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Moms Demand Action Partners With Local Law Enforcement in 16 States for “National Night Out” to Promote Be SMART Program, Secure Firearm Storage to Prevent Unintentional Shootings by Children
Moms Demand Action Teams Up with Local Law Enforcement to Promote Be SMART Program to Prevent Unintentional Shootings by Children in the U.S. #NotAnAccident Index Reveals There Have Been at Least 216…
August 3, 2021
States Lead The Way on Gun Safety in 2021: Passing Over 30 Gun Safety Laws, Rejecting Dozens of Extreme Gun Lobby Bills, Approving A Record Over $250 Million For Gun Violence Prevention
Thousands of Moms and Students Demand Action Volunteers Across the Country Partnered With Democratic, Republican and Independent Lawmakers to Achieve Massive Victories and Block Bad Bills NEW YORK — Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action, and Students Demand…
July 28, 2021
West Virginia Moms Demand Action Responds to Unintentional Shooting of 6-Year-Old Boy in Charleston
The West Virginia chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement after a shooting in Charleston in which a 6-year-old boy unintentionally shot himself in the hand…
July 26, 2021
Everytown, California Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Mass Shooting in Wasco, California
The California chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statements after five people were shot, four fatally, at a home in Wasco, California on Sunday. According…
July 26, 2021
Moms Demand Action Finds New Ways to Encourage Secure Gun Storage Around the Country
As gun sales and gun violence have increased over the last year, so have unintentional shootings by children. Moms Demand Action volunteers around the country have been working to raise awareness and prevent more unintentional shootings by educating their communities…
July 22, 2021
Everytown Statement on President Biden Signing the VOCA Fix Into Law
WASHINGTON — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements after President Joe Biden signed the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021 into…
July 22, 2021
Everytown Applauds AG Garland As He Launches Strike Forces to Combat Gun Trafficking in Five Cities
WASHINGTON — Today in Chicago, Attorney General Merrick Garland launched gun trafficking strike forces in five major cities to help stem the rising murder rates in cities across the country. The strike forces were first announced by President Joe Biden,…
July 20, 2021
Tennessee Moms Demand Action Respond to Unintentional Shooting of 6-Year-Old Boy in Sumner County, Second Unintentional Shooting in Two Weeks
The Tennessee chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement after an unintentional shooting in Sumner County in which a 6-year-old boy was unintentionally shot and killed.
July 14, 2021
New GAO Report Shows Vast Health Care Cost of Gun Violence, Highlighting Urgency to Take Action
House Oversight Democrats Unveiled GAO Report Today, Which Shows Immediate Health Care Costs From Gun Violence Exceed $1 Billion Per year Everytown Research Shows Total Short and Longterm Economic Costs of Gun Violence Total $280 Billion…
July 1, 2021
Amid the Ongoing Gun Violence Crisis, New Gun Laws — Good and Bad — Will go into Effect Across the Country this Month. Here’s what to know.
During the 2021 legislative sessions, state legislatures across the country passed gun legislation and many of those laws will go into effect this month. 2020 was one of the deadliest years for gun violence on record and as the crisis…
