The authors and contributors to the Denver Accord recognized three overarching concepts that provide a framework for the policies and legislation necessary to reduce gun violence. Those concepts are:
- Ensuring higher standards of gun ownership by licensing (permit-to-purchase)
- Registration of firearms to help police disarm those who should not have guns
- Requiring Safe Storage to reduce suicide, theft, and unintentional shootings
- Reducing the lethality of firearms and ammunition to reduce death and injury
We Can Let Existing Laws Work By:
- Strengthening the National Instant Check System (NICS)
- Making sure that people who are prohibited from having guns no longer have them
- Holding gun dealers accountable
- Regulating the private sale of guns
Communities Are Protected When:
- We reduce the presence of firearms in public spaces
- We establish and fund community-based solutions to gun violence
- We champion police reform through community-based policing, education, and safety