Well over 400 people gathered to hear from high school and college students at the RI March for Our Lives Rally at the RI State House. The speakers were amazing and the attendees brought along powerful signs that are in accord with the large majority of Rhode...
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,...
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...
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...
Rep. Caldwell, sponsor of the bills to regulate assault weapons, limit magazine capacity, and require safe firearm storage, has a majority of House Representatives as co-signers who are committed to passing this important reforms. Below are her remarks at the...
58 killed – 413 wounded Las Vegas, NV – 2017 (The deadliest shooting in U.S. history, shooter targeted concert-goers, firing over 1,000 rounds in the 10 minute attack; an additional 456 additional people were injured in the ensuing chaos.) 49 killed...
Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, in third bout with cancer, is resolute about his role.April 18, 2024
