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Support NH Guns to Gardens! We just hosted our 2nd annual “Guns To Gardens” event in New Hampshire, where we transformed unwanted guns into garden tools! Support our ongoing work to bring Guns to Gardens to more New Hampshire communities by bidding on bowls, necklaces, spades, and other items created by parts of unwanted guns.

The auction closes Tuesday, July 2nd at 8:00 PM, so be sure to get your bid in by then!

Guns to Gardens helps Granite Staters remove unwanted fi****ms from their homes, without putting them back on the market. Instead guns are turned into something beautiful, such as works of art or jewelry. Guns to Gardens is organized by GunSense NH, a project of Granite State Progress and Engage New Hampshire, the NH Council of Churches, Kent Street Coalition, the Greater Concord Interfaith Council, the NH Conference of United Church of Christ, and other members of the NH Gun Violence Prevention Coalition, with generous support by the NH Charitable Foundation Gilly Fund.

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To prevent gun violence, most of the actions we need to take are about changing policy. But some actions can be as small and mighty (and as beautiful) as creating a flute out of a gun barrel! Thanks to everyone who helped make our 2nd Annual Guns to Gardens Event! a success!

And they shall beat their AR-15s into garden tools: 17 rifles, pistols, shotguns turned in at Concord church “There are a lot of people coming to the realization that fi****ms in your home don’t necessarily make you safer,” she said, and Guns to Gardens offers a solution.

What a beautiful day for NH Guns to Gardens, turning swords to ploughs. Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters and partners!

Our work together means more Granite Staters can live in homes without unwanted fi****ms. Today we collected another 17 unwanted fi****ms, a mix of pistols, shotguns, and rifles — including an AR-15. Together, we’ve helped Granite Staters remove nearly 50 guns from homes!

NH Guns to Gardens js hosted by GunSense NH, a project of Granite State Progress and Engage New Hampshire, the NH Council of Churches, KentStreetCoalition, the Greater Concord Interfaith Council, the NH Conference of United Church of Christ, and other members of the NH Gun Violence Prevention Coalition, with generous support by the NH Charitable Foundation Gilly Fund.

The second annual “Guns to Gardens” event was held at the Concord Wesley United Methodist Church in Concord.

It’s National Gun Violence Awareness Day! Here’s how you can show your support!

🧡 Wear orange and share your pic on social media
🧡 Tell the world why you wear orange
🧡 Include the hashtag
🧡 Text ORANGE to 644-33 to find a Wear Orange Weekend event in your area!

We encourage readers to spread the word about both Guns to Gardens and safe storage. We can do something about gun violence. Each gun brought to the event or safely stored means one less gun that could be discovered by an inquisitive child, or stolen and used in a crime, or readily available to someone suffering a mental health crisis. We can make our families and communities safer – one gun at a time.

With the aim of reducing gun deaths, 'Guns to Gardens' gives unwanted fi****ms a new purpose • New Hampshire Bulletin Many people are rethinking the wisdom of having fi****ms in their homes.

We're getting excited about this great opportunity to dispose of unwanted guns! Donated and dismantled fi****ms are turned into garden tools, jewelry, and works of art. Join us on Saturday if you have unwanted guns to contribute.

Unwanted guns turned into garden implements Saturday Unwanted fi****ms will be turned into scrap metal, artwork or even garden tools at the second annual “Guns to Gardens” event at the Concord Wesley United Methodist Church.The event will take place Saturday, June 8, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church...

The NH State Senate still hasn't voted on HB 1711, but we know they will do so today - it's going to be a long one. While there's still time, rush a message to them here! https://act.granitestateprogress.org/letter/action-alert-letter-background-checksmental-health-reporting/

The NH State Senate will vote TODAY, Thursday, May 16th on whether or not to pass a bipartisan bill that would allow background checks and prevent people experiencing a mental health crisis from posessing or purchasing fi****ms, with a process to restore those rights when the crisis has passed. Click our link in our b i o to contact your State Senator NOW!

Let’s keep up the bipartisan support for HB 1711 and pass this carefully crafted bill that addresses the tragic Concord Hospital shooting next week. Contact your State Senator today.

Bill adding mental health records to gun checks hits a hurdle with some Senate Republicans • New Hampshire Bulletin With the help of 25 Republicans, Democrats passed a bill in March that would put New Hampshire on the long list of states that provide certain mental health records for gun background checks. Late Wednesday, Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans voted to recommend the full Senate reject it over the...

Repost : Yesterday, the gun violence prevention advocates I have been fighting alongside for nearly a decade honored me and two of my colleagues for our work in this arena. Representative David Meuse and former Mom’s Demand an action NH chapter leader, Deirdre Reynolds and I were honored with the GunSense NH Champion award.
The ceremony was held at the Guns To Gardens event in Concord. This is where gun owners who no longer want their fi****ms and also want them taken out of circulation can dismantle them and transform them into gardening tools, jewelry, community collages & wooden bowls. The symbolism of turning “swords into plowshares” is powerful. Thank you to Nancy Brown for organizing this empowering event.
For the past eight years I have served my Seacoast community, I have worked, with any one of any political persuasion who approaches this work in good faith, to enact gun violence prevention measures in NH. The one time we got extreme risk protection orders, expanded background checks gun free school zones and three day waiting periods passed through the House and Senate, our current governor vetoed them all. Since then we have had an increase in gun aided su***des, domestic violence with guns and a murder at NH Hospital. We don’t have to live like this, please pay attention to who gets your vote in this next election.

GunSenseNH and Moms Demand volunteers are here at the to say: Make NH schools gun free! Rush a message to your state senator here: http://act.granitestateprogress.org/letter/urge-nh-senate-support-gun-free-school-zones/

ICYMI: NH is moving forward with legislation in response to the NH Hospital shooting last year. The NH House passed HB 1711 by a margin of 204-149; next step is NH Senate.

Thank you to everyone who took action to support this bill, especially NH Hospital staff leaders Dr. Jeff Fetter and Dr. Samantha Swetter who bravely provided the heartbreaking but powerful testimony the committee needed to hear.

Gun-rights Republicans split, pass bill adding mental health records to gun checks • New Hampshire Bulletin Gun rights advocates who are usually unified on gun legislation split Thursday on a bill that would add some mental health records to gun background checks.

No matter which school our children go to, we all want them to come home safe from gun violence. But New Hampshire's laws have created murky territory when it comes to enforcing federal laws against guns in schools. Let's get it right this year. Tell your NH State Senator: pass a gun-free schools law! Link in our bio to take action.

UPDATE: At least eight children are among the 22 people who were shot at the end of yesterday’s parade celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory. Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mother of two who worked as a DJ at KKFI 90.1 FM, was killed. A friend of Lisa’s said she “was the most wonderful, beautiful person… She was a local DJ. She did everybody’s weddings. We all know her. She was so full of life.”

Our hearts are with Lisa’s loved ones and all impacted by yet another horrific act of mass gun violence in America.

The NH Senate votes today on closing background check loopholes, creating a waiting period, and extreme risk protection orders. We are here to demand action to prevent gun violence!

The New Hampshire Senate Moms Demand Action - NH GunSense NH Granite State Progress

Today marks the 11-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting tragedy. In the eleven years since, no significant federal gun violence prevention legislation has passed.

Americans continue to die in classrooms, movie theaters, grocery stores, places of worship, and more. Thoughts and prayers won’t bring them back but action will save lives and honor their memory.

Watch this new video from Newtown Action Alliance and other survivor groups, and urge both state and federal leaders to save lives by passing a set of comprehensive gun control laws, from an Assault Weapons Ban to Ethan’s Law to keep kids safe from unsecured guns.

Together, we can stop gun violence.

Thanks to everyone who came to our 2023 Gun Violence Prevention Summit! This crew is ready to grow our advocacy and make NH a state where we take meaningful steps to prevent gun violence through passing a package of strong bills.

Thanks for this op-ed to Len, a long-standing member of the NH Gun Violence Prevention Coalition. We know that reporting to the NICS background check system is most effective when paired with universal background checks, which prevent prohibited persons from easily obtaining fi****ms without a background check at gun shows or during private sales from unlicensed sellers.

State legislators could also pass extreme risk protection orders, an important policy which provides families and law enforcement a process to temporarily remove fi****ms from those who are at significant risk of harming themselves or others, saving lives before gun violence occurs. Working together, we can strengthen public safety in our community and better support individuals most at risk for harm.

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On November 30, 1993, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, establishing a system of background checks for firearm purchasers. The legislation, colloquially known as the Brady Bill, brought about a significant shift in the way fi****ms are bought and sold in the United States.

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30 years ago, President Clinton signed the Brady Bill. Here's how it changed gun sales in America. — The Trace To mark the anniversary of the landmark 1993 legislation, we've charted the evolving landscape of gun purchasing and gun violence — by the numbers.

On May 21, 1998, before places like Columbine and Newtown and Parkland had become part of the American vernacular, a school shooting in Oregon rocked the nation. Now, 25 years later, what can our country learn as we still grapple with providing adequate mental health support without stigma, while easy access to fi****ms continues to be rampant?

Read more in the New Yorker:

What Happens to a School Shooter’s Sister? — The New Yorker Twenty-five years ago, Kristin Kinkel’s brother, Kip, killed their parents and opened fire at their high school. Today, she is close with Kip—and still reckoning with his crimes.

John Madore Identified as Shooter Who Killed NH Hospital Security Officer; AR-Style Rifle Found in Truck State officials said they believe John Madore, 33, a transient who had lived in the Seacoast area most recently and in Concord, was shot and killed by state police after he killed an unarmed security officer at the state's secured psychiatric hospital Friday afternoon.