Gun-owner and sportsmen-led organization backs leaders committed to advancing meaningful and achievable reforms to reduce gun violence and strengthen public safety
Stop Gun Violence, a gun-owner and sportsmen-led organization dedicated to promoting responsible gun ownership and preventing gun violence, today announced a new round of endorsements of candidates committed to advancing meaningful and achievable reforms to prevent gun violence and strengthen public safety.
Founded by a veteran of the gun safety movement, SGV is working to elect leaders who understand that protecting communities and respecting responsible gun ownership are not competing goals. The candidates endorsed today support widely backed policies — including safe storage requirements, red flag laws, and other responsible reforms — that can save lives while respecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners.
“As gun violence continues to impact communities across the country, we need leaders who are willing to come together and deliver solutions that make a real difference,” said SGV Board Chair Brian Lemek, founder of Stop Gun Violence and former executive director and founder of Brady PAC. “The candidates we’re endorsing today understand that responsible gun owners, survivors, and communities across America all share the same goal: making our neighborhoods safer. They are committed to standing up to the corporate gun lobby and advancing reforms that reflect the will of the American people.”
The newly endorsed candidates are:
| Adelita Grijalva AZ-07 | Andre Carson IN-07 | Val Hoyle OR-04 |
| Jim Costa CA-21 | Sharice Davids KS-03 | Andrea Salinas OR-06 |
| Raul Ruiz CA-25 | April McClain Delaney MD-06 | Chris Deluzio PA-17 |
| John Larson CT-01 | Hillary Scholten MI-03 | Seth Magaziner RI-02 |
| Darren Soto FL-09 | Wesley Bell MO-01 | Suhas Subramanyam VA-10 |
| Jared Moskowitz FL-23 | Emanuel Cleaver MO-05 | James Walkinshaw VA-11 |
| Nikki Budzinski IL-13 | Pat Ryan NY-18 | Kim Schrier WA-08 |
| Eric Sorensen IL-17 | Greg Landsman OH-01 |
Stop Gun Violence will support these candidates through direct contributions, fundraising assistance through its gun violence prevention network, message guidance and research, as well as on-the-ground and in-state campaign support.
More than 125 people are killed by gun violence every day in America. Stop Gun Violence is committed to electing leaders who will work together to advance widely supported, obtainable, and responsible reforms that protect communities, strengthen public safety, and save lives.
