Assault Weapons Ban endorsements
Endorsements for the
Assault Weapons Ban of 2013
Law Enforcement
- International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators
- International Association of Chiefs of Police
- Major Cities Chiefs Association
- National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives
- National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence
- National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
- Police Executive Research Forum
- Police Foundation
- Women in Federal Law Enforcement
- Chaska, Minn., Police Chief Scott Knight, former chairman of the Firearms Committee, International Association of Chiefs of Police
- Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca
- Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck
- San Diego Police Chief Bill Lansdowne
Health care
- American Academy of Nursing
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Surgeons
- American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- American Medical Association
- American Public Health Association
- Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare
- Doctors for America
- National Association of School Nurses
- National Physicians Alliance
- Physicians for Social Responsibility
- San Francisco Mental Health Association
- Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research
- Society of General Internal Medicine
Education and child welfare
- 20 Children
- American Federation of Teachers
- California Teachers Association
- Child Welfare League of America
- Children’s Defense Fund
- Every Child Matters
- Los Angeles Community College District
- MomsRising
- National Association of Social Workers
- National PTA
- National Education Association
- New Schools Venture Fund
- San Diego Unified School District
- Save the Children
- United States Student Association
Gun safety
- Arizonans for Gun Safety
- Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
- Ceasefire Oregon
- Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
- Hoosiers Concerned About Gun Violence
- Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
- Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
- Mayors Against Illegal Guns
- Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence
- One Million Moms for Gun Control
- Protect Minnesota
- Stopourshootings.org
- Violence Policy Center
- Washington CeaseFire
- Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort
- Women Against Gun Violence
Religious
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Alliance of Baptists
- American Baptist Churches of the South
- American Baptist Home Mission Societies
- American Friends Service Committee
- Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America
- Camp Brotherhood
- Catholic Charities USA
- Catholic Health Association
- Catholic Health Initiatives
- Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
- Catholics United
- Church of the Brethren
- Church Women United, Inc.
- Conference of Major Superiors of Men
- Disciples Home Missions, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
- Dominican Sisters of Peace
- Faiths United To Prevent Gun Violence
- Franciscan Action Network
- Friends Committee on National Legislation
- Health Ministries Association
- Heeding God’s Call
- Hindu American Foundation
- Interfaith Alliance of Idaho
- Islamic Society of North America
- Jewish Council for Public Affairs
- Jewish Reconstructionist Movement
- Leadership Conference of Women Religious
- Mennonite Central Committee, Washington Office
- National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
- National Council of Churches
- National Episcopal Health Ministries
- NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
- Pathways Faith Community
- Pax Christi USA
- PICO Network Lifelines to Healing
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness
- Progressive National Baptist Convention
- Rabbinical Assembly
- Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
- San Francisco Interfaith Council
- Sikh Council on Religion and Education, USA
- Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
- Sojourners
- Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
- United Church of Christ
- United Methodist Church
- United Methodist Women
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development
- United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
- Washington National Cathedral
- Women of Reform Judaism
Other organizations
- Alliance for Business Leadership
- American Bar Association
- Black American Political Association of California
- Center for American Progress Action Fund
- Grandmothers for Peace International
- League of Women Voters of the United States
- Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center
- NAACP
- National Parks Conservation Association
- Precision Remotes
- Sierra Club
- TASH
- VoteVets.org
- Washington Office on Latin America
Localities
- U.S. Conference of Mayors
- National League of Cities
- Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
- San Francisco Board of Supervisors
- San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson
- Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors
- Ventura County Board of Supervisors
- Oakland Unified School District Superintendent Anthony Smith
- Boston City Council
Former governors
- Former California Governor George Deukmejian
- Former Secretary of Homeland Secretary Tom Ridge
Current Senate cosponsors
- Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)
- Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.)
- Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.)
- Senator Mo Cowan (D-Mass.)
- Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
- Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.)
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)
- Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)
- Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii)
- Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
- Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)
- Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.)
- Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)
- Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.)
- Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)
- Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
- Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.)
- Senator John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)
- Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
- Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
- Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
Mayors
- The group Mayors Against Illegal Guns in early February sent a letter to House and Senate leaders calling for support of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013. The letter was signed by 886 mayors from cities across the country.
- The mayors of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Jose, Long Beach, Oakland, San Diego and Santa Ana wrote a letter supporting the bill in January.
California cities
- Beverly Hills
- Calabasas
- Del Mar
- Encinitas
- Lemon Grove
- Los Angeles
- National City
- Petaluma
- San Francisco
- Santa Rosa
- Stockton
- Ventura
- West Hollywood
