Gun Violence Prevention

AAPI Victory Alliance is committed to building a world where everyone feels safe in their communities whether it’s at home, school, work or place of worship. This is why we are fighting for more policies to address the various root causes of gun violence.

Our Corporate Accountability Campaign demands Wells Fargo and other financial institutions to stop financing the firearms industry. Sign the petition here.

  • AAPIs have been impacted by mass shootings just as much as the rest of America. 

    • One of the first mass school shootings in the United States took place in 1989 when a white gunman targeted Southeast Asian children at an elementary school in Stockton, CA. 

    • The Islamophobia after 9/11 resulted in a 2012 mass shooting in Oakcreek, WI when a white gunman targeted a Sikh Gurdwa. 

    • During the rise in hate crimes against AAPIs during the COVID-19 pandemic, a white gun man murdered six Asian American women in Atlanta, and Sikh Americans were killed while at work in Indianapolis. These incidents highlight the urgent need to reform our gun laws.

  • AAPIs are more likely to say the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was the most important accomplishment by the President than any other group.

  • Asian American gun ownership rose by 43% in 2020 with the NRA and the gun industry exploiting our community's fears of anti-Asian hate crimes and prioritizing profits over people.

  • AAPI youth also have the fastest growing firearm suicide rate of any racial or ethnic group with a 71 percent increase over the last decade. 

  • This is why AAPI Victory Alliance is fighting for more policies to address the various root causes of gun violence.

  • Watch our events Why Gun Violence Prevention Matters to AAPIs and The Voices of Survivors and Where We Go From Here.

  • Watch panel Gun Violence Prevention - An AAPI Issue (part of 2022 AAPI Policy Conference)