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Oregon Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Senate Passage Of Legislation To Prevent Domestic Abusers From Obtaining Guns
House Bill 4145 Would Help Protect Oregon’s Women and Children by Closing the “Boyfriend Loophole” and Keeping Guns Out of the Hands of Convicted Stalkers HB 4145 Would Help Enforce Existing Law by Alerting Law Enforcement When Someone Prohibited from…
February 22, 2018
New Hampshire Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Lawmakers for Rejecting Two Dangerous Gun Bills
House Bill 1542 Would Have Forced Public Colleges to Allow Guns on Campus House Bill 1749 Would Have Undermined Public Safety and Local Government Officials Over 70 Volunteers with the New Hampshire Chapter of Moms Demand Action Attended the Hearing…
February 22, 2018
The Question Every NRA-Backed Elected Official is Dreading Today
In case you missed it, during yesterday’s CNN town hall, 17-year old Cameron Kasky, a student and survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, confronted Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) about…
February 22, 2018
Everytown Asks: What is President Trump’s Position on Criminal Background Checks for All Gun Sales?
Following the School Shooting in Parkland, Florida, President Trump Expressed Openness to Supporting Modest Fix NICS Act, Which Is Different Than Comprehensive Background Checks on All Gun Sales, Which 97 Percent of American Voters Support Gun Violence Survivors, Gun Violence…
February 22, 2018
Texas Moms Demand Action, Everytown React To Houston-Area School District Threats To Suspend Students Who Protest Gun Violence After Parkland Shooting
On Tuesday, Needville Independent School District Superintendent Threatened to Suspend Any Student Who Disrupts School or Walks Out to Protest Current Gun Laws HOUSTON – The Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in…
February 22, 2018
Everytown for Gun Safety Statement on President Trump’s “Listening Session” Amid Pressure to Act After Mass Shooting in Parkland, Florida
WASHINGTON – Everytown for Gun Safety released the following statement today after President Trump’s “listening session” with students, parents and other gun violence survivors amid national outrage in the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. STATEMENT FROM JOHN…
February 22, 2018
Tennessee Moms Demand Action, Everytown Denounce Committee Vote Advancing Dangerous Permitless Carry Bill
House Bill 2586 Would Effectively Allow People to Carry Loaded Handguns in Public With No Permit or Training Required A Volunteer with the Tennessee Chapter of Moms Demand Action Testified Against House Bill 2586 This Afternoon NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The…
February 22, 2018
Maryland Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Reports of a Fatal Shooting of Off-Duty Law Enforcement Officer Assisting a Neighbor in a Domestic Violence Incident in Prince George’s County
Research Shows that Nearly Four out of 10 Maryland Women Have Reported Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence in their Lifetime BRANDYWINE, Md. – The Maryland chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of…
February 21, 2018
Colorado Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Lawmakers for Rejecting Dangerous Legislation That Would Weaken Colorado Gun Laws
H 1037 Would Have Forced Public K-12 Schools to Allow Civilians to Carry Loaded Handguns, Both Openly and Concealed, on Their Premises DENVER – Volunteers with the Colorado chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of…
February 21, 2018
Everytown for Gun Safety Statement on President Trump’s “Listening Session” Amid Pressure to Act After Mass Shooting in Parkland, Florida
According to Axios, Today’s “Listening Session” is at 4:15 p.m. WASHINGTON – Everytown for Gun Safety released the following statement today ahead of President Trump’s “listening session” with students, parents and other…
February 21, 2018
Georgia Moms Demand Action, Everytown and Gun Violence Survivors Urge Georgia Lawmakers to Prioritize Public Safety
More than 1,500 Gun Violence Prevention Advocates Converge on Statehouse to Demand Policymakers Oppose Dangerous Gun Lobby Backed Bills and Support Legislation to Disarm Domestic Abusers ATLANTA – More than 1,500 volunteers with the Georgia chapter of Moms Demand Action…
February 21, 2018
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Statement in Response to Quinnipiac Polling on Gun Safety After Parkland, Florida Mass Shooting
97 Percent of Voters Support Background Checks on All Gun Sales — the Highest Level of Support Since Quinnipiac Began Polling the Question After Sandy Hook WASHINGTON – Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms…
February 21, 2018
As Gun Safety Movement Grows in Kansas and Missouri, Two Chances to Protect Families from Domestic Violence
As the Kansas City Star noted in an editorial Monday, lawmakers in both Kansas and Missouri have real opportunities this session to pass meaningful legislation to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. In…
February 21, 2018
NRA “Dialing Down” Appearance at CPAC Amid National Outrage in the Wake of Parkland, Florida Mass Shooting
The NRA’s chief executive Wayne LaPierre and national spokesperson Dana Loesch are reportedly speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which begins today, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at CPAC’s official schedule released this week. In case…
February 21, 2018
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Release New York Times Ad Listing Out Members of Congress Beholden to the Gun Lobby
The Ad (Viewable Here) Lists Members of Congress, Their Phone Numbers and How Much NRA Money They’ve Taken Following the Parkland School Shooting, Everytown and Moms Demand Action Released a #ThrowThemOut Action Plan Found Here:…
February 21, 2018
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Respond to President Trump Directing Justice Department to Propose Regulations to Ban Bump Stocks
NEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown, released the following statement today after President Trump ordered the U.S. Justice Department to propose regulations that ban bump stocks.
February 20, 2018
Latest Defeat for the Gun Lobby: U.S. Supreme Court Says it Will Let Stand Ruling Upholding California Gun Safety Law
In the Wake of the Deadliest School Shooting Since Sandy Hook, Courts Continue to Reject Gun Lobby’s Extreme Arguments NEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety, the country’s largest gun violence prevention organization, today applauded the announcement by the…
February 20, 2018
THE FACTS: Trump Administration Has Already Weakened U.S. Gun Laws
In the wake of last week’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas School in which 17 people were shot and killed and more than a dozen were wounded, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders…
February 20, 2018
New Poll: 92 Percent of South Dakota Gun Owners Support Requirement of a Permit in Order to Carry a Concealed Handgun in Public
PIERRE, S.D. – Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and the South Dakota chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown, today released a new poll conducted by SurveyUSA on behalf…
February 20, 2018
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Statement Responding to White House Comments on Background Checks
NEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown, released the following statement today in response to comments from the White House on background checks. STATEMENT FROM JOHN FEINBLATT,…
February 19, 2018
ICYMI: New Mueller Indictments Confirm Russian Ads Parroted NRA Talking Points
In case you missed it, on Friday special counsel Robert Mueller charged 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities with 2016 election “information warfare” against the United States during the 2016 presidential election.
February 19, 2018
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Giffords Applaud Parkland, Florida, Mass Shooting Survivor Students and Others As They Plan to Descend on the Streets of Washington, D.C. And Around the Country
In the Wake of the Deadliest School Shooting Since Sandy Hook, Students Announce ‘March for Our Lives’ on March 24; Demand Congress Pass Common-Sense Gun Safety Legislation Find Out More at www.MarchforOurLives.com WASHINGTON – Today,…
February 19, 2018
Defeat for the Gun Lobby: Florida Moms Demand Action Volunteers Mobilize Following Parkland Shooting to Block Dangerous Guns in Schools Bill
Volunteers With the Florida Chapter of Moms Demand Action Drove Over 2,500 Calls, 1,700 Emails to Members of the Legislature in One Day Dangerous Guns in Schools Bill Was Scheduled for a Hearing Following the Mass Shooting in Parkland, Florida…
February 16, 2018
Everytown and Moms Demand Action Launch “Throw Them Out” Campaign: Five Actions to Kick Out Lawmakers Beholden to the Gun Lobby
“Throw Them Out” Will Empower Voters to Find Out Where Candidates Stand on Gun Safety and Pledge to Vote on the Issue With 262 Days Until Election Day, New Action Plan Found Here: https://everytown.org/throwthemout/ NEW YORK…
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/.
