You may know it as the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, but for 15 years, it was the National Coalition to Ban Handguns. A look through the group's history of supporting handgun bans. (thread) 
"The CSGV was founded in 1974 as the National Coalition to Ban Handguns, an organization created by the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society to unite various church groups in support of banning handguns." archive.org/details/gunsgu…
"In 1976, The National Coalition to Ban Handguns did have a program in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Atlanta whereby individuals could voluntarily turn in their firearms to that organization... ATF did not participate in this program." (pg 66) ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digi…
"NCBH's national office is in the Methodist Board's Washington building and the Board was NCBH's official fiscal agent until 1976 when gun lobby complaints to the Internal Revenue Service threatened the Church's tax exemption." poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?I…
"In 1977, under pressure from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, a Seattle-based gun rights organization, Congress asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the National Coalition to Ban Handguns...
...As a result, the coalition lost its charity status and reorganized as a 501(c)(4) advocacy group." (pg 98) books.google.com/books?id=FFgQC…
"Denied success at the federal and state levels, the Coalition has adopted Morton Groves' absolute ban on the sale and possession of handguns as a model for its legal campaign." thecrimson.com/article/1984/1…
"NCBH helped Morton Grove draft the original ordinance, and has borne fiscal responsibility for its defense as conducted by the Chicago law firm of Jenner and Block." doi.library.cmu.edu/10.1184/pmc/he…
"The National Coalition to Ban Handguns (NCBH) believes that the damage inflicted on our nation by handguns vastly outweighs any benefit they provide... NCBH feels that the only sane course is to ban the private possession of this class of weapon." doi.library.cmu.edu/10.1184/pmc/he…
"America's suicide rate is directly related to the easy availability of handguns. The American Association of Suicidologists, recognizing this fact, has joined the [NCBH] in working toward a nationwide ban on the sale and possession of these deadly tools." doi.library.cmu.edu/10.1184/pmc/he…
"To tolerate the continued possession of an object that is over 100 times more likely to do harm than good is to establish self-destructiveness as a criteria for social policy." doi.library.cmu.edu/10.1184/pmc/he…
"Mike Beard founded the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) in 1974 and served as president of the organization for several decades. Following his retirement from CSGV, he now serves as President Emeritus and is a member of the Board of Directors." csgv.org/about-us/staff…
Beard, 1989: "Our goal to ban the private possession of handguns except for police, military, licensed security guards, gun clubs where the guns are kept locked up on the premises of the club, that’s what we want to do." c-span.org/video/?c485958…
Beard, 1989, referring to "handguns, particularly small, insignificant Saturday night specials" and "assault weapons": "We want to lop off the two ends of the firearm spectrum in the United States." c-span.org/video/?c485959…
Beard, 1990, after the name change to CSGV: "Our position is that there ought to be a ban on the future manufacture and sale of handguns, except for police, military, and licensed security guards. [pause] And also gun collectors..." c-span.org/video/?c485959…
