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Voter Guide: What To Know Before Election Day

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James Cole with his dog

Take It From Me: Gun Violence Can Happen to Anyone

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Bryant at a restaurant

My Son’s Death Was Senseless and Entirely Preventable

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Trese Todd

When My Daughter Became a Victim of Violent Domestic Abuse, I Could No Longer Be Silent

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My Son Was Living His Dream When a Single Bullet Ended It All

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When My Sister Told Her Abusive Husband She Was Leaving Him, He Shot Her to Death

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I was with Aunt Joyce at her home on the night she decided to end her life. I told her I would be back in the morning so we could talk more about whatever was troubling her.

My Beloved Aunt Took Her Life With a Gun. It’s an Image I’ll Never Forget.

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It Took Just 36 Seconds for a Gunman to Shoot My Son 15 Times

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I Realized My Son Was Dead When the Hospital Chaplain Asked if We Could Pray

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Johan steers the rudder of his boat

It’s hard to believe I’m talking about our family when I speak about my father-in-law’s shooting death

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Tom and his son, Joe, standing arm-in-arm outside

My Son’s Childhood Friend Premeditated His Brutal Shooting Death

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Christine holds her son, Christopher, when he was much younger

It took 33 hours for me to learn my son had been killed at Pulse nightclub in Orlando

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The Right Place at the Right Time

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Jun 21, 2024

United States Supreme Court Reverses Fifth Circuit’s Extreme Rahimi Decision, Everytown Responds

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Two Moms Demand Action volunteers in red hooded sweatshirts stand with their backs to the camera as they stand at a Day of the Dead and gun violence prevention event. An ofrenda with string lights is visible in the background.

This Day of the Dead, We Remember Those Taken by Gun Violence

Survivor Stories, Volunteer Stories
Two Moms Demand Action volunteers, wearing red long-sleeve shirts, are door-knocking. One stands at the top of a short staircase, left hand raised to knock on the front door of a brick building while her right hand holds a stack of elections pamphlet materials. The other stands at the bottom of the stairs, with her right leg one stair higher than her left. Her hands are in her pockets.Two Moms Demand Action volunteers, wearing red long-sleeve shirts, are door-knocking. One stands at the top of a short staircase, left hand raised to knock on the front door of a brick building while her right hand holds a stack of elections pamphlet materials. The other stands at the bottom of the stairs, with her right leg one stair higher than her left. Her hands are in her pockets.

What Is a Weekend of Action?

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Six people pose for a photo inside of a bowling alley. Two are wearing Moms Demand Action shirts. They all are gathered around a white sign that reads

The Toledo Group Working to “Bowl Over Gun Violence”

Survivor Stories, Volunteer Stories
Shannon, a white woman with blond hair wearing a grey Be SMART t-shirt, poses with Crystal, a Black woman wearing a black t-shirt and a black headband. In the foreground of the image are boxes of diapers they have collected.

How This Group Is Using Diaper Changes To Change How Firearms Are Stored

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A total of 17 Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers, all wearing red branded shirts, pose for a photo during Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill. They stand in front of a staircase with shade trees on either side of the path behind them; the Capitol building is visible between the trees in the background.

Calling on Congress: Powerful Stories From Our Largest Federal Advocacy Day

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20 members of the Burnsville Care Team stand in front of a powerpoint slide that reads

Burnsville Care Team: Supporting Families and First Responders Grieving Their Fallen Heroes

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Meet Julianne Moore’s #WCWs: 12 of the Women Who Power the Movement

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Students Can’t Learn and Teachers Can’t Teach If They Don’t Feel Safe in Schools

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Deanna McKinney

Supporting Grieving Families in Memory of Obi Henderson

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What Are Moms Demand Action Advocacy Days?

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The NRA Trial Verdict Is a Big Loss for the NRA

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We Can Repair the Despair, Build Bridges, and Learn From Each Other

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A volunteer holds a “Gun Laws Save Lives” sign
Jun 13, 2024

Governor Daniel McKee Signs Lifesaving Secure Storage Legislation into Law; Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond

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November 6, 2024

VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Bob Ferguson, Everytown-Endorsed Candidate, Wins Governor’s Race in Washington

Everytown Supporters, Alongside Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, Made More Than 12 Million Voter Contacts To Support Gun Sense Candidates Nationwide OLYMPIA, Wash. – In a significant victory for gun safety and major defeat for gun lobby-backed…
November 6, 2024

Gun Sense Champion Jeff Jackson Wins in North Carolina

Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund Partnered With DAGA People’s Lawyer Project to Launch TV Ads Highlighting Dan Bishop’s Extreme and Dangerous Record Everytown Supporters, Alongside Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, Made More Than 12 Million Voter…
November 6, 2024

VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chair Brandon Scott Wins Re-election as Baltimore Mayor

Mayor Scott Recently Co-Hosted a Mayors Against Illegal Guns Summit on Gun Violence Prevention and Gun Industry Accountability Following Release of New Report Exposing Top Crime Gun Manufacturers Everytown Supporters, Alongside Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, Made…
November 6, 2024

Representative Robin Kelly, Everytown-Supported Gun Sense Candidate, Wins Re-election in Illinois

Everytown Supporters, Alongside Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, Made More Than 12 Million Voter Contacts To Support Gun Sense Candidates Nationwide WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and…
November 6, 2024

Representative Lucy McBath, Everytown-Supported Gun Sense Candidate and Former Everytown Employee and Moms Demand Action Volunteer, Wins Re-election in Georgia

Over Past Four Cycles, Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund and Victory Fund Have Spent More than $9 Million to Help Elect and Re-Elect Representative McBath Everytown Supporters, Alongside Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, Made More Than…
November 6, 2024

VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Gun Sense Champion Josh Stein Wins North Carolina Gubernatorial Race

Everytown Supporters, Alongside Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, Made More Than 12 Million Voter Contacts To Support Gun Sense Candidates Nationwide RALEIGH, N.C— Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund and Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, and…
November 6, 2024

Angela Alsobrooks, Everytown-Supported Gun Sense Candidate, Wins Election in Maryland

Everytown Supporters, Alongside Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, Made More Than 12 Million Voter Contacts To Support Gun Sense Candidates Nationwide WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and…
November 6, 2024

VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Leader Hakeem Jeffries Wins Re-election

Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund Partnered with House Majority PAC on $10 Million Paid Media Campaign to Flip House to Gun Sense MajorityLeader Jeffries Named Everytown’s 2024 Federal Gun Sense Lawmaker of the Year in JuneEverytown Supporters, Alongside Moms…
November 6, 2024

VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Gun Sense Champion Matt Meyer Wins Delaware Gubernatorial Race

Everytown Supporters, Alongside Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, Made More Than 12 Million Voter Contacts To Support Gun Sense Candidates Nationwide DOVER, Del. — Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund and Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund,…
November 6, 2024

VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Pamela Goodwine Wins Kentucky Supreme Court Seat

Everytown Supporters, Alongside Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, Made More Than 12 Million Voter Contacts To Support Gun Sense Candidates Nationwide FRANKFORT, Ky. — Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and…
October 25, 2024

Everytown, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Statement on Six Year Mark of the Mass Shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh

NEW YORK — Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements today ahead of Sunday’s six-year mark of the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh,…
October 22, 2024

Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Volunteers Flood 46 States Across the Country in Support of Gun Sense Candidates Up and Down the Ballot  During Weekend of Action

This past weekend, gun violence survivors and volunteers with Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, the grassroots arms of Everytown for Gun Safety, held their second Weekend of Action in advance of the 2024 election. Over the course of…

Did you know

Firearms are the 1st-leading cause of death among children and teens in Washington.

Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, "EveryStat: Washington," (2020), https://everystat.org/#Washington.

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Hawaiʻi State Senator Chris Lee (left), Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke (middle), and Hawaiʻi State Representative Scot Matayoshi (right) at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol in Honolulu, HI on Feb. 8, 2023.
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Rudy Espinoza, the emceee and a volunteer with the Calif. chapter of Moms Demand Action, speaks during the 10th anniversary event of Moms Demand Action in Sacramento, Calif. on Sunday, March 12, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal, Everytown for Gun Safety
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