Prosecutor group holds first summit, invites gun control advocate to speak
Gun control advocate Mark Kelly speaks to Prosecutors Against Gun Violence in Atlanta Tuesday (Photo: Branden Camp/AP)
The new Prosecutors Against Gun Violence group, composed of 23 big name criminal attorneys from around the country, opened their inaugural meeting Tuesday in Atlanta.
Announced last month by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. and Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, who co-chair the avowedly non-partisan PAGV, the group promises to advance “prosecutorial and policy solutions to the national public health and safety crisis of gun violence.”
At the first National Prosecutorial Summit, Vance explained that the group is seeking to establish a game plan to prevent gun violence.
“We’re looking at the scientific evidence in order to be focused and effective,” said Vance. “This is not about slogans but what works.”
The prosecutors plan to discuss gang violence reduction, illegal weapons trafficking, the nexus between domestic violence and gun violence, the link between mental health issues and gun violence, and other initiatives.
The group was addressed by keynote speaker former astronaut and current gun-control advocate Mark Kelly.
Kelly, along with his wife former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, founded the political action committee Americans for Responsible Solutions. The PAC currently funds a series of controversial ads in key political races and has undertaken a 9-state road trip to promote a number of gun control concepts to include expanded background checks. It was this subject that Kelly broached with the prosecutors in Atlanta, claiming that majority of Americans support more background checks, but the Congress and the National Rifle Association has politicized the issue.
“Those 20 little kids at the Sandy Hook Elementary School don’t know the difference between a Democrat and a Republican,” said Kelly, referring to the 2012 Newtown mass killing.
Summit attendees are already working on ways to mutually support each other.
Manhattan-based Vance and Atlanta’s Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard advise they have decided to collaborate in stemming the flow of guns between the two areas. The discussion “we think will lead to safer communities in New York and in Georgia,” Howard said.
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