For Immediate Release Monday, January 9, 2023 Media Contact: Valerie Jean-Charles gpac@fenton.com G-PAC ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR HB 5471 – AMENDMENT 3 CHICAGO – Today, the Gun Violence Prevention PAC (G-PAC), the state’s leading gun safety organization, released the following statement from its CEO Kathleen Sances, following the Senate’s release of amendments to HB 5471 that...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Gun Violence Prevention Action Committee Releases 2022 Gun Safety Report Card Representatives like Darren Bailey — also running for Governor — who received an F will set Illinois back in fight for improved public safety Today the Gun Violence Prevention Action Committee (GVPAction) released its 2022 Gun Safety Report...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 13, 2022   Gun Violence Prevention Action Committee Launches Six-Figure Campaign to ‘Halt The Assault’ National Gun Violence Prevention Groups Join GVPAC to Activate Supporters of Statewide Ban on Assault Weapons and Large Capacity Magazines   Following months of public outcry demanding policy change, today the Gun Violence Prevention Action...Read More

*Sances available for interviews* FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 6, 2022 G-PAC Reiterates Call for Assault Weapon Ban Following 29 Mass Shootings in Illinois this Summer According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were 29 mass shootings in Illinois between Memorial Day and Labor Day of this year, which took 21 lives and injured 139...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 8, 2022 Following Englewood AR-15 Incident, When Will General Assembly Convene for Special Session? Chicago — Exactly one month after the July 4th mass shooting in Highland Park, a would-be mass shooter drove to Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood with five guns — including an AR-15 — more than a thousand rounds of...Read More

This report contains the latest work of a unique group of experts convened by the Joyce Foundation beginning in 2019 under the banner “Toward a Fair and Just Response to Gun Violence.” The group includes advocates, prosecutors and defense attorneys, policy experts, researchers, violence intervention practitioners, and members of law enforcement, all experts in their...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 18, 2022 G-PAC Applauds Pritzker Administration for Swift Action to Tighten FOID Enforcement Rule Change Keeps Guns Away from Dangerous Individuals G-PAC Continues Push for Gun Violence Measures to be Taken Up in Special Session Chicago — The Gun Violence Prevention PAC released the following statement after the Illinois State Police announced a...Read More

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Contact: Sally Martinelli, 202-822-8200 x104, smartinelli@vpc.org Illinois Ranked #2 for Black Homicide Victimization 91 Percent of Black Homicide Victims in Illinois were Killed with Guns Washington, DC — Illinois has the second-highest Black homicide victimization rate in the nation with a rate of 29.21 per 100,000—more than one and a half times...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 11, 2022 G-PAC Joins President Biden in Celebrating Safer Communities Act, Continues Call for Assault Weapons Ban Washington, D.C. — At the invitation of President Biden, the Gun Violence Prevention PAC joined survivors, advocates and policymakers like Governor JB Pritzker and Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering at the White House today...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 4, 2022 G-PAC Responds to Highland Park Mass Shooting, Calling on General Assembly to Take Immediate Action Chicago — The Gun Violence Prevention PAC released the following statement in response to a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July Parade which, based on most recent reports, has taken six...Read More