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Global Action on Gun Violence (GAGV)
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Nonprofit fighting U.S. gun violence with global advocacy. actiononguns.org
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Check out GAGV’s latest report: U.S. Gun Policy, Global Harm. Cross-Border Gun Trafficking from the Great Lakes Region. This report examines one major regional pipeline: the Great Lakes states.

📚 Read the report here: actiononguns.org/great-lakes-...
September 23, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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📚 Read the latest substack: On the 25th Anniversary of 9/11, The Battle for Homeland Security Continues – Against Domestic Gun Violence

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On the 25th Anniversary of 9/11, The Battle for Homeland Security Continues – Against Domestic Gun Violence
This month, as we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the tragic September 11th attacks on the U.S., it is important to not just reflect on the tragedy, but take lessons that can make our nation safer...
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September 15, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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📚 Read the latest Substack "Strange Bedfellows: Both Sides of the Gun Debate Agree That ATF Should Withdraw a Rule that Would Allow Americans to Purchase Guns Online"

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Strange Bedfellows: Both Sides of the Gun Debate Agree That ATF Should Withdraw a Rule that Would Allow Americans to Purchase Guns Online
It is not very often that Global Action on Gun Violence (GAGV) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) agree on gun policy.
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September 8, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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"From Second Class to Super Right: How the Second Amendment Devoured Property and Other Rights" Check out @jlowy.bsky.social latest substack:

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From Second Class to Super Right: How the Second Amendment Devoured Property and Other Rights
Conservative Justices have long complained that the Second Amendment is treated as a “second-class right” — while they have been transforming it into a super-right.
jonathanlowy.substack.com
August 20, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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📕 Check out GAGV's @jlowy.bsky.social and GWU Professor Arturo J. Carrillo new article "Two Heads are Better Than One: Integrating International Law and Global Public Health Approaches to Firearm Violence to Promote Public Safety and Human Rights" published in the Emory International Law Review.
Two Heads are Better Than One: Integrating International Law and Global Public Health Approaches to Firearm Violence to Promote Public Safety and Human Rights
By Arturo J. Carrillo and Jonathan Lowy, Published on 01/01/26
scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu
August 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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GAGV recently submitted a comment in strong opposition to the rule proposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that would allow dealers to sell guns online to in-state purchasers.

📖 Read our full comment: www.regulations.gov/comment/ATF-...
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August 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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"The fate of life-or-death gun laws should turn more on present-day risk than on contested accounts of what a small group of men drank, tolerated, or regulated 250 years ago."
Check out @jlowy.bsky.social latest substack: open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
The Absurdity of Bruen: Why Are John Adams’s Drinking Habits Determining Today’s Gun Laws?
Thought exercise: You are designing a legal test to decide whether the government may prohibit a citizen from possessing guns because he uses an intoxicant that is now legal in much of the country.
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July 7, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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Read more on GAGV regarding today's SCOTUS decision on U.S. v. Hemani:

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Global Action on Gun Violence regarding U.S. v. Hemani decision: Justice Jackson concurs with GAGV that Bruen is a “failed experiment;” GAGV agrees with Justice Gorsuch that marijuana use should not a...
(WASHINGTON) Global Action on Gun Violence (GAGV) responds to today’s U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Hemani, holding that the federal prohibition on firearm possession by unlawful drug users…
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June 18, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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"Our most fundamental right is our right to live." GAGV's @jlowy.bsky.social shares more background on the "Lawsuit for Survival".

✅ Learn More about the Lawsuit for Survival: actiononguns.org/survival

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The Lawsuit for Survival | Overview
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May 28, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Inspiring, engaging event in LA for @actiononguns.bsky.social with Manny Oliver at his extraordinary Guac show. Hopeful we can end our gun violence crisis. @changetheref.bsky.social
May 17, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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Join us for GUAC, a dynamic one-man play and fundraising event for Global Action on Gun Violence on Saturday, May 16 at 8pm at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, California.

Get your tickets here: lnkd.in/eRCuQTqk
April 29, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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Get your tickets today for GUAC, a dynamic one-man play and fundraising event for Global Action on Gun Violence on Saturday, May 16 at 8pm at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, California.

Tickets: actiononguns.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/ne...
April 20, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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GAGV’s @jlowy.bsky.social shares how Supreme Court cases Heller and Bruen completely reinterpreted the Second Amendment.

Learn more about GAGV's work: actiononguns.org/amicus-briefs/

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How Supreme Court Cases Heller and Bruen Completely Reinterpreted the Second Amendment
YouTube video by Global Action on Gun Violence
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April 7, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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📰 A must read: "Promoting Firearm Industry Accountability for Civil and Human Rights Abuses in the United States through Strategic Transnational Litigation"

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Promoting Firearm Industry Accountability for Civil and Human Rights Abuses in the United States through Strategic Transnational Litigation | American Journal of International Law | Cambridge Core
Promoting Firearm Industry Accountability for Civil and Human Rights Abuses in the United States through Strategic Transnational Litigation - Volume 120
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March 27, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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ICYMI: On March 5, 2026, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights released Advisory Opinion OC-30/25, a landmark ruling on the responsibility countries and companies have to prevent gun trafficking under international law.

Read more: jonathanlowy.substack.com/p/the-world-...
March 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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GAGV and The George Washington University Law School Civil and Human Rights Law Clinic filed a merits brief in the “Lawsuit for Survival” on behalf of Manny and Patricia Oliver, the parents of Joaquin Oliver, who was killed in the 2018 Parkland shooting.

📒 Brief: actiononguns.org/wp-content/u...
March 23, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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📰 "The World Is Watching: The Inter-American Court Just Said What the U.S. Won't"

Read more on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights landmark advisory opinion from @jlowy.bsky.social ⬇️

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The World Is Watching: The Inter-American Court Just Said What the U.S. Won't
Global Action on Gun Violence was founded on a premise that was considered unusual, perhaps even naïve, in gun violence prevention circles: that if domestic political gridlock prevents the United Stat...
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March 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Major breaking news: The region’s top human rights court just held how human rights law requires countries and companies to prevent gun trafficking. Under the ruling, U.S. gun policy and industry practices violate human rights law. Read why that’s a big deal. open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
The World Is Watching: The Inter-American Court Just Said What the U.S. Won't
Global Action on Gun Violence was founded on a premise that was considered unusual, perhaps even naïve, in gun violence prevention circles: that if domestic political gridlock prevents the United Stat...
open.substack.com
March 20, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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➡️ “What are the obligations of States in the area of human rights with respect to illicit arms trafficking?” The Inter-American Court of Human Rights just issued a first-of-its-kind opinion in response to request from Mexico.
March 9, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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"The question in Hemani is, at its core, simple: should courts be allowed to consider modern evidence and public safety needs when evaluating whether a gun law is constitutional? The answer should be yes. Bruen says no. It’s time for the Court to correct that mistake." @jlowy.bsky.social
Guns, Gummies, and the Framers: How the Marijuana Gun Ban Case Shows Where the Supreme Court Got the Second Amendment Wrong
The Supreme Court has radically — and incorrectly — transformed Second Amendment law over the past two decades.
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March 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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This is how the cartels get guns: US gun dealers supply traffickers, often in obviously illegal straw sales. This trafficker was sold 44 firearms for $23,334.25 and “his purchases frequently involved multiple, identical firearms of the same model and caliber.” westorlandonews.com/central-flor...
Central Florida Man Pleaded Guilty to Firearms Trafficking
A Central Florida man pleaded guilty to firearms trafficking.
westorlandonews.com
March 3, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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Most gun dealers are careful and don’t sell to traffickers, but about 5% of dealers sell about 90% of crime guns. Negligent U.S. gun dealers => cartel violence in Mexico. We need to stop the Iron River at its U.S. gun industry source. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘Iron river’: Mexico’s cartel violence fuelled by trafficked firearms from US
Lax American gun laws mean weapons are readily available to buy and smuggle south of the border
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February 28, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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➡️ As Mexico descends into violent cartel reprisals and infighting after the killing of drug kingpin “El Mencho”, let's not forget what enables that violence: U.S. guns. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
February 25, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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Alex Pretti's killing by federal agents in Minneapolis scrambled the usual gun debate fault lines and created a new opportunity for unity.
February 24, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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"Australia must act. Stricter domestic gun laws are necessary — but so is global responsibility. Government contracts should not reward companies profiting from gun violence abroad."
-GAGV's @jsteisel.bsky.social ky.social

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Gun control at home, gun profits abroad: Australia’s defence contradiction
Australia’s strict gun laws have reduced domestic gun violence, but the country still enables global harm through defence companies linked to weapons used in organised crime and terrorism abroad.
independentaustralia.net
February 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM