WASHINGTON - August 10 - On August 10, 1999, a white supremacist opened fire at children, camp counselors and staff at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California. That event led to the Million Mom March on Washington D.C. to demand sensible gun laws, held the following Mother's Day.  Activists organized the march in just nine months - "a time frame universally respected by all mothers," said one organizer.

WASHINGTON - July 13 - America's major gun violence prevention organizations--Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Freedom States Alliance, Legal Community Against Violence, States United to Prevent Gun Violence, and Violence Policy Center--today issued the following joint statement expressing their outrage that legislation could be considered this week in the U.S. Senate to dramatically weaken state regulations concerning the carrying of concealed handguns in public:

WASHINGTON - July 10 - The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is alerting activists across the country that a potential amendment to a Department of Defense authorization bill scheduled for action in the U.S. Senate as early as next week would eviscerate limitations in many U.S. states on who can carry a loaded, hidden handgun in public in their state.

WASHINGTON - July 8 - As state legislatures across the country gaveled their sessions to a close, it signaled the culmination of a long, unanimous rejection of one of the worst ideas in modern political debate - the notion that state lawmakers should force colleges and universities to allow students to take loaded, hidden handguns into classrooms.

WASHINGTON - June 18 - Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, issued the following statement on the report released today by the Government Accountability Office about the trafficking of American guns to Mexican criminals: