PO Box 4501, Augusta, ME 04112
Phone: (207) 626-9099, x104
Fax: (207) 626-3052
Website: www.MCAHV.org
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Maryland
Marylanders Against Handgun Abuse
3000 Chestnut Ave, Ste 203, Balt., MD 21211
Phone: (410) 889-1477
Fax: (410) 889-1480
Website: www.hgabuse.org
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Massachusetts
Stop Handgun Violence Foundation
1 Bridge St, Suite 300, Newton, MA 02458
Phone: (617) 243-8174
Fax: (617) 965-7308
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Michigan
MPPGV on-Target Coalition
3401 E. Saginaw St, Suite 109, Lansing, MI 48912
Phone: (517) 332-4299
Fax: (517) 332-4392
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Minnesota
Citizens For A Safer Minnesota
2395 University Avenue South, Suite 303, Saint Paul, MN 55104
Phone: (651) 645-3271
Fax: (651) 645-4424
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Missouri
Missourians Against Handgun Violence
7151 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63130-4303
Phone: (314) 726-5196
Fax: (314) 726-5196
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New York
New Yorkers Against Gun Violence
666 Broadway, Suite 625, New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 674-3710
Fax: (212) 674-3531
Website: www.nyagv.org
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Oregon
Ceasefire Oregon
7327 SW Barnes Road, #316, Portland, OR 97225
Phone: (503) 220-1669
Fax: (503) 417-7902
Email: cforegon@teleport.com
Website: www.ceasefireoregon.org
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanians Against Handgun Violence
111 South Independence Mall East, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: (888) 444-PAHV
Fax: (215) 629-4110
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Virginia
Virginians Against Handgun Violence
253 West Freemason Street, Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: (757) 623-7918
Fax: (757) 625-1946
Website: www.vahv.org
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort (WAVE)
PO Box 170393, Milwaukee, WI 53217
Phone: (414) 371-8838
Fax: (414) 371-8839
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Close the loophole
Americans for Gun Safety launches national television campaign demanding that Washington Stop Playing Politics with Guns and close the gun show loophole.
John McCain
with some straight talk about rights and responsibilities. See McCain's video urging voters to close the gun show loophole.
Why background checks are needed
When background checks are not required, criminals—even convicted felons—can easily buy guns with no questions asked. more
Checks stop traffickers
Pennsylvania and Illinois rank second and fourth in the number of gun shows in America, but rank 15th and 18th in the number of crime gun exports to other states. more
Gun owners close gun show loophole
A majority of gun owners in both Colorado and Oregon voted to close the gunshow loophole. more
Most gun owners are not NRA members
Only 10% of gun owners are members of the NRA. more
Rights and responsibilities
60% of Americans are concerned about both gun rights and gun violence. more
Denver Safety Chief
Ari Zavaras: "Convicted felons buy guns at gun shows because of the loophole in our laws."
Oregon Sheriff
Dan Noelle: "As a cop, it is tough enough to lay your life on the line without it being easy for criminals to get guns."
Act Now!
We hope you will join us in this important campaign by contacting your member of Congress to urge that they close the gun show loophole.
Voters in Colorado, a pro-gun state, supported closing the gun show loophole by overwhelming numbers (71%) more
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