Search Results: MCH Organizations

This list of organizations is drawn from the MCH Organizations Database. Contact information is the most recent known to the MCH Digital Library.

Displaying records 1 through 2 (2 total).

Common Sense About Kids and Guns

Annotation: Common Sense About Kids and Guns is a nonprofit group of owners and non-owners of guns committed to protecting America's children from gun deaths and injuries. The organization disseminates information about common sense solutions for reducing gun-related injuries and deaths to children and adolescents and works to inspire Americans to take personal and community responsibility to keep children safe from guns. The organization provides a public forum and serves as a national clearinghouse. State information, safety tips, resources, a bulletin board, and news items are posted on the Common Sense Web site.

Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Firearms, Gun control, Gun violence, Violence prevention

Independence Institute

Annotation: The Independence Institute is a Colorado think-tank which conducts analysis from the standpoint of free-market economics and individual freedom. This agenda informs their policy papers on family issues, welfare reform, culture, and other topics. Services to consumers include publications, searchable databases, and reference information The institute publishes an electronic newsletter and sponsors conferences.

Keywords: Civil rights, Crime, Gun control, Public policies