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Statement from Prosecutors Against Gun Violence Co-Chairs on the 9th Anniversary of Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 14, 2021 Joint Statement From PAGV Co-Chairs Bronx DA Darcel D. Clark and Santa Barbara County DA Joyce Dudley: Today marks nine years since 20 children and six adults were murdered in the Sandy Hook Elementary School by a young man with an assault rifle.  It was one of the darkest days … Continue reading Statement from Prosecutors Against Gun Violence Co-Chairs on the 9th Anniversary of Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

Prosecutors Against Gun Violence Announce New Leadership: Bronx DA Clark and Santa Barbara County DA Dudley

The founders and co-chairs of Prosecutors Against Gun Violence (PAGV), Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., have announced that they will step aside as co-chairs after seven years. “Gun violence claims lives and destabilizes communities across the country,” said Feuer and Vance. “In 2014, we formed PAGV, an … Continue reading Prosecutors Against Gun Violence Announce New Leadership: Bronx DA Clark and Santa Barbara County DA Dudley

PAGV Urges Swift Consideration and Confirmation of President Biden’s Nominee, David Chipman, to Lead ATF

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., and Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, co-chairs of Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, today issued a letter to Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell urging the swift consideration and confirmation of President Biden’s nominee, David Chipman, to be Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF),

Joint Statement from Prosecutors Against Gun Violence Co-Chairs on Mass Shooting in Boulder, Colorado

“Together, as fellow Americans, we’ve got to do better than this. On the heels of the carnage in Atlanta last week, this morning we learned the names of the ten victims of yesterday’s massacre in Boulder—Tralona Bartkowiak, Suzanne Fountain, Teri Leiker, Kevin Mahoney, Lynn Murray, Rikki Olds, Neven Stanisic, Denny Strong, Jody Waters and veteran police officer Eric Talley, a father of seven who was killed as he tried to protect innocent shoppers and store employees.

Forty-Six Prosecutors Across America Urge President Biden and Vice President Harris to Take Action on Gun Violence

Amidst a surge in shootings in urban centers across the nation and a pandemic-fueled increase in suicides and gun sales – and nearly a month after the violence at the nation’s Capitol – Prosecutors Against Gun Violence (PAGV), the non-partisan coalition of 46 prosecutors serving over 60 million people in 24 states, submitted comprehensive recommendations … Continue reading Forty-Six Prosecutors Across America Urge President Biden and Vice President Harris to Take Action on Gun Violence