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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Florida Law Prohibiting the Open Carry of Firearms, Dealing yet Another Courtroom Loss to the Gun Lobby
High Court Also Declines to Hear Challenge to Maryland’s Law Prohibiting the Sale of Large-Capacity Magazines and Assault Weapons Today’s Setbacks for the Gun Lobby Show Courts Continue To Reject Its Extremist Arguments NEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety…
November 30, 2017
Moms Demand Action, Everytown Statement on Transgender Day of Remembrance
At Least 25 Transgender Individuals Have Been Killed Nationwide This Year, 17 of Whom Have Been Shot and Killed, 20 of Whom Have Been Trans Women of Color NEW YORK — Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America,…
November 30, 2017
NEW REPORT: During NRA’s 2016 Annual Convention, Top Putin Ally Tried to Meet With Candidate Trump, Top Campaign Officials in an Attempt to “Arrange a Meeting” Between Trump and Putin
In case you missed it, new emails provided to Senate investigators by Jared Kushner have revealed that a top Vladimir Putin ally (and lifetime NRA member) with close ties to NRA leadership, Aleksander Torshin, tried to set up a meeting…
November 30, 2017
Law Enforcement Agree: “Concealed Carry Reciprocity” Threatens Public Safety, and Puts Police Officers and the Public at Risk
Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee ignored growing opposition from major law enforcement organizations and police officers across the country by advancing the gun lobby’s top priority legislation, H.R. 38, the “Concealed Carry…
November 30, 2017
Nevada Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Shooting in Downtown Reno
Reports Indicate Suspect Barricaded Himself and a Hostage Inside an Eighth Floor Apartment and Fired Down Onto Sierra Street RENO, Nev. – The Nevada chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety,…
November 29, 2017
Everytown Statement: House Judiciary Ignores Opposition From Law Enforcement, Mayors and the Public and Moves Dangerous ‘Concealed Carry Reciprocity’ Legislation Through Committee
Concealed Carry Reciprocity Would Weaken State Gun Laws, Allow People With Dangerous Histories and No Training to Carry Hidden, Loaded Handguns in Public NEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun…
November 3, 2017
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Applaud Reps. Peter King, Mike Thompson for Reintroducing Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Background Checks on Gun Purchases
Since 1998, the Background Check System Has Blocked More Than 3 Million Firearm Sales to Prohibited Purchasers WASHINGTON – Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown, released the following statements…
November 3, 2017
Georgia Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Shooting Death of Transgender Woman in Macon
Candace Towns is at Least the 25th Trans Person Killed Nationwide This Year, 17 of Whom Have Been Shot and Killed, 20 Have Been Trans Women of Color MACON, CORPUS CHRISTI, Ga. – The Georgia chapter of Moms Demand Action…
November 3, 2017
One Month After Vegas: NRA Claims Credit for Slowing Bump Stocks Legislation, Then Says It Expects GOP House to Move Dangerous NRA Priorities “in the Next Few Weeks”
In case you missed it, one month after the Las Vegas mass shooting, NRA leadership is both claiming credit for slowing down legislation to prohibit bump stocks, and gleefully suggesting that the House of Representatives will move forward on the…
November 3, 2017
Colorado Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Fatal Shooting at Walmart
Reports Indicate at Least Three People Shot and Killed While Shopping at a Walmart in Thornton Gun Violence by the Numbers (and Visuals) Available Here THORNTON, Colo. – The Colorado chapter of…
