Handgun Control

The David Bohnett Foundation supports and encourages groups that promote the goals of reduction and elimination of the manufacture and sale of handguns in the U.S.

The statistics about gun use and availability are alarming:

• about one quarter of adults in the US owns a gun (Criminology of Criminal Justice);
• 268 people in America die each day from gun violence (Center for Disease Control);
• 67% of the 16,272 murders in 2008 were committed with firearms (FBI);
• every minute, eight new firearms are produced in the US (ATF);
• guns in the home are four times more likely to be used in an unintentional shooting than to injure or kill in self-defense (Journal of Trauma).

Groups and institutions that educate the public or seek to make public policy on the local, state or national level for gun control and elimination are encouraged to seek funding.

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Recent recipients in this program area:

Women Against Gun Violence (Nov 15, 2011)

Heeding God's Call (Nov 15, 2011)

Legal Community Against Violence (Nov 15, 2011)

Media Matters For America (Nov 15, 2011)

Violence Prevention Coalition (Nov 15, 2011)

University of Chicago Crime Lab (Jun 14, 2011)

States United To Prevent Gun Violence (May 15, 2011)

UCLA / Hammer Museum (Mar 28, 2011)

Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence (Jan 3, 2011)