Gun Bans

Senator Dianne Feinstein published a list of people and organizations who have lent their name in support of her "gun ban" bill (S.150.) Here it is:

Law Enforcement [It should be noted that this category consists primarily of organizations that are comprised of administrative appointees who serve at the pleasure of liberal politicians, and not the cops on the street who, by and large, not only support the 2nd Amendment, but appreciate the support that they receive from law-abiding armed citizens.]

International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators

International Association of Chiefs of Police

Major Cities Chiefs Association

Police Executive Research Forum

Police Foundation

Women in Federal Law Enforcement

Chaska (Minn.) Police Chief Scott Knight, former chairman of the Firearms Committee, International Association of Chiefs of Police

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck

San Diego Police Chief Bill Lansdowne

Localities

U.S. Conference of Mayors

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Ventura County Board of Supervisors

Oakland Unified School District Superintendent Anthony Smith

Boston City Council

City Mayors

Chula Vista Mayor Cheryl Cox

Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan

Petaluma Mayor David Glass

Pleasant Hill Mayor Michael Harris

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner

San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed

Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido

Santa Cruz Mayor Hilary Bryant

Saratoga Mayor Jill Hunter

Tiburon Mayor Emmett O’Donnell

California Cities

Calabasas, Calif.

Lemon Grove, Calif.

Los Angeles

Stockton, Calif.

Ventura, Calif.

West Hollywood, Calif.

Gun safety (sic)

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence

Mayors Against Illegal Guns

Violence Policy Center

Washington CeaseFire

Education and child welfare

20 Children

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Federation of Teachers

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Child Welfare League of America

Children’s Defense Fund

Every Child Matters

Moms Rising

National Association of Social Workers

National PTA

National Education Association

San Diego Unified School District

Religious [This one reads like a who's who list of liberal postmodernism!]

African Methodist Episcopal Church

Alliance of Baptists

American Baptist Churches of the South

American Baptist Home Mission Societies

American Friends Service Committee

Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America

Camp Brotherhood

Catholic Charities USA

Catholic Health Association

Catholic Health Initiatives

Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good

Catholics United

Church of the Brethren

Church Women United, Inc.

Conference of Major Superiors of Men

Disciples Home Missions, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Dominican Sisters of Peace

FaithsAgainstGunViolence.org

Franciscan Action Network

Friends Committee on National Legislation

Health Ministries Association

Heeding God’s Call

Hindu American Foundation

Interfaith Alliance of Idaho

Islamic Society of North America

Jewish Council for Public Affairs

Jewish Reconstructionist Movement

Leadership Conference of Women Religious

Mennonite Central Committee, Washington Office

National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd

National Council of Churches

National Episcopal Health Ministries

NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Pax Christi USA

PICO Network Lifelines to Healing

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness

Progressive National Baptist Convention

Rabbinical Assembly

Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

San Francisco Interfaith Council

Sikh Council on Religion and Education, USA

Sisters of Mercy of the Americas

Sojourners

Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

United Church of Christ

United Methodist Church

United Methodist Women

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

Washington National Cathedral

Women of Reform Judaism

Health care

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

American College of Surgeons

American Public Health Association

Doctors for America

National Association of School Nurses

Other

Alliance for Business Leadership

American Bar Association

Black American Political Association of California

Grandmothers for Peace International

National Parks Conservation Association

Sierra Club

TASH

Washington Office on Latin America

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