We are calling on you to join our growing movement of passionate and committed advocates who are working to reduce gun violence in America! Gun violence is preventable, but if firearm injuries and deaths are to decrease, citizen involvement must increase. We urge you to please get involved and take action to influence positive change.

Here are some simple action steps to Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Involved:

• Be Informed: To advocate for change, begin by learning about gun-related issues, laws and sign up for our alerts.
• Vote: This is key! In order to ensure that candidates who are supportive of responsible gun policy get elected and stay in office, it is essential that you register to vote and then go to the polls once election time rolls around! For more information: https://ssl.capwiz.com/congressorg/e4/nvra/
• Write a "Letter to the Editor": Write a letter to the editor or submit an Op-ed piece for publication in your local newspaper. It's a great way to get others in your community to care about this issue.
• Contact Your Legislators: Write, phone or visit your members of Congress, state legislatures, and city councilors. Urge them to strengthen current gun laws and to work to enact sensible gun violence prevention legislation. Elected officials NEED to hear from all of us. Voicing your opinion does have an impact on how policymakers vote! For more information: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt
• Attend Gun Violence Prevention Events: Being visible in your community has an effect on how people think about the impact of gun violence and helps policymakers to see which issues their constituents care about.
• Host a House Party: Invite some friends over to learn more about the issue. FSA would be happy to provide materials, a speaker and help you organize the event.
• Volunteer with Freedom States Alliance or an FSA network group--we are looking for advocates, organizers, fundraisers and others! If interested, please contact us: info@freedomstatesalliance.org
• Donate to Freedom States Alliance. Your donations go directly to our network of state groups working to reduce gun violence.

• In 2004, there were 29,569 firearm-related deaths in the United States. Of these, 16,750 (57%) were suicides, 11,624 (39%) were homicides, and 884 (3%) were undetermined/unintentional firearm deaths.
• In the United States in 2002, 67% of all murders and 54% of suicides were by firearm.
• There are approximately 192 million privately owned guns in the United States--65 million of these are handguns.
• In 2004, firearms were used to murder 56 people in Australia, 184 people in Canada, 73 people in England and Wales, 5 people in New Zealand, and 11,344 in America.
• Having a gun in the home triples the risk of homicide in the home.
• Having a gun in the home increase the risk of suicide fivefold.
• 40% of all gun purchases are made through secondary sales-- where background checks are not required

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
www.bradycenter.org

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
www.atf.treas.gov

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov

Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
www.csgv.org

Legal Community Against Gun Violence
www.lcav.org

Mayors Against Illegal Guns
www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org

Pax
www.paxusa.org

Red Flag Campaign
www.redflagcampaign.org

States United to Prevent Gun Violence
www.supgv.org

Student Pledge Against Gun Violence
www.pledge.org

Violence Policy Center
www.vpc.org

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