Guidelines

GUN VIOLENCE

Gun violence claims 30,000 persons in the United States every year, including lives lost in gun homicides, suicides, and accidental shootings. An additional 60,000 Americans are injured by guns annually. This public health and public safety crisis takes an enormous toll on families, and offends the right of all Americans to be safe in their communities. Evidence-based policies and practices that limit easy access to illegal firearms, and curb the lethality of firearms, can help reduce gun deaths and injuries.

The Foundation supports local, state, regional, and national projects that:

• Advance state-based policy advocacy and organizing to secure effective gun violence prevention policies and practices;
• Improve public engagement in support of effective gun violence prevention policies and practices;
• Build effective coalitions to secure support for gun violence prevention policy reform among groups most impacted by gun violence;
• Support Second Amendment legal strategies to uphold effective gun violence prevention policies and practices; and
• Encourage policy-oriented research and data collection to support effective gun violence prevention policies and practices.