he ATF is the federal agency tasked with enforcing the nation’s gun laws and regulating the firearms industry.

President Biden nominated David Chipman to lead the ATF, but the confirmation is in jeopardy, despite Chipman’s impressive credentials. Senate GOP Whip John Thune reported that Republicans are united in their opposition, and a handful of Democrats are on the fence. The NRA and Newtown-based National Shooting Sports Foundation have spent more than $4 million to block the nomination, continuing their relentless strategy of weakening the agency.

We need your help to get all 50 Democrats and Independents on board. If you know people in Arizona, Maine, Montana or West Virginia, please reach out to them and ask them to contact their Senators in support of Chipman’s nomination.

And, whether or not you know people in the four states, please call Senators Blumenthal and Murphy to let them know you want them to do everything they can to get Chipman confirmed. Your support strengthens their position.

Click here for instructions, email copy and phone script. This action should only take a few minutes.

Thank you for taking action to give the ATF the leadership it needs and deserves!

We can’t achieve racial justice if people aren’t safe in the communities where they live. Email Gov. Lamont and your state legislators asking them to establish a grant-making authority to support community-based violence prevention programs. 

Our proposed CT Initiative to Prevent Community Gun Violence would support community-based prevention programs through dependable funding, coordinate technical assistance and ensure accountability to save lives in the urban centers that account for most of Connecticut’s gun homicides (learn more here). More than 20 cities and states around the U.S. have similar programs, with demonstrated success. It’s time for Connecticut to take action! 

Take action now! Click here to contact your elected officials.

The Town Hall Watch Project is a crowd-sourced effort to maintain a calendar of all 187 state legislators’ town hall meetings. It lets us (and other advocacy organizations) efficiently keep track of town hall sessions so we can send supporters to these public forums to advocate for our legislative priorities.  

Volunteers monitor the constituent communications of the legislators to whom they are assigned. When they see a town hall scheduled, they enter the details in a Google form. It takes no more than 5 or 10 minutes a week to track and enter the information. 

Sign up to volunteer here.

Learn more about the Town Hall Project here. 

Many states have organizations similar to CAGV who rely on grassroots supporters just as we do. Ask your out-of-state friends and family to sign up. It’s especially important in conservative states where lawmakers don’t support common-sense gun laws. 

Direct them to supgv.org.