{"id":391899,"date":"2010-03-05T04:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T09:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f86\/anti-gun-organizations-join-forces-boost-advocacy-efforts-40392\/"},"modified":"2010-03-05T04:28:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T09:28:00","slug":"anti-gun-organizations-join-forces-to-boost-advocacyefforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/391899","title":{"rendered":"Anti-gun Organizations Join Forces To Boost Advocacy*Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>03.04.10 07:01 PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.directnews.co.uk\/liveimages\/Guns_1961_19643432_0_0_2111_300.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/>Two gun violence prevention organizations have announced they are joining forces in an effort to strengthen state-level advocacy efforts. <\/p>\n<p>Freedom States Alliance (FSA) merged with States United to Prevent Gun Violence (SUPGV) and assumed its name on Feb. 23. The new organizations&#8217; stated goal is to support existing state-based gun violence prevention organizations and expand the network of groups working to reduce gun violence in America. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Despite the tragic and ongoing epidemic of gun violence in this country, policymakers remain unwilling to take any meaningful action to address this urgent public safety issue,&quot; said Sally Slovenski, executive director of SUPGV.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the merger will increase opportunities for the sharing of resources and strategies for state groups with a view of influencing anti-gun agenda &quot;in state houses across the country.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>As a an example of grassroots success, SUPGV cited Ceasefire New Jersey whose advocacy helped pass a one-gun-a-month law in the state. <\/p>\n<p>However, in one commentary after the announcement, a blogger writing for <i>GunPoliticsNY.com<\/i>, dismissed the move by stating that &quot;fresh off their defeat with the new federal law allowing guns in national parks, [these]organizations are merging in an attempt to remain relevant.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The amendment to the Credit Cardholders&#8217; Bill of Rights Act of 2009, authored by Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), which permits national park visitors to possess firearms consistent with the laws of the state in which the park is located, went into effect on Feb. 22. <br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=1961&amp;itemid=19643432\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.personalliberty.com\/news\/anti-gun-organizations-join-forces-to-boost-advocacy-efforts-19643432\/\" >http:\/\/www.personalliberty.com\/news\/&#8230;orts-19643432\/<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>03.04.10 07:01 PM Two gun violence prevention organizations have announced they are joining forces in an effort to strengthen state-level advocacy efforts. Freedom States Alliance (FSA) merged with States United to Prevent Gun Violence (SUPGV) and assumed its name on Feb. 23. The new organizations&#8217; stated goal is to support existing state-based gun violence prevention [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4498,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-391899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}