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Texas Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Mass Shooting in Polk County
Authorities Report That Five People Were Shot and Killed, Including a 15-Month-Old Baby POLK COUNTY, Texas – The Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement…
February 12, 2019
Florida Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action, Everytown Respond After Senate Education Committee Passes Bill That Would Allow Teachers to be Armed
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Students Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following response after the Florida Senate Education…
February 12, 2019
Kentucky Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Introduction of Legislation to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Domestic Abusers
FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Kentucky chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety today applauded the introduction of SB 177, legislation that would disarm domestic abusers. The bipartisan…
February 11, 2019
Investigation Finds Nearly 1 in 8 People in Tennessee Who Tried To Buy a Gun on Armslist.com From Investigators Were Legally Prohibited From Buying or Possessing a Gun
Report Comes As the Tennessee Legislature Considers Bills That Would Undermine the Permitting System NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― The Tennessee chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, today responded after…
February 8, 2019
500 Moms Demand Action Volunteers Call for Gun Safety at Florida Statehouse
This week in Tallahassee, 500 volunteers with the Florida chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America descended on the capitol to meet with lawmakers about the importance of prioritizing gun violence prevention legislation…
February 8, 2019
New Report Shows There Were As Many As 93,497 Ads On Armslist.Com Last Year Offering Guns For Sale in Florida With No Background Check Required
Report Comes As the Florida Legislature Considers Legislation That Would Require Criminal Background Checks for All Gun Sales New Website Lets Users See Where in Florida Gun Sales Were Posted on Armslist.com TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ― The…
February 8, 2019
New Mexico Moms Demand Action Applauds New Mexico House of Representatives for Passing Legislation to Require Background Checks on All Gun Sales
HB 8 Would Close a Dangerous Gap in Federal Law That Allows Convicted Criminals and Others With Dangerous Histories to Purchase Guns Without a Background Check SANTA FE, N.M. – The New Mexico chapter of Moms Demand Action for…
February 8, 2019
WATCH: Key Exchanges During Wednesday’s Historic Hearing on Gun Safety
On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee held the first gun violence prevention hearing in the House of Representatives in years. At the hearing, representatives and witnesses discussed the importance of several gun safety measures, including H.R. 8, bipartisan…
February 7, 2019
New Report Shows There Were as Many as 14,608 Ads On Armslist.Com Last Year Offering Guns for Sale in New Hampshire With No Background Check Required
Report Comes As New Hampshire Legislature Considers HB 109, Legislation That Would Require Background Checks for All Commercial Gun Sales New Website Lets Users See Where In New Hampshire Gun Sales Were Posted on Armslist.com CONCORD, N.H. ―…
February 7, 2019
Oklahoma Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond After House Public Safety Committee Passes Dangerous Permitless Carry Bill
Permitless Carry is Opposed by 81 Percent of People in Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Oklahoma chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the…
February 6, 2019
New Everytown Investigation Finds in 2018, Nearly 1.2 Million Ads on Armslist.Com for Gun Sales Where No Background Check Was Required, as House Set to Hold Hearing on Legislation to Require Background Checks on All Gun Sales
Investigation Uncovered One in Nine in People Seeking to Buy a Gun on Armslist Were Legally Prohibited from Buying or Owning a Firearm; New Website Lets Americans Compare Number of Gun Advertisements…
February 6, 2019
More Than Two Hundred Moms Demand Action Volunteers Call for Gun Safety at Indiana Statehouse
Yesterday in Indianapolis, hundreds of volunteers with Moms Demand Action gathered at the capitol to meet directly with lawmakers during an annual Advocacy Day, urging them to oppose dangerous gun legislation.
February 6, 2019
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Statement on House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Gun Safety
Today, Dozens of Gun Violence Survivors and Moms Demand Action Volunteers Attended the Hearing Yesterday, an Investigation Released by Everytown Uncovered One in Nine People Seeking to Buy a Gun on Armslist Was Legally Prohibited from Buying or…
February 6, 2019
New Report Shows There Were As Many As 28,818 Ads on Armslist.Com Last Year Offering Guns for Sale in Minnesota With No Background Check Required
Report Comes As Minnesota Legislature Considers HF 8 and SF 434, Legislation That Would Require Background Checks for All Gun Sales New Website Lets Users See Where In Minnesota Gun Sales Were Posted on Armslist.com ST.
February 5, 2019
A Look Back at What the Gun Safety Movement Has Accomplished Since Parkland
February 14 will mark one year since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 students and educators were killed and 17 more were wounded. In the year since this unspeakable tragedy, Americans have…
February 5, 2019
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Editorial Board: Arkansas Doesn’t Need Stand Your Ground
Yesterday, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published an editorial opposing House Bill 1059, which would add dangerous “Stand Your Ground” provisions to Arkansas’ self-defense laws. The Democrat-Gazette expressed concern that the bill would create a culture of violence and increase instances…
February 5, 2019
New Mexico Moms Demand Action Applauds House Committee for Advancing Legislation to Require Background Checks on All Gun Sales
HB 8 Would Close a Dangerous Gap in Federal Law That Allows Convicted Criminals and Others With Dangerous Histories to Purchase Guns Without a Background Check SANTA FE, N.M. – The New Mexico chapter of Moms Demand Action for…
February 4, 2019
Permitless Carry Bills Would Gut Oklahoma’s Permit System for Who Can Carry a Loaded Handgun in Public
Oklahoma lawmakers have again introduced dangerous legislation that would allow Oklahoma residents to carry a loaded handgun in public without getting a permit, passing a background check or completing gun safety training. The bills would gut…
February 4, 2019
New Poll: 9 in 10 Iowa Gun Owners Support State’s Law Requiring a Permit to Carry a Concealed Handgun in Public
Voters Also Oppose the “Strict Scrutiny” Constitutional Amendment Proposals – Like SJR 10 and HJR 3- by a Nearly 2-to-1 Margin DES MOINES ― Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund today released new polling showing the…
February 2, 2019
Virginia Moms Demand Action, Everytown for Gun Safety Call on Governor Ralph Northam to Resign Following Admission of Racist History
RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country, issued the below statement calling on Governor Ralph Northam to resign.
February 1, 2019
DC Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Mayor Bowser For Signing Gun Violence Prevention Legislation
Red Flag Law Will Help Prevent Firearm Suicides and Mass Shootings WASHINGTON – The D.C. chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement praising…
February 1, 2019
This Week: What We Learned from Explosive New Revelations about NRA’s Now Infamous 2015 Moscow Trip
With the NRA finally talking to the media about its now-infamous trip to Moscow in 2015, below are new developments about the trip and the NRA’s involvement in planning it, including private emails that show that an NRA employee…
February 1, 2019
Everytown for Gun Safety Releases New Report on Gun Violence in America as Gun Violence Survivors Week Begins
By Early February, More Americans are Killed With Guns Than Are Killed in Other High-Income Countries in an Entire Year New “Moments That Survive” Campaign Aims to Build Connections Between Gun Violence Survivors and the Public; Visit MomentsThatSurvive.org WASHINGTON…
February 1, 2019
Louisiana Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Mass Shooting in Ascension and Livingston Parishes
Authorities Report That at Least Five People Were Shot and Killed at Two Different Scenes, Suspect at Large After Mass Shootings in Georgia and Florida, Today’s Mass Shooting…
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/.
