www.nccouncilofchurches.org/areasofwork/issues/gun_violence/gun_violence_issue.html
The NC Council of Churches is concerned with all forms of violence in our society, with the prevalence of weapons in our culture, and with the media emphasis on guns and gun play that can be desensitizing over time. While the Council respects the legitimate use of guns, such as for hunting, they reject the notion that a peace-loving society should endanger the welfare of children or others by placing a premium on gun ownership over safety.

www.godnotguns.org
The God Not Guns Coalition is an interfaith partnership consisting of faith-based groups that promote sensible gun policies at the local, state and national levels. With a membership of 18 national faith-based organizations and many more statewide groups, the Coalition seeks to raise awareness of gun violence as a spiritual and moral crisis. Website has resources for pastors including a worship guide and suggestions for activities for congregations and children.

www.ncgv.org
North Carolinians Against Gun Violence Education Fund is the first statewide, grassroots organization dedicated to educating and mobilizing North Carolinians to prevent gun violence. Founded in 1993, its mission is to make North Carolina safe from gun violence through the education of the public about preventing gun violence, the enforcement of current gun laws, and the enactment of needed new laws. NCGV advocates those approaches which address both prevention, focusing on the underlying causes of gun violence, and punishment, dealing with the perpetrators of gun violence in the criminal justice system. It endorses measures that deal with the underlying reasons for violence, such as poverty, lack of jobs, family breakdown, alcohol and drug abuse, anger and despair, and the glorification of violence in the media. It also endorses measures to rehabilitate young, potentially dangerous offenders, to keep abusive spouses from possessing guns, and to remove violent criminals from society.

www.csgv.org
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence have been leaders in organizing for progressive gun laws since 1974. The Coalition emerged from the civil rights movement in the early 1970’s and works closely with other organizations to achieve the common goal of reducing firearm death and injury. They employ a four-pronged strategy to reduce gun deaths and defeat the powerful gun lobby. The four points include: advocating a progressive legislative agenda to close illegal gun markets, building a stronger grassroots gun control movement, changing laws by changing our elected leaders, and litigation which seeks to reform the irresponsible practices of the gun industry itself.

www.bradycampaign.org
The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and its legislative and grassroots affiliate, the Brady Campaign and its dedicated network of Million Mom March Chapters, is the nation's largest, non-partisan, grassroots organization leading the fight to prevent gun violence. The Brady Campaign works to enact and enforce sensible gun laws, regulations, and public policies through grassroots activism, electing public officials who support gun laws, and increasing public awareness of gun violence. Million Mom March Chapters work locally to educate, remember victims, and pass sensible gun laws, believing that children have the right to grow up in environments free from the threat of gun violence. Finally, the Brady Center works to reform the gun industry by enacting and enforcing sensible regulations to reduce gun violence, including regulations governing the gun industry. In addition, it educates the public about gun violence through litigation, grassroots mobilization, and outreach to affected communities.

www.lcav.org
Legal Community Against Violence is a public interest law center dedicated to preventing gun violence. Founded by lawyers, LCAV is the country’s only organization devoted exclusively to providing legal assistance in support of gun violence prevention. LCAV focuses on policy reform at the state and local level, marshaling the expertise of the legal community to help transform America’s gun policies from the grassroots up. Strong state and local measures address concerns of specific communities and regions, improve community health and safety, fill gaps in federal policy, and act as a catalyst for the broader reforms our country needs. By making complex legal and policy issues understandable, conducting legal research, analyzing existing and emerging policy strategies, and generating model regulations, LCAV informs and educates communities, and empowers advocates and governments to pursue effective measures that are legally defensible.

www.vpc.org
The Violence Policy Center (VPC), a national non-profit organization based in Washington, DC, works to stop this annual toll of death and injury through research, advocacy, and education. The VPC approaches gun violence as a public health issue, advocating that firearms be subject to health and safety standards like those that apply to virtually all other consumer products. Guns and tobacco are the only two consumer products for which there is no federal health and safety oversight.