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BREAKING: Odessa Shooter Exploited Deadly Background Check Loophole to Purchase Firearm Used in West Texas Mass Shooting
Multiple Media Outlets Reporting that the Odessa Shooter Purchased the Firearm Used in West Texas Mass Shooting from an Unlicensed Seller and Avoided a Background Check that He Could Not Pass This Weekend Alone, Seven Americans are Dead…
September 3, 2019
Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action Applaud Walmart Decision to Prohibit Open Carry and Limit Ammunition Sales in Wake of El Paso Mass Shooting
Moms Demand Action Volunteers Took to Social Media to Ask Walmart to #RollbackOpenCarry, a Step That Starbucks, Chipotle, Target and Many Others Had Previously Taken In 45 States, It’s Legal to Carry Loaded Firearms in Public With No…
September 3, 2019
Alabama Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Mass Shooting at a Home in Elkmont that Killed 5 People
Reports Indicate 5 People Shot and Killed, Including 3 Children Shooting is at Least the 19th Mass Shooting in 2019 and 213th Since 2009 ELKMONT, Ala. — The Alabama chapter of Moms Demand…
September 1, 2019
Texas Chapter of Moms Demand Action, Everytown Statement on Gun Laws Going into Effect Today in Wake of Mass Shooting in West Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement after several laws went into effect loosening Texas existing gun laws. The laws went…
August 31, 2019
Alabama Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Shooting at High School Football Game in Mobile, Alabama
Initial Reports Indicate At Least 10 Teenagers Injured; Suspect Reportedly in Custody MOBILE, Ala. — The Alabama chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Students Demand Action, both a part…
August 31, 2019
Everytown, Texas Moms Demand Action Respond to Mass Shooting in West Texas
Initial Reports Indicate at Least Five People Were Shot and Killed, at Least 21 People Wounded ODESSA, Texas — Everytown for Gun Safety and the Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense…
August 30, 2019
New Jersey’s Red Flag Law Goes Into Effect This Weekend. Here’s What to Know.
On Sunday, the state of New Jersey will become the 15th state with a Red Flag law in effect, after the bill was signed by Governor Murphy last June. New Jersey’s Extreme Risk Protection Order…
August 28, 2019
Moms Demand Action Volunteers Available for Interviews Ahead of Texas Safety Commission Meeting
Tomorrow, the Texas Safety Commission will convene in El Paso for its second meeting to discuss gun violence prevention. Volunteers with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America have urged the commission to consider…
August 27, 2019
More than 1,200 Survivors of Gun Violence Sign Letter Urging Members of Senate to Call on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to Hold Votes on Gun Safety Legislation
1,217 Survivors of Gun Violence from All 50 States, Plus Washington, D.C., Sign Letter Urging Senate to Pass Legislation to Require Background Checks on All Gun Sales and a Strong Red Flag Law NEW YORK – Today,…
August 27, 2019
Re: New York Times Analysis: NRA’s Influence Rapidly Declines in Congress
Following a series of shootings across the country this month, a number of Congressional lawmakers have bucked the NRA and voiced support for common-sense gun safety measures, like expanding background checks and passing Red Flag laws. A comprehensive…
August 27, 2019
New TV Ads: Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Unveils First Round of TV Ads Urging Senators Gardner, McConnell, Rubio and Scott to Act on Gun Safety
TV Ads Call on Republican Senators to “Stand Up to the Gun Lobby, and Pass Bipartisan Background Check and Red Flag Laws” NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund unveiled its first round of…
August 26, 2019
What to Know About New York’s Recently Enacted Red Flag Law
On Saturday, the state of New York became the 17th state to enact a Red Flag law, after the bill was signed by Governor Cuomo in February. New York’s Extreme Risk Protection Order law is…
August 23, 2019
California Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Governor Newsom for Signing AB 392
AB 392 Will Establish a Modern ‘Use of Force’ Law that Discourages Lethal Force by Peace Officers While Encouraging Deescalation SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part…
August 22, 2019
Ohio Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Governor DeWine for Holistic Approach to School Safety, Creation of School Safety Center
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 praising Gov. Dewine for creating the Ohio School Safety Center within the Ohio…
August 22, 2019
Texas Moms Demand Action, Everytown Urge Texas Safety Commission to Consider Proven Gun Safety Legislation
Requiring Background Checks on All Gun Sales and Strong Red Flag Laws Have Received Bipartisan Support from Lawmakers Across the Country Recent Polling Shows Both Policies are Supported by a…
August 21, 2019
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Launches $135,000 Digital Spend Against Virginia Republican Legislators who Refused to Support Gun Safety
Digital Ads Are the First of $2.5 Million Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Effort to Elect Gun Sense Majority in Virginia General Assembly Everytown Also Unveiling New Battleground Message Poll Showing Republicans’ Opposition to…
August 20, 2019
President Trump Knows the NRA is in Disarray
Yesterday, the New York Times reported that President Trump allegedly agrees with the sentiment that the NRA has never been weaker. The New York Times reports: “If…
August 20, 2019
Ohio Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Introduction of Bipartisan Red Flag Legislation
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, today applauded the introduction of SB 184, bipartisan Red Flag legislation that would permit immediate family members…
August 19, 2019
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Volunteers Flex Grassroots Muscle: More than 100 Rallies Across All 50 States Demanding U.S. Senate Act on Gun Safety
Over the weekend, gun violence prevention activists, survivors of gun violence and allied lawmakers came together from coast to coast to demand that the U.S. Senate pass legislation to require background…
August 15, 2019
New: Fox News Poll Shows Voters Oppose NRA, Overwhelmingly Back Background Checks and Red Flag Legislation
Polling Comes as President Trump has Indicated Support for Both Background Checks and Red Flag Laws, Which Allow Families and Law Enforcement to Ask a Judge to Temporarily Suspend a Person’s Access to Guns if…
August 15, 2019
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, Moms Demand Action Applaud Senator Elizabeth Warren, Julian Castro for Elevating Issue of Gun Violence Prevention in 2020 Presidential Campaign
Senator Warren and Former HUD Secretary Castro Released Plans Following Mass Shootings in El Paso and Dayton Both Candidates Attended a Forum on Gun Safety Hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund in Iowa Over the Weekend…
August 15, 2019
Everytown, Pennsylvania Moms Demand Action Respond to Law Enforcement Shooting in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA – Everytown for Gun Safety and the Pennsylvania chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown, last night responded to reports that six police officers were shot and wounded…
August 14, 2019
Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund Announces more than $1 Million August Recess Spend and more than 100 Rallies this Weekend to Pressure Senate to Act on Gun Safety
August Recess Effort Will Include TV and Digital Ads; In-State Meetings with Senators and Staff and Rallies in All 50 States NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and Moms Demand Action for Gun…
August 13, 2019
South Carolina Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Fatal Shooting of Transgender Woman in Allendale County
Dime Doe is at Least the 15 Trans Person Killed Nationwide This Year; At Least 13 Have Been Killed With A Gun Nearly All of the Trans People Killed This Year Have Been Black Women ALLENDALE COUNTY,…
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