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LAWMAKERS CAVE TO GUN LOBBY: Despite Overwhelming Bipartisan Support From Constituents and Gun Safety Advocates, Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Fail to Pass Legislation that Would Have Banned Weapon of Choice for Mass Shooters
Senate Fails its Constituents on SB 401 Despite Polling Showing that 75% of Registered Voters in Hawai’i Support a Ban on the Sale of Military-Style Rifles like AR-15s HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown…
April 30, 2025
Gun Safety Advocates Urge Passage of Bill to Keep DIY Machine Guns Out of New York Communities
ALBANY, N.Y. – Yesterday, hundreds of gun safety advocates with the New York chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, held a rally at the state capitol building in…
April 29, 2025
Senator Valarie Lawson Elected Rhode Island Senate President; Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Urge Follow-Through on S 359 to Keep Assault Weapons Out of Rhode Island Communities
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – With the election of Senate President Valarie Lawson as the new Rhode Island Senate President, volunteers with the Rhode Island chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action issued the following statements to congratulate Lawson on…
April 29, 2025
On Annual Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Advocacy Day, Lawmakers Unveil Bill to Prohibit Illinois Firearms Dealers from Selling Pistols Easily Convertible to Automatic Fire Through the Use of a Switch
Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Respond to the Introduction of HB 4045/SB 2652 Which Incentivizes Gun Manufacturers to Innovate Toward Safety on Annual Advocacy Day in Springfield SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois chapters of Moms Demand Action and…
April 28, 2025
ICYMI: Governor Josh Green Supports Legislation to Ban the Weapon of Choice of Mass Shooters in Hawai‘i
HONOLULU — Today, during an appearance in KHON2, Hawai‘i Governor Josh Green announced his support for SB 401. The legislation would close a dangerous gap in Hawaiʻi law that currently prohibits assault pistols but not assault rifles such as AR-15s.
April 28, 2025
1 Shot and Killed and 4 Shot and Wounded in School Shooting at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina; Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
RALEIGH, N.C. —The North Carolina chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statements in response to a mass shooting early Sunday morning on campus at…
April 25, 2025
Vermont Senate Passes Ordinance Change to Burlington Charter Keeping Guns Out of Bars; Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
MONTPELIER, VT – The Vermont chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statement applauding the Vermont Senate for passing a change to the Burlington city charter that…
April 25, 2025
ANOTHER YEAR OF DISAPPOINTMENT: Indiana Legislature Ends 2025 Session Refusing to Take Action on the State’s Gun Violence Epidemic
Indiana Has the 18th Highest Rate of Gun Deaths in the Nation INDIANAPOLIS — Today, the Indiana chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statements after…
April 25, 2025
Nevada Lawmakers Advanced Legislation to Raise the Age for Semiautomatic Weapons; Here’s What You Need to Know
CARSON CITY, Nev. — This week, the Nevada Assembly voted to pass legislation to raise the minimum age for purchasing or possessing semiautomatic shotguns and semiautomatic assault weapons to 21 (AB 245). The bill crossed over to the Senate today,…
April 25, 2025
Hawaiʻi Conference Committee Advances Bipartisan Legislation to Ban the Weapons of Choice for Mass Shooters
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, issued the following statement after lawmakers in the Conference Committee advanced SB 401. “Today we are one step closer to protecting our islands…
April 24, 2025
Assault Weapons are the Weapon of Choice for Mass Shooters, SB 401 and Hawai’i Lawmakers Can Finally Get These Weapons of War out of our Communities
The Conference Committee on SB 401 Has Until 6:00PM Today to Advance a Ban on Assault Weapons HONOLULU — Last night, the House followed the Senate in appointing the members of the conference committee for SB 401. The legislation…
April 23, 2025
On Annual Advocacy Day, Headlined By Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan House Passes Critical Community Violence Intervention Legislation
Vote Comes as Hundreds of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Gather in Lansing for Annual Advocacy Day, and Just Two Hours After Governor Whitmer Addressed Gun Safety Advocates LANSING, Mich. — Today, after hundreds of volunteers with…
April 22, 2025
TICK TOCK: Across the Islands People Are Demanding Action on Gun Safety as Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Stall on Bipartisan Assault Weapons Ban
Moms Demand Action Volunteers Will Gather at the Capitol Rotunda Today at 1:00 PM to Urge Lawmakers to Advance SB 401 HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the…
April 17, 2025
2 Killed and 6 Wounded in School Shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee; Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statements in response to a mass shooting Thursday at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
April 15, 2025
Tennessee Lawmakers Advance Misguided Bill to Shield Gun Industry From Accountability
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Today, volunteers with the Tennessee 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 in Tennessee passed SB 1360 through the House and…
April 15, 2025
18 Years After Mass Shooting at Virginia Tech, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Urge Action on Gun Safety to Honor Victims and Survivors
BLACKSBURG, VA. – The Virginia chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statements ahead of the 18-year mark of the mass shooting at Virginia Tech where…
April 15, 2025
Texas Lawmakers Hear Bills That Would Put More Guns into the Hands of Teenagers and Felons, and in More Public Spaces Like Schools and Hospitals: Here’s What You Need to Know
If Lawmakers Pass HB 2470 and HB 4201, Texas Would Become the First State in the Nation to Allow Teenagers to Carry Handguns at School AUSTIN – Yesterday, Texas lawmakers heard a slew of dangerous gun bills that will put more…
April 11, 2025
Nevada Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statement on the Advancement of Critical Violence Prevention Legislation to Keep Guns Out of Dangerous Hands and Sensitive Locations
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Today, the Nevada chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statements after Nevada lawmakers advanced legislation to prohibit the possession of firearms…
April 10, 2025
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statements on Bill Signing of High-Capacity Magazine Enforcement Legislation
Victory Builds on Progress in Colorado; Colorado Passed Three Gun Safety Bills This Legislative Session After Passing Six Last Year; Seven Former Moms Demand Action Volunteers Now Lead on Gun Safety as Lawmakers in the Statehouse DENVER — Today, Everytown…
April 10, 2025
Everytown for Gun Safety Endorses Abigail Spanberger, Former Moms Demand Action Volunteer, for Governor of Virginia; Announces $1 Million Investment in Virginia Governor’s Race
Moms Demand Action Volunteers Currently Make Up Nearly 20% of the Virginia House Democratic Caucus RICHMOND, VA — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund announced its endorsement of former Congresswoman and Moms Demand Action volunteer Abigail Spanberger for Governor…
April 9, 2025
Just Weeks After Governor Youngkin Vetoes Dozens of Gun Safety Bills, Mass Shooting in Spotsylvania County Kills Three People and Wounds Three Others
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. – Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots network, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statement in response to a mass shooting in Spotsylvania county, where three people were shot and killed and…
April 9, 2025
Gun Violence Survivors and Gun Safety Advocates Gather at Statehouse to Urge Passage of Legislation to Get Assault Weapons Out of Our Communities
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Yesterday, volunteers with the Rhode Island chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, met with lawmakers to urge the passage of legislation that would get weapons…
April 8, 2025
HISTORIC VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Hawai‘i Senate Passes Legislation to Create Office of Gun Violence Prevention and Strengthen Firearm Storage
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statement after lawmakers in the Senate passed HB 125 and HB 664. If signed into law…
April 7, 2025
Georgia Lawmakers Fail to Pass Gun Safety Legislation in the Wake of Mass Shooting at Apalachee High School
ATLANTA—The Georgia chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statements after state lawmakers failed to pass any substantive gun violence prevention measures to keep communities safe…
Did you know
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.
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, “Gun Violence and COVID-19 in 2020: A Year of Colliding Crises,” May 7, 2021, https://everytownresearch.org/report/gun-violence-and-covid-19-in-2020-a-year-of-colliding-crises/.
