SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION

 

SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION

https://actionfund.sandyhookpromise.org/who-we-are/about-us/

 

Gun Safety

Children deserve to be safe and free from gun violence. With the right policies in place that ensure firearms are used safely and legally, we can prevent tragedies. Sandy Hook Promise Action Fund is working to expand background checks on firearm sales, pass extreme risk protection orders, create safe storage laws, and institute high-capacity magazine limits. These policy initiatives, in addition to expanding access to violence prevention programs, can ensure more children are safe from violence.

Violence Prevention 

Violence prevention education programs train students to identify when their peers may be exhibiting warning signs of hurting themselves or others and teaches them how to seek help. Legislation that supports these programs can ensure more students in states across the country have access to evidence-based training. Sandy Hook Promise Action Fund is passing policies that require states to train students on social isolation prevention, suicide prevention, and violence prevention at-large to keep students safe.

Mental Health

Keeping children safe also means supporting their emotional and mental well-being. That’s why the Action Fund works to expand access to life-saving mental health services and supports for students, including suicide prevention training and school-based care. Taking care of the whole child, both in physical safety and mental wellness, allows students to have supportive school environments and can reduce the risk of violence towards self or others.

 

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Our Mission

Our shared mission with Sandy Hook Promise Foundation is to end school shootings and create a culture change that prevents violence and other harmful acts that hurt children. The Action Fund is nonpartisan and committed to advancing federal and state legislation through grassroots engagement and mobilization that promotes gun safety, youth mental health, and violence prevention training.

Background Checks

Our schools, communities, and public places are less safe when firearms are sold without background checks. That’s why Sandy Hook Promise supports legislation that expands the requirement for background checks. Learn more about the issue and find out how you can help pass the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, which recently passed the House with overwhelming support.

 

What Are Background Checks?

Background checks are a tool to help keep guns from getting into the hands of individuals who may harm themselves or others. To do so, background checks identify individuals who are prohibited by federal law from purchasing and owning a firearm, such as convicted felons and domestic abusers.

Background checks have been shown to help save lives. Since the federal background check requirement became effective in 1994, more than 3 million illegal gun sales have been stopped by a background check.¹

 

TELL THE SENATE: TAKE ACTION ON BACKGROUND CHECKS

On March 11, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to support background checks on all firearm sales. Now, it’s time for the Senate to act to move this lifesaving solution forward.

Gun violence survivors like the families of Sandy Hook have been waiting years to see change. In the meantime, more shootings like the ones in Boulder, Atlanta and Orange County have been devastating families every day. We can pass background checks now.

We cannot allow for more innocent lives to be taken by gun violence before we act. Contact your U.S. senator now to urge them to take action.

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