The Latest
If you're a member of the media, please send inquiries to [email protected]
Sandy Hook School Shooting Survivor, Everytown, Moms Demand Action Statements on Five-Year Mark of the Sandy Hook Mass Shooting
NEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown, today released the following statements in remembrance of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook School on December 14, 2012, in…
December 12, 2017
Illinois Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond After Shooting Near Chicago High School Leaves One Student Dead, One Hurt
CHICAGO – The Illinois chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, today released the following statement after a shooting wounded two students, one of them fatally, outside Youth Connection Charter School…
December 12, 2017
New Poll Shows Gov. Sandoval’s Legacy Could Hinge On Implementation of The Background Check Law
Nevadans Continue to View Governor Favorably – But His Favorability Rating Plunges When Voters Are Informed He Has Refused to Implement the Background Check Law LAS VEGAS – Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and the Nevada chapter of Moms…
December 8, 2017
By the Numbers: What You Need To Know About Wednesday’s Gun Actions
On Wednesday, two months after Las Vegas and one week before the Sandy Hook five-year mark, Congress had its busiest day of action on gun legislation in years. The results were not good for the gun lobby. Here’s what you…
December 8, 2017
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Launches Six-Figure Radio Ad Buy Criticizing Rep. Mike Coffman for His Vote to Pass Dangerous ‘Concealed Carry Reciprocity’ Bill That Would Gut Colorado’s Gun Laws
Mother of AJ Boik, Who Was Killed in the Aurora Theater Shooting, Narrates New Radio Ad Criticizing Coffman’s Vote for the Gun Lobby’s Top Priority in Congress Concealed Carry Reciprocity Legislation…
December 7, 2017
New Jersey Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Bipartisan Opposition to H.R. 38, the Disastrous “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017”
Republican Representatives Leonard Lance (NJ-03) and Chris Smith (NJ-04) and Entire Democratic Delegation Join Law Enforcement, Prosecutors and Mayors in Opposing “Concealed Carry Reciprocity” Reckless…
December 7, 2017
Florida Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Bipartisan Opposition to H.R. 38, the Disastrous “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017”
Republican Reps. Carlos Curbelo (FL-26) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27) and Entire Democratic Delegation Join Law Enforcement, Prosecutors and Mayors in Opposing Concealed Carry Reciprocity Reckless…
December 7, 2017
New Mexico Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to School Shooting In Aztec
Reports Indicate at Least Two People Shot and Killed at Aztec High School Incident is at least 57th School Shooting of 2017, 267th Since January 2013 Gun Violence by the Numbers (and Visuals) Available…
December 6, 2017
New Mexico Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Members of the New Mexico Congressional Delegation Voting on H.R. 38, the Disastrous “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017”
Reckless Concealed Carry Reciprocity Legislation Would Undermine State Gun Laws, Allow People With Dangerous Histories and No Training to Carry Hidden, Loaded Handguns in Public SANTA FE, N.M. – Volunteers with the New Mexico chapter of…
December 6, 2017
Pennsylvania Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Bipartisan Opposition to H.R. 38, the Disastrous “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act Of 2017
Republican Representatives Costello (PA-06), Meehan (PA-07), Fitzpatrick (PA-08); Democratic Representatives Join the Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Law Enforcement, Prosecutors and Mayors in Opposing…
December 6, 2017
Colorado Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond After Rep. Mike Coffman Votes to Pass H.R. 38, the Disastrous “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act Of 2017
Concealed Carry Reciprocity Would Undermine State Gun Laws, Allow People With Dangerous Histories and No Training to Carry Hidden, Loaded Handguns Across Colorado and the Country; Everytown Interactive Map Shows How It…
December 6, 2017
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Statement on “Concealed Carry Reciprocity” Vote in the House of Representatives
Concealed Carry Reciprocity Passed The House With Just a 33-Vote Margin Compared to 118-Vote Margin in 2011; NRA Says It Doesn’t Think it Has the Votes in the Senate NEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action…
December 6, 2017
Major Blow to The Gun Lobby: Florida Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Defeat Of Dangerous Proposals In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
Senate Bill 274 Would Have Allowed People to Carry Guns in All Private Schools With Any Religious Institution on the Property Senate Bill 134 Would Have Made It Easier to Carry Hidden, Loaded Guns into Buildings That House Courtrooms and…
December 5, 2017
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Announces Six-Figure Ad Campaign to Call Attention to Rep. Mike Coffman’s Support for Dangerous ‘Concealed Carry Reciprocity’ Bill
Effort Includes Full-Page Letter to Rep. Coffman in Today’s Denver Post From Colorado Resident Whose Sister Was the School Psychologist Killed At Sandy Hook School DENVER – Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, the political arm of the country’s…
December 5, 2017
Everytown Launches $300k Ad Campaign Urging Congress to Oppose “Concealed Carry Reciprocity” As Ed Boards, Law Enforcement Denounce Dangerous Policy Ahead of Expected House Vote
Everytown for Gun Safety Action fund is announcing it is spending a combined $300,000 on digital, radio and newspaper ads targeting members of Congress, including Mike Coffman (CO-6), Kristin Sinema (AZ-9), Kurt…
December 4, 2017
ICYMI: New Study Offers Evidence Strong Gun Laws Can Reduce Domestic Violence Homicides
I want to make sure you saw new research out last week that analyzed state gun laws and intimate partner homicide data from 45 states between 1980 and 2013. Among other findings, researchers found that states…
December 4, 2017
Bombshell New York Times Report Raises New Questions for NRA About Relationship With Russians Who Interfered In 2016 Election
A bombshell report by the New York Times has found that a conservative operative with Russian ties, Paul Erickson, told a Trump campaign aide that he could arrange a back-channel meeting between Donald J. Trump and…
December 1, 2017
Oklahoma Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Shooting Death of Transgender Woman in Oklahoma City
Brooklyn BreYanna Stevenson is at Least the 27th Trans Person Killed Nationwide This Year, 19 of Whom Have Been Shot and Killed, 23 Have Been Trans Women of Color 2017 is the Deadliest Year on Record for Transgender People in…
December 1, 2017
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…
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/.
