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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…
November 17, 2017
How to Update Your Signs & Keep Openly Carried Guns Out of Your Business
Under Tennessee law, it is legal for handgun carry permit holders to openly carry loaded handguns in public places. However, as the owner or manager of private property, you always have the right to keep guns out of your private…
November 3, 2017
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Applaud Reps. Peter King, Mike Thompson for Reintroducing Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Background Checks on Gun Purchases
Since 1998, the Background Check System Has Blocked More Than 3 Million Firearm Sales to Prohibited Purchasers WASHINGTON – Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown, released the following statements…
November 3, 2017
Georgia Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Shooting Death of Transgender Woman in Macon
Candace Towns is at Least the 25th Trans Person Killed Nationwide This Year, 17 of Whom Have Been Shot and Killed, 20 Have Been Trans Women of Color MACON, CORPUS CHRISTI, Ga. – The Georgia chapter of Moms Demand Action…
November 3, 2017
One Month After Vegas: NRA Claims Credit for Slowing Bump Stocks Legislation, Then Says It Expects GOP House to Move Dangerous NRA Priorities “in the Next Few Weeks”
In case you missed it, one month after the Las Vegas mass shooting, NRA leadership is both claiming credit for slowing down legislation to prohibit bump stocks, and gleefully suggesting that the House of Representatives will move forward on the…
November 3, 2017
Colorado Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Fatal Shooting at Walmart
Reports Indicate at Least Three People Shot and Killed While Shopping at a Walmart in Thornton Gun Violence by the Numbers (and Visuals) Available Here THORNTON, Colo. – The Colorado chapter of…
November 1, 2017
As Laxalt Begins to Campaign for Governor, He Owes Voters an Answer to This Question
Attorney General Adam Laxalt kicks off his campaign for Governor of Nevada today, almost exactly a year after the voters he wants to represent passed a ballot initiative to require background checks on all gun sales. The new law still…
October 31, 2017
ICYMI: Indiana Lawmakers Refuse to Back Reckless Proposal Supported by Gun Lobby
I wanted to make sure you saw that a panel of legislators declined Monday to back a proposal to eliminate Indiana’s license requirement for carrying a loaded handgun in public, a development that comes amid serious public safety concerns raised…
October 31, 2017
Texas Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Shooting Death of Transgender Woman in Corpus Christi
Stephanie Montez is at Least the 24th Trans Person Killed Nationwide This Year, 16 of Whom Have Been Shot and Killed, 19 Have Been Trans Women of Color CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action…
October 31, 2017
Rhode Island Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Governor Raimondo for Signing “The Protect Rhode Island Families Act” Into Law
Moms Demand Action Volunteers Have Worked Tirelessly for Three Straight Years to Pass the Legislation The ‘Protect Rhode Island Families Act’ Will Protect Victims of Domestic Abuse by Helping to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Convicted Domestic Abusers…
October 30, 2017
In Blow to Gun Lobby, Indiana Legislators Resist Pressure to Recommend Dangerous Permitless Carry Proposal
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, today released the following response after a summer study committee concluded its review of a dangerous proposal that would eliminate…
October 30, 2017
Bombshell New Chris Cox Interview: The NRA Claims Responsibility for Lack of Movement on Bump Stocks Legislation
The NRA has admitted to using distraction and stall techniques to block movement on bump stocks legislation in Congress in the wake of the largest mass shooting in modern American history – a tried-and-true tactic for the gun lobby.
October 30, 2017
Disturbing New NRA Video Features Spokesman Who Will Teach You to Pull a Gun in Public Through Action Movie-Style, Slow-Mo Vignettes
NRA’s Number One Priority Legislation – “Concealed Carry Reciprocity” – Would Gut State Gun Laws and Allow Millions to Carry Hidden, Loaded Guns in Public Without Any Training or Permit; Instead, NRA Suggests Americans Should Just…
October 30, 2017
Prohibiting Guns at Public Demonstrations: Everytown Report Debunks First and Second Amendment Myths
In Response to Recent Armed Protests Throughout the Country, New Analysis Shows State and Local Officials Have Authority to Enact and Enforce Gun Safety Laws to Prevent Intimidating Public Displays of Firearms – Without Infringing on…
October 25, 2017
Moms Demand Action, Everytown, Gun Violence Survivors Applaud Senators Murphy, Blumenthal and Durbin’s Introduction of New Legislation to Require Background Checks on All Gun Purchases
Members of the Everytown Survivor Network, Judi and Wayne Richardson of Maine Will Stand with Senators Chris Murphy, Dick Durbin and Richard Blumenthal as They Introduce Legislation to Require Criminal Background Checks on All Gun Purchases…
October 25, 2017
Louisiana Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Shooting That Killed Two at Grambling State University
There Have Been at Least 247 School Shootings in the U.S. Since 2013, Including Eight in Louisiana GRAMBLING, La. – The Louisiana chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the…
October 25, 2017
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Statements Responding to Report That New York Department of Financial Services is Investigating NRA Carry Guard Insurance
The Wall Street Journal Reports that New York Department of Financial Services Is Probing Shaky Legal Ground for NRA Carry Guard Insurance Probe is Based on Everytown Investigation and Analysis of Carry Guard NEW YORK…
October 24, 2017
On Guns, will Indiana Legislators Listen to Law Enforcement and their Constituents – or to Jim Lucas?
Next Monday, a committee of Indiana lawmakers will meet for a final time as it considers a proposal to eliminate Indiana’s license requirement for carrying a loaded handgun in public. As these lawmakers develop their recommendation for the full legislature…
October 24, 2017
Landmark Study Debunks Gun Lobby Myth That More Guns Make Us Safer
As the gun lobby doubles down on its effort to pass its number one priority to gut state concealed carry standards through national “concealed carry reciprocity,” a new study in the American Journal of Public Health…
October 24, 2017
Iowa Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller for Opposing “Concealed Carry Reciprocity” – The NRA’s Top Priority
Seventeen Attorneys General Released a Letter Opposing “Concealed Carry Reciprocity,” Including Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller Law Enforcement Organizations Making up the National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence and…
October 23, 2017
Washington Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applauds Washington Attorney General Ferguson For Opposing “Concealed Carry Reciprocity” – The NRA’s Top Priority
Seventeen Attorneys General Released a Letter Opposing “Concealed Carry Reciprocity,” Including Attorney General Bob Ferguson Law Enforcement Organizations Making up the National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun…
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/.
