Gun Safety

Gun Safety Lock-It-Up Project

LWVPBC Gun Safety Issue Group promotes Lock It Up (safe storage) through community-wide events and PowerPoint presentations. Members have opportunities to work with local law enforcement agencies and PBC organizations supporting League Gun Safety efforts.

Focus:

Educating PBC residents and lobby state representatives re gun safety issues.
Collaborate with grassroots efforts to create responsible gun ownership with an emphasis on safe storage.

Co-Chairs:

Betsy Pickup betsypickup68@gmail.com 561-395-4646
Kristen Murtaugh murtaugh@fau.edu 561-706-6650

Meetings:

See League Calendar or contact Chairs for time, date and location of the next meeting.

RECENT ARTICLES

Preventing Gun Deaths and Injuries
Preventing Gun Deaths and Injuries: Making Our Communities Safer for Everyone March 24, 2021 at 1:00 PM The Gun Safety Committees of the LWV of Palm Beach County and the LWV of Broward County are partnering on a Zoom presentation about what we can do to protect families and reduce gun violence in our communities. Topics to be discussed include Florida...
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National Suicide Prevention Month
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Looking for New Members for the Lock it Up! Program
The Lock It Up Team (Shirley Aronson, Janet Chaikin, Rosalie Almborg, Arlene Ustin, Betsy Pickup and Kristen Murtaugh) is excited to report on a busy and effective start to 2020. We are grateful to The National Coalition of Jewish Women for their donation of $150 and to NOW for their donation of $50 toward the printing of information cards. We...
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Gun Lock Project
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Concert and National Night Out
LWVPBC GUN SAFETY CONCERT SPONSOR and OCTOBER 4th NATIONAL NIGHT OUT Marsha Vinson, LWVPBC Gun Safety Chair/Reporter The 2019 Concert Across America, an annual nationwide event spanning 200+ cities, links communities across the country to remember those who lost their lives due to gun violence and to call for much-needed gun legislation. LWVPBC Gun Safety and Voter Services partnered and tabled...
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LWVPBC Gun Safety Meets with Sheriff Bradshaw
Reported by Marsha Vinson At the May 28, 2019 meeting at PBSO Headquarters, Sheriff of Palm Beach County Ric Bradshaw enthusiastically related to LWVPBC representatives, Arlene Ustin, Martha Smith, and Marsha Vinson that he and his department, the largest law enforcement agency in the county, wholeheartedly support the mission of the League of Women Voters including Gun Safety and Mental...
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On January 14, 2019 / Issues