Americans for Gun Safety Foundation
- Americans for Gun Safety Foundation
The Americans for Gun Safety Foundation was an organization whose stated purpose is to promote gun safety training; promote responsible gun laws; respect gun rights; and reduce gun crime. [http://www.americansforgunsafety.com/our_top_priorities.html] Articles by AGS leadership regularly appear in the Democratic Leadership Council's magazine "Blueprint".
The Americans for Gun Safety Foundation is a project of the Tides Center, and a Section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Their website states that the organization "seeks to educate Americans on existing gun laws and new policy options for reducing access to guns by criminals and children and to promote responsible gun ownership." The AGS Foundation has funded studies of background checks at gun shows and the way states develop mental health records and keep track of those prohibited from purchasing a gun because of mental insanity.
In 2002 the organization orchestrated a $2.8M media campaign to pass gun control initiatives in Colorado and Oregon which included mailings, radio and television ads, and most notability a $1.85M television ad buy featuring Republican senator John McCain[cite book |author=Kristin A. Goss |title=Disarmed: the missing movement for gun control in America |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, N.J |year=2006 |pages=102 |isbn=0-691-12424-8 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=] .]Due to the organization being established by Andrew McKelvey (the founder of Monster.com), a former member of the board of directors of Handgun Control, Inc. and the primary founder of the Million Mom March, gun rights activists frequently make the claim that AGS has all the appearances and affiliations expected of an anti-gun organization. It is thus usually identified as a gun control organization rather than a gun rights organization.
At some point in time, AGS merged with Third Way, which describes itself as a "non-profit, non-partisan strategy center for progressives." [Third Way: About Us Accessed August 17, 2007 http://third-way.com/about_us] The site provides a direct link to the Brady Campaign as well.
The organization is now defunct.
See also
*Gun politics in the US
References
External links
* [http://www.havegunwillvote.com/index.php?sec=news&id=130&vo=3 Another opinion on AGS] from a pro-gun writer.
* [http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=126&subid=189&contentid=252171 Jon Cowan's remarks on AGS at a Democratic Leadership Council conference]
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