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Everytown Statement: Shame on U.S. House for Imperiling Bipartisan Movement to Improve Background Check System in Order to Push NRA’s Top Priority “Concealed Carry Reciprocity
REPORT: House Republicans Plan to Combine Controversial Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill with Consensus Fix NICS Background Check Legislation, As Senators Cornyn/Murphy Secure Enough Bipartisan Support to Overcome Filibuster for Fix NICS in the Senate Reckless…
November 30, 2017
Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Joins Law Enforcement, Mayors and Attorneys General in Opposing NRA’s Top Priority ‘Concealed Carry Reciprocity’
Prosecutors Against Gun Violence is Holding “Two-Day Emergency Summit” Today and Wednesday in Washington Prosecutors Against Gun Violence Will Also Hold a Press Conference Tomorrow Morning at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen G-11, as the U.S. House of Representatives Begins Markup…
November 30, 2017
Everytown Statement As House Judiciary Committee Schedules Markup For NRA’s Dangerous Number One Priority – Concealed Carry Reciprocity – Following Sutherland Springs, Texas, and Las Vegas Mass Shootings
On Wednesday at 10:00 a.m., House Judiciary Committee Will Markup “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017” and Legislation to Improve Reporting into Background Check System Concealed Carry Reciprocity…
November 30, 2017
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Florida Law Prohibiting the Open Carry of Firearms, Dealing yet Another Courtroom Loss to the Gun Lobby
High Court Also Declines to Hear Challenge to Maryland’s Law Prohibiting the Sale of Large-Capacity Magazines and Assault Weapons Today’s Setbacks for the Gun Lobby Show Courts Continue To Reject Its Extremist Arguments NEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety…
November 30, 2017
Moms Demand Action, Everytown Statement on Transgender Day of Remembrance
At Least 25 Transgender Individuals Have Been Killed Nationwide This Year, 17 of Whom Have Been Shot and Killed, 20 of Whom Have Been Trans Women of Color NEW YORK — Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America,…
November 30, 2017
NEW REPORT: During NRA’s 2016 Annual Convention, Top Putin Ally Tried to Meet With Candidate Trump, Top Campaign Officials in an Attempt to “Arrange a Meeting” Between Trump and Putin
In case you missed it, new emails provided to Senate investigators by Jared Kushner have revealed that a top Vladimir Putin ally (and lifetime NRA member) with close ties to NRA leadership, Aleksander Torshin, tried to set up a meeting…
November 30, 2017
Law Enforcement Agree: “Concealed Carry Reciprocity” Threatens Public Safety, and Puts Police Officers and the Public at Risk
Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee ignored growing opposition from major law enforcement organizations and police officers across the country by advancing the gun lobby’s top priority legislation, H.R. 38, the “Concealed Carry…
November 30, 2017
Nevada Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Shooting in Downtown Reno
Reports Indicate Suspect Barricaded Himself and a Hostage Inside an Eighth Floor Apartment and Fired Down Onto Sierra Street RENO, Nev. – The Nevada chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety,…
November 29, 2017
Everytown Statement: House Judiciary Ignores Opposition From Law Enforcement, Mayors and the Public and Moves Dangerous ‘Concealed Carry Reciprocity’ Legislation Through Committee
Concealed Carry Reciprocity Would Weaken State Gun Laws, Allow People With Dangerous Histories and No Training to Carry Hidden, Loaded Handguns in Public NEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun…
November 17, 2017
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Applaud Sens. Cornyn And Murphy for Introducing Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Background Check System
Alleged Mass Shooter in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Was Court Martialed, Convicted for Assaulting Wife and Stepson, But Still Able to Buy Guns Because the Air Force Never Submitted His Conviction Record to NICS Background Check System Some States Routinely Fail…
November 17, 2017
California Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Mass Shooting in Rancho Tehama
Reports Indicate at Least Four People Shot and Killed at Multiple Locations, Including an Elementary School; Students Among Injured Shooting Is at Least 10th Mass Shooting in 2017 and 166th Since 2009 Gun Violence by the Numbers (and Visuals) Available…
November 17, 2017
Gov. Snyder Says His Position Hasn’t Changed on Concealed Guns in Schools
Yesterday, the Michigan Senate passed SB 584 and SB 586, dangerous bills that together would force Michigan elementary, middle and high schools to allow people – including teachers, staff, and visitors – to carry hidden, loaded…
November 17, 2017
Win For Gun Safety: Everytown and Washington Moms Demand Action Declare Victory in Electing Gun Sense Candidate to State Senate
Everytown and Moms Demand Action Endorsed Manka Dhingra, Who Defeated Jinyoung Lee Englund in Special Election for Washington’s 45th Legislative District OLYMPIA, Wash. – Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and the Washington chapter of Moms Demand Action for…
November 17, 2017
Michigan Moms Demand Action Respond after Senate Passes Reckless Legislation That Would Force Schools to Allow Hidden, Loaded Handguns
Just Last Week, Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof Said It Was an ‘Awkward Time’ to Discuss Weakening Michigan Gun Laws in Wake of Mass Shooting in Las Vegas Michigan Moms Demand Action Volunteers Attended Today’s Vote…
November 17, 2017
Defeat for The Gun Lobby: Everytown and New Jersey Moms Demand Action Declare Victory in Electing Gun Sense Champions Phil Murphy and Sheila Oliver
Everytown and Moms Demand Action Endorsed Murphy and Oliver, Who Have Vowed to Stand Up to the Gun Lobby Gun Safety Victories Come in the Wake of Recent Tragedies in Las Vegas and Sutherland Springs RED BANK, N.J. — The…
November 17, 2017
Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Sens. Flake and Heinrich For Introducing Bipartisan Legislation to Close Military Background Checks Reporting Loophole on Domestic Violence Convictions
Alleged Mass Shooter in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Was Court Martialed, Convicted for Assaulting Wife and Child, But Still Able to Buy Guns Because the Air Force Never Submitted His Conviction Record to NICS Everytown Analysis Found Clear Linkage Between…
November 17, 2017
Gun Safety Sweep from Coast to Coast
Last night, every candidate endorsed by Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America won his or her race. Across the country, from an incredible sweep in Virginia to city council races in…
November 17, 2017
Moms Demand Action, Everytown Celebrate Election of Chris Hurst to Virginia House of Delegates
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Contributed $50,000; Virginia Moms Demand Action Supporters Volunteered for His Campaign RICHMOND, Va. – Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and the Virginia chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part…
November 17, 2017
Major Defeat for the Gun Lobby: Everytown and Virginia Moms Demand Action Declare Clean Sweep in Electing Gun Sense Champions in NRA’s Backyard
Everytown and Moms Demand Action Endorsed Northam, Fairfax, Herring, Hurst and Bell, Who Won in NRA’s Backyard Despite Gun Lobby’s $2-Million Campaign to Defeat Them Everytown and Moms Demand Action Vow to Carry This Momentum into Unprecedented 2018 Effort to…
November 17, 2017
Major Defeat for The Gun Lobby: Everytown and Moms Demand Action Declare Victory in Electing Gun Sense Champions in Virginia, New Jersey
In Virginia, Everytown and Moms Demand Action Endorsed Ralph Northam for Governor, Who Won in NRA’s Backyard Despite Gun Lobby’s Seven-Figure Campaign to Defeat Him In New Jersey, Everytown and Moms Demand Action Endorsed Phil Murphy for Governor and…
November 17, 2017
Michigan Moms Demand Action Respond After Lawmakers Advance Reckless Legislation That Would Force Schools to Allow Hidden, Loaded Handguns
Just Last Week, Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof Said It Was an ‘Awkward Time’ to Discuss Weakening Michigan Gun Laws in Wake of Mass Shooting in Las Vegas Michigan Moms Demand Action Volunteers Packed Tuesday’s Hearing…
November 17, 2017
Moms Demand Action, Everytown Call for Congress to Pass Legislation to Keep Guns Away from Domestic Abusers After Sutherland Springs, Texas Mass Shooting
According to Media Reports, Shooter Was Convicted of Assaulting His Wife and Infant Stepson in 2012 Sutherland Springs is Largest Mass Shooting at a Church in U.S. History; Everytown Analysis of Mass Shootings from 2009 to 2016 Available…
November 17, 2017
Virginia Moms Demand Action Respond to Texas Shooting, Demand That Virginia Politicians Renounce Ties to NRA in Advance of Election Tomorrow
Sunday Shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, is at Least the Ninth Mass Shooting in 2017 and the 165th since 2009 Virginia Politicians Ed Gillespie, Jill Vogel and John Adams Have All Accepted Support from the NRA…
November 17, 2017
Texas Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Breaking News of Mass Shooting at Church in Sutherland Springs
Initial Reports Indicate as Many as 27 People Could Be Dead and 24 Injured Shooting Is at Least Ninth Mass Shooting in 2017 and 165th Since 2009 SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas. – The Texas chapter of…
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Black Americans represent the majority of gun homicide victims and are 10 times more likely than white Americans to die by gun homicide.
