Seniors and Gun Safety - Sara Knizhnik

Why are we talking about gun safety and seniors? There are so many points that are important here. We’re not debating gun laws or the NRA. What we are talking about is how we keep seniors and the people around them safe.

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Sara Knizhnik - Gun Safety Advocate

Contact Info:

https://www.lakecountyil.gov/4799/District-18-Sara-Frederick-Knizhnik

Founder and CEO of Safe Illinois, Lake County Board Member - District 18 (Elected 2022) & Chair of GVPI Implementation - Gun Violence Prevention Initiative - Lake County (IL) State's Attorney's Office.

Sara served as a university-level, English-as-a-Second-Language Instructor at various universities in the Chicago area for 17 years before becoming a professional gun violence prevention (GVP) and criminal justice reform advocate in 2017.

Most recently she served as the Organizer of the Illinois Gun Violence Prevention Coalition and then as Director of Community Engagement for Newtown Action Alliance (NAA), a national gun violence prevention organization founded in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy.

Sara served as the Director of Constituent Affairs for State Representative Bob Morgan (IL-58). She also served for two years as a Vernon Township Trustee. Currently, Sara is Chair of the Lake County Violence Prevention Initiative.

She believes passionately in local government and in the power of grassroots activists to build a better America.

Links

https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics/guns/

https://www.lakecountyil.gov/DocumentCenter/View/76480/Free-gun-locks-flyer?bidId=

https://www.lcsao.org/277/Firearms-Restraining-Order-FRO

https://www.lakecountyil.gov/2092/Concealed-Carry-Act

https://isp.illinois.gov/Foid/Foid

https://www.lcsao.org/362/Gun-Violence-Prevention-Initiative-GVPI

Produced by: Dave Couto with Bright Vox Audio

Edited by: Michael Collins