Who is the biggest buyer of guns and ammo in the U.S.? As a taxpayer, you are!
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Altogether, taxpayers spend more than $5 billion a year to buy guns and ammunition for our nation’s law enforcement agencies. That’s a lot of money – not to mention guns and bullets – going to the people whose job it is to keep us safe. But an analysis by Brady United reveals that millions of these dollars have gone to gun dealers that have been cited for violations of the law. As taxpayers, we’ve all unwittingly patronized dealers around the country that have been cited for a variety of infractions, including these: Failing to complete required background check forms Neglecting procedures ..read more
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Business Must Act, Part 3 of 3: Giving your money to gun-rights activists
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2w ago
In parts 1 and 2 of this series, we walked you through the scorecards created by Business Must Act and Is Your Bank Loaded? Those campaigns from Guns Down America are aimed at encouraging consumers to nudge some of America’s eminent brands to work for gun-violence prevention (GVP) instead of supporting the gun lobby. We’ve highlighted the scorecards in our regular e-newsletter, stimulating thought and discussion in our SD4GVP community. One volunteer found a sort of GVP scorecard right here in the San Diego area. Alert volunteer writes… “I loved seeing the item in our SD4GVP newsletter about ..read more
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Business Must Act, Part 2 of 3: What’s in your holster?
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2w ago
In part 1 of this series, we walked you through the Gun Safety Scorecard, the cornerstone of the Business Must Act campaign of Guns Down America. The scorecard weighs in-store policies, corporate action and political and lobbying donations to determine which businesses are doing their part to reduce gun violence and which ones are not. You can use the scorecard to make decisions about where to spend and invest your money in ways that support gun-violence prevention (GVP). Banks, finance and preventing gun violence (or not) As we described in our previous post, by visiting businessmustact.org ..read more
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Business Must Act, Part 1 of 3: “How can I buy a hammer without giving money to the gun lobby?”
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2w ago
Raise your hand if you spend money. Now, keep your hand raised if you consider yourself conscientious about how you spend that money. Thought so. If you think the way we do at SD4GVP: You want to spend your money with companies that support the goal of ending gun violence. You probably want to avoid spending your money with companies that are ambivalent about preventing gun violence. You certainly don’t want to spend your money with companies that have a record of donating to the gun lobby and its supporters. But how can you become a better-informed consumer about gun-violence prevention (G ..read more
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SD4GVP & UPAC March in 2025 Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade [video]
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2w ago
San Diegans for Gun Violence Prevention marched hand-in-hand with coalition member Mothers With a Message, which represents families who’ve lost children to gun violence and also supports Union of Pan Asian Communities-UPAC’s efforts to help such families, at the Martin Luther King, Jr. parade this past Sunday, January 19, 2025. It was a beautiful day of community, celebrating diversity, and promoting social equality and safety for all ..read more
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December 19, 2024: SD4GVP COMMENDS USE OF GUN VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDER
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PUBLIC STATEMENT: SD4GVP COMMENDS USE OF GUN VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDER The group praises the Carlsbad Police Department for swiftly confiscating guns from a would-be perpetrator of gun violence at a government building. SAN DIEGO (December 19, 2024) – San Diegans for Gun Violence Prevention (SD4GVP), a nonprofit dedicated to preventing gun violence, is encouraged by the recent successful use of a Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO) in Carlsbad yesterday. This action demonstrates the critical importance of this tool in preventing tragedies. Yesterday’s GVRO was used to remove firearms from a ..read more
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2024 in review [video]
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Gun-violence prevention is alive and well in San Diego in 2024, and we have 12 minutes of video to prove it. Have a look at the work you and the rest of our GVP community have been doing month by month, all year long. Thanks for showing that preventing gun violence is important to YOU ..read more
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GUAC: One-Father Show by the Dad of a Parkland Victim
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We widened our advocacy efforts into artivism by producing “GUAC,” a one-person show commemorating the life of Joaquín “Guac” Oliver. After Joaquín was killed in the 2018 Parkland mass shooting, his parents, Manny and Patricia Oliver, embarked on a campaign to get young people politically motivated. Manny brought the 90-minute play to San Diego for two local performances — August 2 at UCSD’s Mandeville Auditorium and August 3 at Westminster Church in Point Loma — that SD4GVP helped stage ..read more
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12th Annual Remembrance for Victims of Gun Violence
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SD4GVP and the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego invite you to remember loved ones you have lost, as well as all victims of gun violence. December 15, 2024, 10:00 am First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego, 4190 Front Street, 92103 The service will include time to honor and remember victims and survivors. We will follow the service with a sage blessing of an altar on which we invite you to place photos of loved ones you have lost to gun violence. Many thanks to Liz and Carlos Muñoz from Jr’s Trauma Care Initiative for facilitating the altar and blessing. This marks t ..read more
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October 21, 2024: San Diegans for Gun Violence Prevention Releases Voter Guide for November 5 Election
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SAN DIEGANS FOR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION 
RELEASES VOTER GUIDE FOR NOVEMBER 5 ELECTION Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer’s re-election is top priority for gun safety advocates SAN DIEGO (October 21, 2024) – County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, and San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert have been named “Gun Violence Prevention Champions” by San Diego’s leading gun violence prevention coalition as they seek re-election in 2024. The “Champion” designation by San Diegans for Gun Violence Prevention (SD4GVP) is given to candidates for local office who have demo ..read more
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