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United Power for Action and Justice
United Power for Action and Justice is a non-partisan community organization composed of 40+
religious congregations, not-for-profit groups, hospitals, health centers and civic organizations
from across Cook County. Our member organizations represent over 250,000 people —
families, people of a variety of faiths, participants in secular community organizations — who
live and work in the City of Chicago and the Cook County suburbs. Volunteer leaders are our
backbone; they are concerned citizens who consult with neighbors, shape goals and strategy to
address pressing social problems, and pressure people in power to seek positive, creative
solutions.  

National Gun Safety Consortium (NGSC)
Borne from a gun violence prevention campaign launched in 2013 by United Power for Action
and Justice, the National Gun Safety Consortium is now in its 4 th year.
The NGSC's primary goal is to decrease the number of gun deaths and injuries by reducing the
number of UNSECURED guns in America. Studies show that more than half of gun-owning
households in the country fail to secure their guns due to the lack of reliable, secure, quick-
access locking devices.

Unsecured guns have deadly consequences:
 400,000+ guns are stolen each year from homes, vehicles, and businesses and later end
up in crime scenes.     
 Sixty percent (60%) of gun deaths every year are suicides; the majority of guns used in
suicides by youth are owned by relatives who left the firearms unsecured.
 Every year, 100s of accidental shootings by children result in death or injury.
Gun owners cite the perceived trade-off between securing a gun and accessing it quickly as the
main reason for not securing their weapons. Until recently there were few products, if any, that
allowed for both. New ready-access locking and storage devices create the possibility that
millions more gun owners will secure their weapons.

The NGSC is working with entrepreneurs and developers to test products and bring to market
locking systems that gun owners will consistently use in order to reduce harm. Backed by gun
enthusiasts and gun violence prevention advocates, the NGSC is bridging the gap in the current
partisan divide by focusing on what we can all agree on: gun safety and gun ownership
responsibility. 

Learn more here: NATL GUN SAFETY CONSORTIUM WEBSITE