2022 Thank You Party Gallery

Thank you to the more than 70 friends, partner organizations, supporters, and legislative champions who joined in the celebration of the success of the Campaign for Gun Violence Prevention RI in 2022. Linda Finn, RICAGV co-founder and founding Executive Director, was...

Big Turnout for Time for Votes Press Conference

Over 200 supporters attended the Campaign for Gun Violence Prevention RI (CGVPRI) press conference at the RI State House yesterday to demand votes for five common-sense gun safety bills that have been “held for futher study” for years. Diana Garlington,...

CGVPRI Partners 2022

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...

Sue Larson Speaks Out for Sensible Gun Safety Reform

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,...

Statement on Uvalde, TX Massacre

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,...

Statement on Buffalo Mass Shooting

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...

Guns Kill More Kids Than Car Accidents

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...

Ellen Kellner Speaks Out for Assault Weapon Ban Bills

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,...