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Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Announces a Nearly $700,000 Direct Mail Campaign in 15 Republican-held Virginia House and Senate Districts
Direct Mail Campaign Will Include 75 Separate Mail Pieces, As Part of Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund’s $2.5 Million Effort to Elect a Gun Sense Majority in Virginia’s General Assembly Direct Mail Campaign Will Include…
October 11, 2019
Texas Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Fatal Shooting of Transgender Woman in Houston
Itali Marlowe is at Least the 19 Trans Person Killed Nationwide This Year; 15 Have Been Killed With a Gun; Almost All Were Black Women At least 5 Transgender Women Have Been Killed or Wounded…
October 10, 2019
Ad Watch: NRA ‘A’ rated Virginia State Senator Siobhan Dunnavant Pretends to Support Gun Violence Prevention in Absurd New TV Ad
In the TV Ad, Dunnavant Says She Supports a “Federal Ban on Bump Stocks,” Even Though She Voted Against Banning Bump Stocks in Virginia Senate Dunnavant Says “As a Mother, I Believe in Action,” But…
October 7, 2019
Massachusetts Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Mass Shooting in Abington
ABINGTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement in response to reports that five people were found shot and…
October 7, 2019
Ohio Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond After Gov. Dewine Abandons Efforts to Require Background Checks on All Ohio Gun Sales
Background Checks and Red Flag Laws are Fundamental to Gun Safety, and Were Once Supported by Gov. DeWine COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown…
October 7, 2019
Kansas Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Mass Shooting in Downtown Kansas City, Kansas
Initial Reports Indicate at Least Four People Were Shot and Killed, at Least Five People Wounded KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Everytown for Gun Safety and the Kansas chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense…
October 7, 2019
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Announces Nearly $200,000 in Targeted Ads to Highlight Senate’s Shocking Inaction on Gun Safety and Push Senators to Act
NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown, highlighted the U.S. Senate’s failure to pass legislation to require background checks on all gun sales and…
October 7, 2019
Ohio Moms Demand Action, Everytown Raise Concern That Gov. DeWine Will Abandon Efforts to Require Background Checks on All Ohio Gun Sales
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, today released the following statement: “We’re concerned that Gov. DeWine may be planning to walk away from central parts of…
October 4, 2019
Missouri Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud City of St. Louis For Committing an Additional $5 Million to Cure Violence, A Violence Interruption Program
ST. LOUIS — The Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, today released the following statement after the city of St. Louis voted to increase funding for Cure Violence by $5 million over the next…
October 4, 2019
ICYMI – WaPo: Poll Shows Gun Policy is Top Issue for Virginia Voters, and Majorities Support Gun Safety Proposals
This morning The Washington Post published a story on a new poll that reveals “three out of four voters rate gun policy as a “very important” issue in casting their ballots, and majorities support proposals pitched…
October 3, 2019
Everytown for Gun Safety Statement on Las Vegas’ Attempt to Skirt State Law that Keeps Guns Out of the Hands of Domestic Abusers
LAS VEGAS — Everytown for Gun Safety, the nation’s largest gun violence prevention organization, has sent a letter to the Las Vegas City Council, expressing strong opposition to a proposal that could make it easier for…
October 3, 2019
Maryland Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Pre-File of Background Check Legislation
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, applauds the pre-filing of legislation to require background checks on all sales of rifles and shotguns in the state.
October 3, 2019
New Ad in Virginia SD-12: Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Supporting Debra Rodman TV and Digital Ad Highlighting Siobhan Dunnavant’s Opposition to Gun Safety Laws and Allegiance to NRA
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Contributing to the Ad, Which Will Run in Richmond Media Market As Part of $140,000 TV Ad Buy Contribution is Part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s…
October 2, 2019
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, Moms Demand Action Applaud Former Vice President Joe Biden for Elevating Issue of Gun Violence Prevention in 2020 Presidential Campaign
Former Vice President Biden Released Plans Ahead of Gun Safety Forum in Nevada Today Biden Attended Everytown’s Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Iowa in August and Received the Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate Distinction…
October 2, 2019
Everytown Responds to Sens. Wyden, Schumer Letter Calling on IRS to Investigate NRA for Possible Tax Law Violations
Letter Follows Release of Senate Finance Committee Minority Staff Report, ‘The NRA and Russia: How a Tax-Exempt Organization Became a Foreign Asset’ NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety responded to…
September 30, 2019
Pennsylvania Ed Boards Urge Lawmakers to Advance Gun Violence Prevention Legislation
Since Sunday, both The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Patriot-News have editorialized in favor of gun safety legislation following hearings on gun violence prevention last week in Harrisburg. Lawmakers heard…
September 30, 2019
Texas Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Mass Shooting at a Home in Beaumont That Killed 4 People
Reports Indicate 4 People Shot and Killed Shooting is at Least the 21th Mass Shooting in 2019 and at Least the 3rd in Texas in Two Months BEAUMONT, Texas — The Texas chapter of Moms…
September 30, 2019
Powerful New Ad in Virginia SD-8: Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Partnering with Missy Cotter Smasal Campaign to Launch TV and Digital Ad Featuring Virginia Beach Shooting Survivor
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Contributing $100,000 to Missy Cotter Smasal’s Campaign in SD-8 to Help Air the Ad in Hampton Roads Media Market, As Part of Nearly $200,000 Total TV Ad Buy Contribution…
September 27, 2019
Everytown Responds to Senate Finance Committee Minority Report, ‘The NRA and Russia: How a Tax-Exempt Organization Became a Foreign Asset’
NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety responded to the release of a Senate Finance Committee minority staff report, “The NRA and Russia: How a Tax-Exempt Organization Became a Foreign Asset.” The report, initiated at…
September 26, 2019
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Launches $550,000 Digital Ad Offensive in 15 Republican-held Virginia House and Senate Districts
Massive Digital Spend Will Include Ads on YouTube Pre-roll, Pandora, Roku, Facebook, Instagram, Plus Banner and Google Search Ads Ads Are Part of Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund’s $2.5 Million Effort to Elect a Gun…
September 24, 2019
Texas Moms Demand Action Volunteers Available for Interviews Ahead of Senate Committee Hearing
On Thursday, the Texas Senate Select Committee will hold a hearing in response to the shootings in El Paso and Odessa. Volunteers with the Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America will attend the hearing and…
September 24, 2019
New York Post editorial board: “Rational gun regulation should be gold for Trump”
A new editorial from the New York Post’s historically conservative editorial board — “Rational gun regulation should be gold for Trump,” — advocates for President Donald Trump to buck the gun lobby and side with the…
September 24, 2019
WSJ: “NRA Board Retroactively Approved Transactions Benefiting Insiders” Including $100,000 Yachting Trip
A new report by the Wall Street Journal reveals previously unreported NRA financial transactions that benefited NRA insiders, and uncovers that the NRA “board retroactively approved numerous financial arrangements benefiting top officials of the gun-rights group,…
September 24, 2019
New TV Ads in Virginia: Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Announces its Support of New TV Ads in Key Virginia Legislative Races
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Contributing $175,000 to Campaigns of Sheila Bynum-Coleman in HD-66 and John Bell in SD-13 to Help Air Each Candidate’s Gun Safety-Themed TV Ads in Richmond…
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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.
