80 Percent Coalition

Emergency Gun Violence Summit Videos

Gun Violence by the Numbers

Charles Vear, a Research Analyst at the Medical College of Wisconsin shares key facts on gun violence nationally and in Wisconsin.

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Public Opinion on Gun Violence

Charles Franklin, the Director at the Milwaukee Law School Poll releases results of new national poll regarding gun violence and possible solutions.

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Mental Health & Gun Violence

Dr. Sydney Timmer-Murillo, a nationally recognized Psychologist and Fellow at the Medical College of Wisconsin with extensive research in gun violence trauma, shares her insights on Mental Health and Gun Violence.

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"I am my mother's voice"

Khary Penebaker, a survivor who lost his mother to suicide with a gun at a young age, shares the everyday impact gun violence has on his life and his new found sources of inspiration..

Targeting Children

Jeri Bonavia, the Executive Director and Founder of the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort, shares the ramifications of extreme gun ownership views, the marketing of weapons to children and the impact it has on our youth.

Urgent Need for Commonsense Reform

Darryl Morin, National President of Forward Latino, shares the urgent need for universal background checks and Extreme Risk Protection Orders (Red Flag Laws) to reduce gun violence in our homes, places of work and worship, schools and more.

Gun violence by the numbers/Violencia armada por los números

199 mass shootings in the United States in the first 127 days of the year!

Source: Gun Violence Archive

Guns are the #1 killer of children and teens in the United States!

199 mass shootings in the United States in the first 127 days of the year!

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Every 14 hours, a woman is shot to death by her intimate partner!

199 mass shootings in the United States in the first 127 days of the year!

Every 14 hours, a woman is shot to death by her intimate partner!

Source: Preventive Medicine 107 (2018)

54% of all gun related deaths are from suicide!

70% lower likelihood of mass shooting deaths when the assault weapons ban was in place.

Every 14 hours, a woman is shot to death by her intimate partner!

Source: Pew Research Center

70% lower likelihood of mass shooting deaths when the assault weapons ban was in place.

Source: Journal of traum and acute care surgery 86, 2019

Most rural counties have a 37% higher rate of gun deaths than most urban counties!

70% lower likelihood of mass shooting deaths when the assault weapons ban was in place.

Source: Centers of Disease Control and Prevention

About Us

The 80% Coalition is non-partisan and is comprised of advocacy, business, education, faith-based, professional and service organizations committed to pushing back against hate and urging our legislators at the state and federal levels to pass commonsense gun violence prevention legislation.

Coalition Members

Advanced Wireless, Inc., Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Bishops Against Gun Violence, Brady: United Against Gun Violence, Community Coalition for Quality Policing, Crusaders of Justicia, Doctors for America, Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, Felmers Chaney Advocacy Board, First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee, Forward Latino, Greater Milwaukee Synod, ELCA, Hours Against Hate, Interfaith Conferece of Greater Milwaukee, Islamic Society of Milwaukee, JCRC - Milwaukee Jewish Federation, League of United Latin American Citizens Wisconsin, March for Our Lives MKE, March For Our Lives Wisconsin, Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH), Milwaukee Metropolitan Community Church, Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition, Mom's Demand Action - Wisconsin, NAACP - Milwaukee Branch, Wisconsin State NAACP Conference of Branches, NAMI Dane County, NAMI Wisconsin, National Council of Jewish Women - Milwaukee, Serve 2 Unite, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, UMOS, United Methodist Church WI/SE District, Wisconsin Conference, United Church of Christ, Wisconsin Anti Violence Effort (WAVE), Wisconsin Council of Churches & Wisconsin Council of Rabbis.

Legislative priorities

Close Background Check Loopholes

Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Pass legislation that extends the current background check requirement to include any sale or transfer of firearms at gun shows, online or from an individual.

Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Pass legislation that allows law enforcement or a family member to petition the court if they believe an individual with a firearm is a danger to themselves and/or to others and if the threat is found to be credible, empower law enforcement to retrieve the firearm(s) until the threat is no longer.

Gun Violence Prevention Day of Action!

Madison, Wisconsin, September 21, 2023

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Emergency Gun Violence Summit 2023

Emergency Gun Violence Summit Videos

Gun Violence by the Numbers

Public Opinion on Gun Violence

Mental Health & Gun Violence

"I am my mother's voice"

Targeting Children

Urgent Need for Commonsense Reform

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Upcoming Events

WAVE Day of Action, September 21, 2023

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Gun violence by the numbers/Violencia armada por los números

199 mass shootings in the United States in the first 127 days of the year!

199 mass shootings in the United States in the first 127 days of the year!

199 mass shootings in the United States in the first 127 days of the year!

Guns are the #1 killer of children and teens in the United States!

199 mass shootings in the United States in the first 127 days of the year!

199 mass shootings in the United States in the first 127 days of the year!

Every 14 hours, a woman is shot to death by her intimate partner!

199 mass shootings in the United States in the first 127 days of the year!

Every 14 hours, a woman is shot to death by her intimate partner!

54% of all gun related deaths are from suicide!

70% lower likelihood of mass shooting deaths when the assault weapons ban was in place.

Every 14 hours, a woman is shot to death by her intimate partner!

70% lower likelihood of mass shooting deaths when the assault weapons ban was in place.

70% lower likelihood of mass shooting deaths when the assault weapons ban was in place.

70% lower likelihood of mass shooting deaths when the assault weapons ban was in place.

Most rural counties have a 37% higher rate of gun deaths than most urban counties!

70% lower likelihood of mass shooting deaths when the assault weapons ban was in place.

70% lower likelihood of mass shooting deaths when the assault weapons ban was in place.

About Us

Coalition Members

Legislative priorities

Close Background Check Loopholes

Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Take action!

WAVE Day of action at the capitol!

Coalition members