We are very grateful to the key organizations who partnered with us in the Campaign for Gun Violence Prevention, Rhode Island, to ensure that every organization with a stake in this outcome was working from the same playbook. Coalition building is hard work, but real...
In the 18 incidents that included Large Capacity Magazines (LCMs), 371 were killed and 715 were wounded, with hundreds more suffering non-gunshot injuries. Almost all of these massacres occurred in minutes, with shooters firing dozens and, often times, hundreds of...
Debunking the “Mass Shootings are a Mental Health Issue” Published in 2016 by American Psychiatric Association. RSVP for May 31st State House Event FACT: Mass shootings by people with serious mental illness represent less than 1% of all yearly gun-related...
On May 26, 2022 Sue Larson, from Cumberland, had her rebuttal to a pro-gun letter published in the Valley Breeze. Here we republish her article: Larson: More guns result in more deaths In response to “It’s time that Rhode Island adopt Constitutional Carry” (May 19,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 24, 2022 CONTACT: Pete Bilderback, RICAGV Board Vice-Chair, wpbilderback@gmail.com Providence, RI (Monday, May 24, 2022) – At least 19 children and two adults are dead in Uvalde, TX at the hands of a mass shooter. Once again,...
RICAGV Board Secretary Diana Garlington spoke for the Coalition at the Nonviolence Institute’s press conference on the racially-motivated gun massacre of ten Black Americans; three others were wounded. Diana read part of our press release on this horrific event,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 16, 2022 CONTACT: 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...
Seeking an Executive Director The ideal candidate for this position will be a results-driven self-starter and experienced people manager. They will have a strong commitment to building collaborative and effective teams with our partner organizations, board of...
Rhode Island Outpacing Neighboring States of Connecticut and Massachusetts Take Action Now On April 26, 2022, the Boston Globe reported a disturbing increase in handgun carrying among youth in New England. As outlined in the chart below, Rhode Island is outpacing...
Gun Violence Awareness DayMay 25, 2023
