Send a message to Congress as part of Haiti Advocacy Days: Stop Illegal Arms to Haiti calling for an end to the flow of guns to Haiti.
On Thursday, September 26, nearly two hundred participants in the Haiti Advocacy Days will meet with members of Congress and staff at the Department of Homeland Security to ask them to take stronger measures to prevent the illegal flow of weapons and ammunition from the United States to Haiti. They will represent a coalition of over 40 faith-based groups that are co-sponsors to this initiative.
Many factors have contributed to the collapse of Haitian security, but one exacerbating factor that regularly surfaced in our conversations with Maryknoll missioners is the abundance of guns.
Haiti is an island nation that does not manufacture guns or ammunition. Yet a UN report estimated that in 2020 there were as many as half a million guns in the country, with privately owned guns outnumbering law enforcement ten to one. The great majority of the guns in Haiti are manufactured in the United States and are smuggled from off the coast of Florida.
Use the form below to send the message to Congress to stop the illegal flow of arms to Haiti.
Photo of sign made by the participants of the Haiti Advocacy Days on September 25, 2024, in Washington, DC, by Thomas Gould.