National Organizations with Anti-Gun Policies

The following organizations have lent monetary, grassroots or some other type of direct support to anti-gun organizations in many instances, these organizations lent their name in support of specific campaigns to pass anti-gun legislation such as the March 1995 HCI "Campaign to Protect Sane Gun Laws." Many of these organizations were listed as "Campaign Partners," for having pledged to fight any efforts to repeal the Brady Act and the Clinton "assault weapons" ban. All have officially  endorsed anti-gun positions. AFL-CIO American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry American Academy of Pediatrics American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing American Academy of Pediatrics American Alliance for Rights and Responsibilities American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) American Association of School Administrators American Association for the Surgery of Trauma American Association for World Health American Association of Neurological Surgeons American Association of FAmily and Consumer Sciences American Bar Association American Bar Association American Civil Liberties Union American Counseling Association American Ethical Union American Federation of  teachers American Firearms Association American Jewish Committee American Jewish Congress American Medical Association (AMA) American Medical Women's Association American Medical Student Association American Nurses Association American Psychological Association American Public Health Association American Trauma Society American for Democratic Action Anti Defamation League Association of American Medical Colleges B'nai B'rith Black Mental Health Alliance Central Conference of American Rabbis Children's Defense Fund Church of the Brethren Coalition for Peace Action Coalition to Stop Gun Violence College Democrats of America Committee for the Study of Handgun Misuse & World Peace Common Cause Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Consumer Federation of America Council of Chief State School Officers Council of the Great City Schools Dehere Foundation Disarm Educational Fund Environmental Action Foundation Episcopal Church, USA Episcopal Church - Washington Office Florence and John Shumann Foundation Friends Committee on National Legislation General Federation of Women's Clubs George Gund Fund Ambulatory Pediatric Association Gray Panthers H. M. Strong Foundation Hadassah Harris Foundation Hechinger Foundation International Association of Educators for World Peace International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union Interfaith Neighbors Jewish Labor Committee Joyce Foundation Lauder Foundation Lawrence Foundation League of Women Voters of the United States * Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Manhattan Project II Mennonite Central Committee - Washington Office National Assembly of National Voluntary Health & Social Welfare Organizations National Association of School Psychologists National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions National Association of Chain Drug Stores National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) National Association of Police Organizations National Association of Social Workers National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners National Association of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officers National Association of Elementary School Principals * National Association of Public Hospitals National Association of Secondary School Principals National Association of Counties * National Association of Community Health Centers National Black Nurses' Association National Center to Rehabilitate Violate Youth National Coalition Against Domestic Violence National Commission for Economic Conversion & Disarmament National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA National Council of Jewish Women National Council on Family Relations National Council of La Raza National Council of Negro Women National Education Association * National League of Cities National Network for Youth National Organization for Women National Organization on Disability National Parent, Teachers Association * National Parks and Conservation Association National Peace Foundation National People's Action National Political Congress of Black Women National Safe Kids Campaign National SAFE KIDS Campaign National Spinal Cord Injury Association National Urban League, Inc. National Urban Coalition NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby Ortenberg Foundation Peace Action People for the American Way Physicians for Social Responsibility Police Foundation Project on Demilitarization and Democracy Public Citizen SaferWorld Society of Critical Care Medicine Southern Christian Leadership[ Conference The Council of Great City Schools The Synergetic Society U.S. Catholic Conference, Department of Social Development Union of American Hebrew Congregations Unitarian Universalist Association United Church of Christ, Office for Church in Society * United Methodist Church, General Board & Church Society United States Catholic Conference United States Conference of Mayors War and Peace Foundation Women Strike for Peace Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Women's National Democratic Club World Spiritual Assembly, Inc. YWCA of the USA 20/20 Vision * The national organization only endorses federal legislation.

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