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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…
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…

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/.

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The back profile of a Moms Demand Action volunteer wearing a red Moms Demand Action t-shirt
Hawaiʻi State Senator Chris Lee (left), Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke (middle), and Hawaiʻi State Representative Scot Matayoshi (right) at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol in Honolulu, HI on Feb. 8, 2023.
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Rudy Espinoza, the emceee and a volunteer with the Calif. chapter of Moms Demand Action, speaks during the 10th anniversary event of Moms Demand Action in Sacramento, Calif. on Sunday, March 12, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal, Everytown for Gun Safety
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