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Did you miss our Anniversary Dinner? Check out some of the highlights from this year’s event.

Photos from our 19th Anniversary Dinner are in!  Thank you to all of our wonderful sponsors and supporters for making our 19th Anniversary Dinner such a success. We are so honored to have you in our corner.

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All of the speakers were outstanding in every way, and touched us with their perspectives on the personal and political realities of gun violence.

“The 19^th Anniversary Dinner reinvigorated my dedication to the gun violence prevention movement. The night truly captured what Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence does best – getting out the real story about gun violence in America, providing credible research and facts, and giving hope that through legal and policy advocacy, we can implement common sense laws that keep guns out of the wrong hands.”

~ Margaux McFetridge, Dinner Attendee

We hope you also came away feeling more educated about the epidemic of gun violence in America and inspired by our important work preventing further tragedies.

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Congresswoman McCarthy and gun violence prevention advocates at press conference introducing H.R. 308

After the tragic mass shooting in Tucson, which left six dead and thirteen wounded, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, we must stand together to take common sense steps to prevent similar tragedies.

The Arizona shooter used a handgun equipped with a large capacity ammunition magazine capable of holding 33 bullets, which enabled him to cause so much devastation in a matter of moments. Only when the shooter finally had to reload were brave individuals able to tackle him and end the bloodshed.

Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy has introduced H.R. 308, which would prohibit the possession or sale of large capacity ammunition magazines. Please join us by signing this petition in support of Congresswoman McCarthy’s legislation and forwarding the petition to anyone you know who would be willing to join this effort.