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Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Rep. Debbie Dingell For U.S. House
Rep. Dingell is a Gun Sense Champion Who Will Fight for Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures in Congress NEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed Congresswoman Debbie Dingell for Congress in Michigan’s 12th congressional district. Congresswoman Dingell has…
June 30, 2020
Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Rep. Robin Kelly, Rep. Mike Quigley, and Rep. Brad Schneider For U.S. House
Reps. Kelly, Quigley, Schneider are Gun Sense Champions Who Will Fight for Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures in CongressNEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed Congresswoman Robin Kelly for Congress in Illinois’ 2nd congressional district, Congressman Mike Quigley…
June 30, 2020
Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Rep. Joe Neguse For U.S. House
Rep. Neguse is a Gun Sense Champion Who Will Fight for Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures in CongressNEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed Congressman Joe Neguse for Congress in Colorado’s 2nd congressional district. Congressman Neguse has received…
June 30, 2020
Recommendations on How to Cover Suicide and Gun Violence
As millions of Americans are sheltering in place, some isolated from friends and family, and many are struggling financially, experts have raised the alarm about the heightened risk of suicide and an uptick in suicide calls. The…
June 30, 2020
New Everytown Analysis: Data from Past Economic Crises Indicates 20 Additional Gun Suicides per Day Possible in 2020 Without Preventive Action
Data from Great Depression and Great Recession Suggest COVID-19 Could Bring a 20 to 30 Percent Increase in Firearm Suicides in 2020Steps to Address Risks Include Strengthening Gun Laws, Promoting Secure Firearm Storage and Increasing Access…
June 30, 2020
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Rep. Veronica Escobar and Rep. Sylvia Garcia for U.S. House
Reps. Escobar and Garcia are Gun Sense Champions Who Will Fight for Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures in CongressNEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed Congresswoman Veronica Escobar for Congress in Texas’s 16th congressional district and Congresswoman…
June 30, 2020
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Rep. Steve Cohen for U.S. House
Rep. Cohen is a Gun Sense Champion Who Will Fight for Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures in CongressNEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed Congressman Steve Cohen for Congress in Tennessee’s 9th congressional district. Cohen has received…
June 30, 2020
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Rep. Hank Johnson and Rep. John Lewis for U.S. House
Reps. Johnson and Lewis are Gun Sense Champions Who Will Fight for Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures in CongressNEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed Congressman Hank Johnson for Congress in Georgia’s 4th district and Congressman John…
June 30, 2020
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Rep. Anthony Brown, Rep. Jamie Raskin for U.S. House
Reps. Anthony Brown and Jamie Raskin are Gun Sense Champions Who Will Fight for Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures in CongressNEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed Congressman Anthony Brown for Congress in Maryland’s 4th congressional district,…
June 30, 2020
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Senator Cory Booker for U.S. Senate
Sen. Cory Booker is a Gun Sense Champion Who Will Fight for Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures in CongressNEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed Senator Cory Booker for U.S. Senate in New Jersey. Senator Booker received…
June 30, 2020
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Rep. Kathleen Rice, Rep. Grace Meng for U.S. House
Reps. Kathleen Rice and Grace Meng are Gun Sense Champions Who Will Fight for Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures in CongressNEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed Congresswoman Kathleen Rice for Congress in New York’s fourth congressional…
June 30, 2020
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Rep. Dwight Evans, Rep. Madeleine Dean, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan for U.S. House
Reps. Evans, Dean, Scanlon, and Houlahan are Gun Sense Champions Who Will Fight for Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures in CongressNEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed Congressman Dwight Evans for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 3rd congressional district,…
June 30, 2020
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Rep. David Cicilline for U.S. House
Rep. Cicilline is a Gun Sense Champion Who Will Fight for Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures in CongressNEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed Congressman David Cicilline for Congress in Rhode Island’s 1st congressional district, after receiving…
June 30, 2020
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Rep. Don Beyer, Rep. Jennifer Wexton, and Rep. Gerry Connolly for U.S. House
Reps. Beyer, Wexton, and Connolly are Gun Sense Champions Who Will Fight for Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures in CongressNEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed Congressman Don Beyer for Congress in Virginia’s 8th congressional district, Congresswoman…
June 30, 2020
Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund Announces New U.S. House and Senate Endorsements
Everytown Today Endorsed U.S. House and Senate Candidates Who Have Championed Gun Safety Polling Shows Americans’ Support for Gun Safety Measures Has Surged Amid Coronavirus PandemicNEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed dozens…
June 29, 2020
Moms Demand Action Statement on Colorado Supreme Court Ruling Upholding the State’s Large-Capacity Magazine Prohibition
The Colorado chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement applauding a unanimous Colorado Supreme Court ruling upholding Colorado’s 2013 law prohibiting the possession of large-capacity magazines: “Today’s…
June 29, 2020
St. Louis Couple Threatens Peaceful Protest In Latest Example of Armed Intimidation Toward Protestors
On Sunday evening, a video emerged showing a St. Louis couple pointing a semiautomatic rifle and a pistol at a crowd of peaceful protesters, the latest of several armed responses to protests across the country. A group of…
June 29, 2020
NRA Loses 200 Employees, Weak Heading into November Elections
According to a new report by The Guardian, the NRA “faces a deepening financial crisis with over 200 staff layoffs and furloughs in 2020.” The story adds that “the situation is likely to hinder efforts by…
June 29, 2020
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud New Hampshire Senate for Passing Extreme Risk Legislation
The New Hampshire chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, today released the following statement after the Senate passed extreme risk protection order legislation, which would…
June 27, 2020
Kentucky Moms Demand Action Responds to Saturday Shooting at Jefferson Square Park in Louisville
The Kentucky chapter of Moms Demand Action, a part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, today released the following statement after reports that one person was killed and at least one person was wounded Saturday afternoon at Jefferson Square…
June 26, 2020
Everytown Applauds House Passage of Legislation to Establish D.C. Statehood
NEW YORK –– Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements applauding the House passage of H.R. 51, legislation to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state. The…
June 26, 2020
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud Governor Gary Herbert for Signing Legislation to Ensure Accountability for Police Violence
The Utah chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both a part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement after Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed into law House Bill 5007, legislation to ensure accountability…
June 26, 2020
Everytown, North Carolina Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Slam North Carolina Lawmakers for Inaction on Gun Safety, Vow to Elect Gun Sense Majority in General Assembly
North Carolina Voters Support Strengthening Gun Laws by a 6:1 MarginOn Wednesday, Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund and Action Fund Launched Gun Sense Majority: North Carolina, a $5 Million Initiative to Elect Gun Sense Candidates…
June 26, 2020
Lawmakers Take Steps to End Violence by Police and its Disproportionate Impact on Black People in Delaware
This week, lawmakers in Delaware moved HB350, legislation to ban chokeholds, through committee — marking a positive step towards addressing violence by police. Additionally, Governor Carney released an executive order also banning…
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/.
