States United to Prevent Gun Violence (SUPGV) was founded in 1999 by the state gun violence prevention groups themselves. SUPGV is the only organization representing all state gvp groups and the only national organization consistently supporting gvp work at the state level.

We believe criminal background checks should be required on every gun sale and that licensing, registration, and training of gun owners is a major deterrent of gun violence. Families need ample resources to explain the risks and dangers of guns in the home. If they do choose to bring a gun into the home, gun owner responsibility should include safe storage and reporting lost and stolen firearms. We believe law makers should be making it harder to carry loaded, hidden guns in public, not easier.

Guns are the only consumer product not regulated for safety standards by a federal agency. We believe consumer protection safety standards should also apply to firearms and that gun design and distribution should be federally regulated. Comprehensive tracking of firearm injury and deaths (how, where, who is doing the shooting) is necessary to reduce gun violence.

We believe military weapons should be banned for civilian ownership and handgun purchases need to be limited to one a month to reduce gun trafficking. There also needs to be tighter regulations on the sellers and employees at retail gun dealers.