Griffin Dix

Griffin Dix

Griffin Dix is a writer and activist for gun safety. After his son, Kenzo, was killed in an unintentional shooting while visiting the home of a friend, Griffin and his wife sued Beretta USA, arguing that Kenzo’s death could have been prevented if the gun had been equipped with important safety features.

Griffin Dix’s book, “Who Killed Kenzo? The Loss of a Son and the Ongoing Battle for Gun Safety” tells the story of the Dix v. Beretta USA trials, giving full voice to both sides of a vital, fascinating and ongoing American debate. It is also about the California coalition he joined that passed gun laws which helped bring the state’s and the nation’s rate of unintentional gun death down dramatically by setting safety standards for handguns sold in the state. When the gun industry sold the safer guns nationally, the rate declined by a similar rate elsewhere as well. But many guns sold by the gun industry are still unnecessarily unsafe.

In addition to information about Dix’s book and his other writing on a wide range of gun safety issues, this website contains links to his many op-eds, as well as to other gun violence prevention resources.