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More than 600 Guns Stolen in 2019 in Nashville Alone, Police Report
More than 600 guns have been stolen so far in 2019 in Nashville, according to the Metro Nashville Police. This data reflects a gun theft crisis across Tennessee that has grown worse in recent years. In…
November 26, 2019
Gov. Mike Parson Announces Support for Gun Safety Legislation to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Domestic Abusers
Yesterday, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, city leaders and police chiefs proposed a plan to fight gun violence that includes keeping firearms away from domestic abusers. Missouri currently has some of the most lenient domestic violence laws in the country –…
November 25, 2019
Death of Fourth Child in San Diego Domestic Violence Mass Shooting Highlights the Toll of Gun Violence on Children
Ezekial Valdivia, who was wounded in a mass shooting that killed four people, including Valdivia’s mother and three siblings, died on Saturday. He was just nine years old. According to…
November 25, 2019
Bexar County Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Gun Safety Bus Ads
Moms Demand Action Created the Be SMART Campaign to Raise Awareness of Secure Firearm StorageBuses Advertising Be SMART Campaign Are Now Circulating San AntonioSAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun…
November 21, 2019
Subject: Moms Demand Action Volunteers Available for Interviews Around Hearing on Extreme Risk Protection Orders
Tomorrow morning, lawmakers on the Interim Joint Judiciary Committee will hold an informational hearing on Extreme Risk Protection Order (“ERPO”) legislation. Volunteers with the Kentucky chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun…
November 21, 2019
New Mass Shootings Analysis Highlights Toll On Children, High Percentage Of Shootings That Followed Clear Warning Signs
**Click HERE to View Everytown Analysis; Researchers Available for Interviews** NEW YORK — Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund today unveiled a new analysis of mass shootings, showing that in the decade between 2009 and 2018,…
November 21, 2019
Shameful: Senate Republicans Cut Life-Saving Provisions To Disarm Domestic Abusers From VAWA Reauthorization
Senate Republican-Introduced Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act Removes Provisions to Disarm Domestic Abusers That Were Included in Bipartisan House-Passed VAWA Reauthorization Bill NEW YORK — Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action, a part of Everytown, denounced Senator…
November 20, 2019
Subject: On Trans Day of Remembrance, There Must be a Conversation About Gun Violence
Today marks Trans Day of Remembrance, a time to honor those killed as a result of anti-transgender violence in the past year. As Destini Philpot, a gender nonconforming volunteer with Students Demand Action Baltimore, writes in…
November 20, 2019
Re: Ohio Senate Holding Hearing on Dangerous ‘Stand Your Ground’ Bill While Popular Background Check, Red Flag Legislation Stalls
Today, the Ohio State Senate Committee on Government Oversight and Reform held a hearing on so-called Stand Your Ground legislation that would upend traditional self-defense law in Ohio and allow a person to shoot to kill in public, even when…
November 20, 2019
Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund Launches $200,000 Digital Spend Against Target U.S. Senators Who Have Failed To Take Action On Gun Safety
NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund is launching $200,000 in digital ads against U.S. Senators in key battleground states who have failed to advance meaningful federal gun safety legislation, including: Senators Martha…
November 19, 2019
Star-Tribune: ‘Will gun policy swing Minnesota’s 2020 elections?’
In a column Sunday, Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter Stephen Montemayor wrote that the results of this month’s Virginia election – in which gun safety played a key role – could offer a preview of Minnesota’s elections…
November 19, 2019
ICYMI — USA Today Opinion: Bipartisan Senators Urge Trump to Resume Talks on Background Check Legislation
This morning, Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) penned an op-ed in USA Today to urge President Trump to resume bipartisan talks on legislation to expand the background check requirement to…
November 19, 2019
Students Demand Action Announces New National Advisory Board
New National Advisory Board Includes 18 Student Leaders, Helps to Lead More than 350 Students Demand Action Chapters Across the Country NEW YORK – Students Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, today announced…
November 18, 2019
Rhode Island Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Rhode Island Family Court Plans to Improve Process Disarming Domestic Abusers
Earlier This Month, Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Released a Report Finding Substantial Gaps in the Family Court’s Implementation of the Protect Rhode Island Families Act PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Today, the Rhode Island chapter of…
November 18, 2019
California Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Mass Shooting at Backyard Gathering in Fresno
Reports Indicate at Least 4 People Were Shot and Killed and at Least 6 Wounded in a Mass Shooting in Fresno on Sunday EveningShooting Comes on the Heels of a Mass Shooting at a San Diego…
November 17, 2019
California Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Mass Shooting at San Diego Home
Reports Indicate 4 People Were Shot and Killed, Including 3 Children This Shooting Comes in the Wake of a Shooting at Saugus High School that Left 2 Students Dead and Wounded 3 More Shooting is at Least…
November 15, 2019
BREAKING: New NRA Financial Disclosure Reveals Massive Salary Increase for Wayne LaPierre
NEW YORK — Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action released the following statement on revelations contained within the NRA’s 2018 Form 990, as first reported by the Washington Post and…
November 14, 2019
Justice Department Report on Fix NICS Act Highlights Urgent Need to Close Loopholes in Background Check System
Report Shows Increase in Records Submitted to Background Check System, but Recent Everytown Investigation Found It is Still Easy to Avoid Background Checks AltogetherEverytown Investigation Found Nearly 1.2 Million Ads on Armslist.com for Gun Sales Where…
November 14, 2019
California Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita
Initial Reports Indicate Several Students Were Shot and InjuredAccording to Everytown Research, This is at Least the 85th Incident of Gunfire on School Grounds this Year SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – The…
November 14, 2019
Trump Administration Moves Forward to Spread Access to Downloadable Guns, Even After Court Found Prior Action to Be Unlawful
Trump Administration Has Now Notified Congress It Will Still Weaken Oversight of Downloadable Guns in 30 Days NEW YORK — Yesterday, a federal court in Washington State struck down the Trump administration’s temporary modification of the…
November 13, 2019
Washington Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Tacoma City Council for Passing an Ammunition and Firearm Tax to Fund Programs to Promote Public Safety and Prevent Gun Violence
The Ordinance Will Create a Tax on Firearms and Ammunition; Revenue Will Fund Programs that Promote Public Safety, Prevent Gun Violence and Offset Costs of Gun Violence in Tacoma TACOMA, Wash. – The Washington chapter of Moms Demand Action for…
November 13, 2019
Everytown: Attorney General’s Gun Violence Plan Misses the Mark
NEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety, the country’s largest gun violence prevention organization, today released the following statement on U.S. Attorney General Barr’s announcement of a new gun violence prevention initiative. “The plan is a mixed bag — it’s also…
November 13, 2019
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Statement on Senator Feinstein’s Introduction of Senate Companion to Bipartisan Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act
WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown, released the following statement today applauding Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) for introducing the Senate companion to the…
November 13, 2019
Virginia Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Richmond City Council for Passing Gun Violence Prevention Ordinance
RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement applauding the Richmond City Council for passing an ordinance requiring the reporting of lost and…
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/.
