February 5, 2018

Action Alert:
Read & Bookmark Newsletter on State Gun Laws


The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence has a terrific product that we highly recommend to all of you are who are engaged in doing state-level work on gun laws.

Miranda Viscoli, co-pres. of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence, testifies in front of the state House committee in support of expanded background checks legislation. /The New Mexican

The GunLawTrendWatch newsletter tracks and analyzes firearms legislation in all 50 states. As its editors note:  “We research nearly 1,700 bills each year—many of which are modeled off policies crafted by our legal experts—and identify trends that help inform the [gun violence prevention] movement’s advocacy efforts.”

In the current 2018 newsletter you will find the following:

  • Actions state legislators have taken in response to the gun violence tragedies of 2017.
  • The status of Extreme Risk Protection Order legislation in the states.
  • A spotlight on legislation supporting evidence-based urban gun violence reduction programs.

Click the link below to read the two-page 2018 GunLawTrendWatch newsletter. It’s a great way to get a sense of where gun-related legislation stands:

http://lawcenter.giffords.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Trendwatch-02.01.18.pdf

Bookmark the link, too, so you can read future issues. To read past issues of GunLawTrendWatch, go here:

http://lawcenter.giffords.org/resources/trends/#trendwatch-2017-past-issues-archive

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