FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 16, 2022CONTACT: Pete Bilderback, RICAGV Board Vice-Chair, wpbilderback@gmail.com Three Back-to-Back Mass Shootings Before we even had time to express our condolences to the victims, families, and community members in Buffalo, where...
Firearms surpass motor vehicle crashes as the most common cause of death in youths and children Crossing Lines — A Change in the Leading Cause of Death Among U.S. Children, an article published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine, outlines how we have...
A 15% Increase from 2020 In the 18 incidents that included Large Capacity Magazines (LCMs), 360 were killed and 708 were wounded, with hundreds more suffering non-gunshot injuries. Almost all of these massacres occurred in minutes, with shooters firing dozens and,...
Jen Boylan, head of Moms Demand Action RI, published a letter to the editor of EastBayRI on March 11, 2022. Here we republish her article: Letter: Thank you school committee for passing safe storage resolution To the editor: I would like to thank the Barrington...
Ellen Kellner had an opinion piece published in the Valley Breeze on April 21, 2022, supporting the bills that would ban assault weapons. Here we republish her piece: Ban assault weapons to reduce gun deaths Louis Klarevas, a University of Massachusetts researcher,...
Former RICAGV Secretary Nan Heroux had an opinion piece published in the Newport Daily News online on April 19, 2022, supporting the Campaign for Gun Violence Prevention RI package of bills. Here we republish the letter: Support firearm safety bills at RI State House...
Thank you to everyone who volunteered, testified in person, submitted written testimony, sent emails to legislators, and showed supported at the State House this week. We are so grateful for all of you! 2022 Moms Demand Action Testify at House Judiciary Rev. Eugene...
January 2022 – A grand jury indicted a man in the attempted murder of a Providence Police officer. As Officer Robert Savage “rushing to a domestic violence call about a man “out of control” he was shot at by a man outside of the house with an AR-15 rifle....
20 Non-Suicide Gun Deaths Statewide In a 2021 vs 2020 comparison of January through August, non-suicide gun deaths almost doubled (see chart below). Gun injuries across the state have increased even more in this same time frame. From a statistical standpoint, this is...
RI Youth Carrying Guns Increases 38%May 5, 2022
Wear Orange for Gun Violence Awareness Day – June 3, 2022May 5, 2022
Road Rage + Gun ViolenceMay 5, 2022
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18 of 20 Deadliest Mass Shootings Since 2000 Included Large Capacity MagazinesApril 27, 2022
Jen Boylan Thanks Barrington School Committee on Safe Storage ResolutionApril 25, 2022
Ellen Kellner Speaks Out for Assault Weapon Ban BillsApril 25, 2022
Nan Heroux Speaks Out for Gun Safety BillsApril 21, 2022