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What You Need to Know About Florida Attorney General Uthmeier’s Failure to Uphold the State’s Lifesaving Open Carry Ban
This week, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier failed to challenge the recent Florida First District Court of Appeals decision in McDaniels v. State of Florida, and announced that Florida’s life-saving, decades-old open carry ban should not be applied anywhere in…
September 13, 2025
California Legislature Passes AB 1127: Everytown, Moms Demand Action, and Students Demand Action Urge Governor Gavin Newsom to Sign First-in-the-Nation Bill Taking on DIY Machine Guns
California is on the Verge of Becoming the First State to Push Gun Makers to Make Safer Pistols Supporters of AB 1127 Sent 134,984 Messages to Lawmakers and Made Over 2,400 Calls Urging Its Passage SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California…
September 10, 2025
Everytown, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Statement on Assassination of Charlie Kirk
NEW YORK — Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, issued the following statements in response to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. “Political violence of any sort is absolutely unacceptable, full stop,”…
September 8, 2025
MONEY IS EVERYTHING: Why the Gun Industry Hates AB 1127 and Why Senate Pro Tempore McGuire Should Bring It to a Vote This Week
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Since the beginning of the legislative session, the gun lobby and gun industry have worked closely together to stop AB 1127, which aims to prevent the spread of DIY machine guns, spreading misinformation and smearing the life-saving…
September 5, 2025
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Condemn Complete Lack of Action from Minnesota State Lawmakers on Gun Safety Following Deadly Mass Shooting at Annunciation Catholic School
Calls for a Special Session for State Ban on Assault Weapons Come After Two Children Killed and 21 Other People Wounded on Third Day Back to School at Annunciation Catholic School MINNEAPOLIS — A week and a half after the…
September 5, 2025
STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION ORGANIZES MORE THAN 250 SCHOOL WALKOUTS ON GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
Students Demand Action Volunteers and Gun Violence Survivors Are Available for Interviews; Photos Also Available NEW YORK, N.Y. — Today, Students Demand Action groups, a grassroots arm of Everytown for Gun Safety, hosted more than 250 coordinated school walkouts across…
September 1, 2025
Coalition of Minnesota Gun Safety Groups Urge Governor Walz to Call a Special Session Immediately to Ban Weapons of War
Calls for State Ban on Assault Weapons Comes After Two Children Killed and 18 More Wounded on Third Day Back to School at Annunciation Catholic School MINNEAPOLIS — Today, a coalition of gun violence prevention groups released the following statements…
August 29, 2025
ONE VOTE AWAY: California Appropriations Committee Sends AB 1127 to Senate Floor; Golden State One Step Away From Stopping the Spread of DIY Machine Guns
After Originally Holding the Bill Lawmakers Advanced AB 1127 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statements after the Senate…
August 27, 2025
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statement on School Shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church School
MINNEAPOLIS — Today, the Minnesota chapter of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statements on the shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in South Minneapolis. While details are…
August 26, 2025
Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarthy, Assemblymembers Jesse Gabriel and Catherine Stefani Join Gun Violence Survivors to Urge Action on DIY Machine Guns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statement after today’s press conference at the California State Capitol in support of AB…
July 31, 2025
Everytown For Gun Safety Endorses Latest Round of Moms Demand Action Volunteers Running for Office
NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund announced its latest round of endorsements of Moms Demand Action volunteers running for office across the country. These endorsements are a testament to the growing power of Moms Demand Action…
July 29, 2025
North Carolina Republican Lawmakers Override Governor Stein’s Veto and Allow Guns in Private Schools
RALEIGH, N.C. — Today, the North Carolina chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statements after lawmakers voted to override Governor Stein’s veto of HB 193,…
July 29, 2025
Politics Over Public Safety: Republican State Lawmakers Vote to Override Veto of Permitless Carry in the Senate
In Response to Bipartisan Opposition and Broad Public Disapproval of Permitless Carry Legislation, Governor Stein Vetoed SB 50 In June RALEIGH, N.C. — Today, the North Carolina chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown…
July 21, 2025
North Carolina Mayors, Law Enforcement, and Gun Safety Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Uphold Governor Stein’s Veto of Permitless Carry Bill
RALEIGH, N.C. — Today, volunteers with the North Carolina chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action held a virtual press briefing with North Carolinians Against Gun Violence. Participants included local leaders like Huntersville Mayor Christy Clark and…
July 16, 2025
GROWING SUPPORT: National and State Organizations Back California’s Bold Move to Stop DIY Machine Guns, As Senate Judiciary Committee Advances AB 1127
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statements following the Senate Judiciary Committee’s passage of AB 1127 after a strong show…
July 10, 2025
Hawaiʻi’s Gun Deaths Are Rising, What You Need to Know
From 2014 to 2023 Gun Violence in Hawaiʻi Increased 84%, The Highest Increase of Any State in the United States HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following…
July 4, 2025
Everytown Statement on Trump Signing Reconciliation Bill
WASHINGTON — Today, President Trump signed a reconciliation bill that includes a provision weakening the National Firearms Act by eliminating the $200 tax on purchasing or making silencers, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, and other dangerous weapons — regulations that have been…
July 3, 2025
A Night of Music Shattered by Gunfire After Four People are Shot and Killed, 14 Shot and Wounded in River North, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
CHICAGO — The Illinois chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following joint statement after a shooting took place around 11 p.m. last night outside a restaurant…
July 3, 2025
A Night of Music Shattered by Gunfire After Four People are Shot and Killed, 14 Shot and Wounded in River North, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
CHICAGO — The Illinois chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following joint statement after a shooting took place around 11 p.m. last night outside a restaurant…
July 1, 2025
Everytown Statement on Senate Passing Reconciliation Bill
WASHINGTON — Today, the Senate passed a reconciliation bill that included a provision weakening the National Firearms Act by eliminating the $200 tax on purchasing or making silencers, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, and other dangerous weapons — regulations that have been…
June 30, 2025
Idaho Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Respond to Deadly Ambush in Coeur d’Alene
Gunman Shot and Killed Two Firemen and Critically Shot and Wounded Another While They Responded to Fire BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network,…
June 27, 2025
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Following Advocacy from Oregon Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, Senate Passes Legislation to Regulate Reckless Rapid Fire Devices
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statements after the Oregon Senate followed the House’s vote and passed SB 243. The…
June 27, 2025
Senate Parliamentarian Rules that Language Removing Silencers, Short-Barreled Rifles and Shotguns from the National Firearms Act Violates Byrd Rule
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Called on Lawmakers to Remove Dangerous Provisions from Bill WASHINGTON — Today, the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that language removing silencers, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, and “any other weapons” from the National Firearms Act…
June 26, 2025
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee for Signing Assault Weapons Ban in Rhode Island
Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee Signed SB359 Surrounded by Gun Violence Survivors, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers PROVIDENCE — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots network, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the…
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Black Americans are nearly twice as likely as white Americans to die from COVID-19 and more than 10 times as likely to die from gun homicide.
