G-Pac Friends- An important gun safety bill moved out of the Illinois House last week and will move to the Senate this week. HB 4290 would increase the penalty on any Concealed Carry instructors who falsify any applications. Read the bill here. The bill is sponsored by Senator Michael Connelly. Please call or email your Senator...Read More
BUY YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TICKETS ONLINE Please join our Event Chair Secretary Arne Duncan for the 2016 Paper Tiger Award presentation honoring Father Michael Pfleger. DATE: Monday, September 19, 2016 TIME: 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. LOCATION: THE DAWSON – 730 West Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654 RSVP: Online or at 847.920.4722 TICKETS: $250 SPONSORSHIP LEVELS: $10,000 – Event...Read More
GPAC would like to congratulate Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence and all of the award winners today at the Lincoln Awards Luncheon: Tom Dart, Alex Kotlowitz, Kwame Raoul and the Joyce Foundation. Thank you for your efforts this past year working to prevent the devastation caused by firearms to our families and communities.Read More
‘Out of the blue for no reason’ The assistant boys’ basketball coach at Marshall Metro High School remained in critical condition this morning after he was shot in the Humboldt Park neighborhood while driving his daughter to school, police said. … “He’s just trying to teach people how to play basketball, get the kids off...Read More
… “Our family supports the Second Amendment and the right to bear arms — we are not trying to take anybody’s guns away, we are just trying to ensure that nobody else knows the sadness of losing a loved one to senseless gun violence.” … Click here for full story. (Chicago Tribune)Read More
As the debate over guns in Chicago wears on, a new billboard is raising eyebrows for its controversial message that suggests AR-15 rifles are as “Pure American” as baseball and apple pie. The advertisement, visible from the outbound I-55 Stevenson Expressway on the city’s Southwest Side, is for the gun parts company, Slide Fire. According...Read More
America has a problem with gun violence One in three people in the U.S. know someone who has been shot. 1 On average, 32 Americans are murdered with guns every day and 140 are treated for a gun assault in an emergency room. 2 Every day on average, 51 people kill themselves with a firearm,...Read More
I am a resident of Chicago, I lived 25 years in Lakeview and my son Ricky was murdered in Logan Square on Aug. 3, 2012. He was 24 years old. The most gun-ridden area of Chicago is a few minutes away from Indiana. Because of the porosity of our borders and the fast growth of...Read More
The Gun Violence Prevention Political Action Committee (G-PAC) was founded by gun violence survivors to counter the political influence of the gun industry and their lobby in Springfield.
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