By Patricia Brigham Special to the Sun Sentinel | Jan 13, 2023 at 12:09 pm https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-op-com-permitless-carry-gun-crime-20230113-hsg3ayx5frc4zjyqueapiz63am-story.html The post Permitless carry: A sure-fire way to increase gun crime | Opinion appeared first on Prevent Gun Violence ..read more

>>>>Play Video<<<< By Jake Stofan, Action News Jax January 10, 2023 at 4:45 pm EST The push to track gun purchases TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture wants to stop credit card companies from tracking gun purchases. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< It’s the aim of new legislation that will soon be filed in the State Capitol. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] Ziadeh Farhat runs Green Acres Sporting Goods off of Normandy Boulevard. Recently, when customers have been making large purchases at ..read more

Orlando, Fla. – Former state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, who served three two-year terms in the Florida House, has joined the advisory board of Prevent Gun Violence Florida. In the immediate aftermath of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting, Smith, 42, became a national leader for gun safety reforms and introduced state legislation to ban military-style assault weapons and large capacity magazines. He was a key ally and mentor to Parkland students who survived the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting and to youth organizers around the state working to prevent gun violence. His legislative ef ..read more

The Board President of Prevent Gun Violence Florida and the Executive Director of The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus released this joint statement in response to the recent raffle at the James Madison Preparatory High School in Madison, Florida, which included handguns and semi-automatic rifles. “Patti Brigham, Board President of Prevent Gun Violence Florida stated: “The ‘2022 Outdoor May Madness’ fundraiser at the James Madison Preparatory High School was aptly named, as it was indeed ‘madness.’ The fact that a high school would hawk firearms, with one of the rafflers claiming, “Every ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                October 6, 2021                                               ORLANDO, FL – The Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence today announced reorganization as a separate 501(c)4 to ramp up support for common-sense reforms to reduce gun violence in the Sunshine State. Created just days after the June 12, 2016 shooting at Orlando’s Pulse Nightclub that claimed 49 lives, the Coalition was co ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Orlando, FL) The Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence issued this statement marking five years since the horrific Pulse Nightclub Massacre that took place on June 12, 2016. “June is Pride month and our coalition of over 100 organizations stand in solidarity with all members of the LGBTQ+ community.  Unfortunately, June is also known for an unspeakable crime that targeted members of the Orlando LGBTQ+ and Latinx community, where a hateful lone gunman using military-style assault weapons murdered 49 innocent people and injured another 53.  Our hearts contin ..read more

CONTACT Angie Gallo, Co-Chair, angiegallo.cms@gmail.com (407) 718-9925 Andy Pelosi, Co-chair andy@keepgunsoffcampus.org (914) 629-6726   ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence has released guidance entitled “What to Do if You See or Encounter Voter Intimidation Occurring at Your Polling Location” as a resource for voters as reports of armed voter intimidation come in across the state. There are strict limits on what the military, law enforcement, and private militias or other vigilantes can do at the polls. Anyone who intimidates, threatens, coer ..read more