Click on the name or image of your state to find gun violence prevention information that can help you take action. For each state, we have provided: contact information for gun violence prevention efforts; links to contact information for state and national legislators; state gun law summaries; and local news stories/action alerts. For those interested, the NECPGV can provide you with materials, speakers, volunteer opportunities, and projects to work on in your state. The health departments listed can supply you with state statistics and data. By participating in local efforts and becoming more familiar with the problem of gun violence in your community you can make a difference!
Connecticut:
Organizations:
Connecticut Against Gun Violence Education Fund
Connecticut Against Gun Violence, Inc.
P.O. Box 523
Southport, CT 06890-0523
Phone: 203-268-3050
Fax: 203-637-2694
Email: info@cagv.org
Web: www.cagv.org
www.cagved.org
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Violence Prevention Program
282 Washington Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: 860-545-9988
Fax: 860-545-9975
Web: http://ccmckids.org
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Health and Education Intervention - Injury Prevention
410 Capitol Avenue
MA 11 HLS
Hartford, CT 06134
Phone: 860-509-7805
Fax: 860-509-7854
Email: marian.storch@po.state.ct.us
Web: http://www.state.ct.us/dph/index.html
Connecticut Voices for Children
33 Whitney Ave
New Haven CT 06510
Phone: (203) 498-4240
Fax: (203) 498-4242
Email:voices@ctkidslink.org
Web: www.ctkidslink.org
Contact Your Legislators:
US Senate and Congress Members from Connecticut
http://www.vote-smart.org/official_congress_state.php?criteria=CT&go33.x=10&go33.y=11
Connecticut State Senate and Representatives:
http://www.cga.ct.gov/maps/Townlist.asp
Gun Laws:
Connecticut State Law Summary
(Source: Legal Community Against Violence link to: www.lcav.org)
http://www.lcav.org/states/connecticut.asp
News and Press Releases:
Governor Signs Bill on Lost and Stolen Guns
(Hartford Courant, June 25,2007)
http://www.courant.com/news/local/statewire/hc-25012826.apds.m0816.bc-ct--relljun25,0,1771622.story
Maine:
Organizations:
Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence
P.O. Box 92
Portland, ME 04112
Phone: 207-780-0501
Email: info@mcahv.org
Web: www.mcahv.org
Maine Department of Human Services
Maine Youth Suicide Prevention Program
11 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: 207-287-8900
Fax: 207-287-8910
Email: osa.ircosa@maine.gov
http://www.state.me.us/suicide/
Contact Your Legislators:
US Senate and Congress Members from Maine
http://www.vote-smart.org/official_congress_state.php?criteria=ME&go33.x=12&go33.y=7
Maine State Senate:
http://www.maine.gov/legis/senate/
Maine State House of Representatives:
http://janus.state.me.us/house/townlist.htm
Gun Laws:
Maine State Law Summary
(Source: Legal Community Against Violence www.lcav.org)
http://www.lcav.org/states/maine.asp
News and Press Releases:
Maine Still Easy Place To Get Guns
(Portland Press Herald - June 25, 2007)
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=116424&ac=PHedi
Massachusetts:
Organizations:
Boston Public Health Commission
Childhood Injury Prevention Program
1010 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: 617-534-5197
Fax: 617-534-5358
Web: www.bphc.org
Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
1452 Dorchester Avenue, 2nd Floor
Dorchester, MA 02122
Phone: 617-825-1917
Fax: 617-265-2278
Email: info@louisdbrownpeaceinstitute.org
Web: www.louisdbrownpeaceinstitute.org
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Weapon Related Injury Surveillance System
Bureau of Health Statistics, Research, Evaluation
250 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108-4619
Phone: 617-624-5600
Fax: 617-624-5695
Email: Beth.Hume@state.ma.us
Website
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Division of Violence & Injury Prevention
250 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-624-5463
Email: Carlene.Pavlos@state.ma.us
Web: http://www.state.ma.us/dph/fch/dvip.htm
Stop Handgun Violence, Inc.
One Bridge Street, Suite 300
Newton, MA 02458-1132
Phone: 617-243-8145
Fax: 617-965-7308
Email: shv@meredithmanagement.com
http://www.stophandgunviolence.org
Contact Your Legislators:
US Senate and Congress Members from Massachusetts:
http://www.vote-smart.org/official_congress_state.php?criteria=MA&go33.x=5&go33.y=5
Massachusetts Senate Members:
http://www.mass.gov/legis/memmenus.htm
Massachusetts House Members:
http://www.mass.gov/legis/memmenuh.htm
Gun Laws:
Massachusetts State Law Summary
Source: Legal Community Against Violence www.lcav.org
http://www.lcav.org/states/massachusetts.asp
News and Press Releases:
Pols Target Illegal Guns: Police Weigh Charges in Boy's Death
(Boston Herald - June 27,2007)
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=1008438&format=&page=1
New Hampshire:
Organizations:
New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
P.O. Box 353
Concord, NH 03302
Phone: 603-224-8893
Web: www.nhcadsv.org
Contact Your Legislators:
US Senate and Congress Members from New Hampshire
http://www.vote-smart.org/official_congress_state.php?criteria=NH&go33.x=8&go33.y=4
New Hampshire Senate
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/senatemembers.asp
New Hampshire House of Representatives
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/default.html
Gun Laws:
New Hampshire State Law Summary
Source: Legal Community Against Violence www.lcav.org
http://www.lcav.org/states/newhampshire.asp
News and Press Releases:
NH Supreme Court Reverses Gun Case Decision
(The Citizen - June 25, 2007)
http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070625/CITIZEN_01/106250124/-1/CITIZEN
Rhode Island:
Organizations:
Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence
239 Oxford Street
Providence, RI 02905
Phone: (401) 785-2320
Fax: (401) 461-6164
http://www.nonviolenceinstitute.org
Safe Rhode Island
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill, Room 409
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: 401-222-7627
Email: beatrizp@doh.state.ri.us
Web: http://www.health.ri.gov/disease/saferi/planning_violence.php
Contact Your Legislators:
US Senate and Congress Members from Rhode Island
http://www.vote-smart.org/official_congress_state.php?criteria=RI&go33.x=11&go33.y=7
Rhode Island State Senators
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Email/SenEmailListDistrict.asp
Rhode Island House of Representatives
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Email/RepEmailListDistrict.asp
Gun Laws:
Rhode Island Gun Law Summary
(Source: Legal Community Against Violence www.lcav.org
http://www.lcav.org/states/rhodeisland.asp
News and Press Releases:
Schools' Zero-Tolerance Rules Could Get Second Look
( Providence Journal - June 21, 2007)
http://www.projo.com/news/content/school_discipline_06-21-07_MC62FLE.327c6dc.html
Vermont:
Organizations:
Vermonters Versus Violence
P.O. Box 344
South Woodstock, VT 05071
info@necpgv.org
Vermont Department of Health
Injury Prevention Program
108 Cherry Street, P.O. Box 70
Burlington, VT 05402
Phone: 802-651-1978
Fax: 802-651-1634
Web: www.healthvermont.gov/family/injury/index.aspx
Contact Your Legislators:
US Senate and Congress Members from Vermont
http://www.vote-smart.org/official_congress_state.php?criteria=VT&go33.x=6&go33.y=6
Gun Laws:
Vermont Gun Law Summary
(Source: Legal Community Against Violence www.lcav.org
http://www.lcav.org/states/vermont.asp
Vermont Senate and Representatives
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/legdir/legdir2.htm
News and Press Releases:
$35,000 Bail Posted for Winn on Murder Charges
(St. Albans Messenger - June 25, 2007)
http://www.samessenger.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1295
