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Gun Lobby Defeated Again: Colorado Moms and Gun Violence Survivors Applaud House Committee for Stopping Six Dangerous Gun Bills
Bills to Repeal Background Checks and Allow Guns in Public Schools Killed in Committee with Bipartisan Opposition The Colorado Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, and Colorado gun violence…
April 14, 2015
Mississippi Moms, Everytown Condemn Governor Bryant for Signing S.B. 2394, Allowing People to Carry Hidden, Loaded Handguns in Public Without a Permit
The Mississippi chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, today condemned Governor Phil Bryant for signing S.B. 2394, legislation that will allow people to carry loaded handguns in bags, briefcases, or…
April 14, 2015
North Carolina Moms Respond to Wayne Community College Fatal School Shooting
Wayne Community College Shooting is the 114th Since Newtown; See Full List Here In response to yesterday’s shooting at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, where a longtime school employee, Ron Lane,…
April 14, 2015
Moms Demand Action Thanks Safeway and Albertsons for Reinforcing Gun Sense Policy as New Ad and “World’s Longest Receipt” Launch to Highlight Kroger’s Failure to Stand up for Customer and Employee Safety
Recently Merged Safeway & Albertsons Stores Respond to Moms’ Calls, Clarify Firearms Policy New Ad Highlights Alarming Contrast in Kroger’s Policies Permitting Open Carry of Loaded Firearms, but Prohibiting Skateboards, Animals, Squirt Guns;…
April 8, 2015
Everytown, Texas Moms Demand Action Release New TV Ad Opposing Guns on Campus: “Texas Is Better Than This”
Ad Highlights Recent Polling That Shows A Majority of Texans Oppose Guns on Campus Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and the Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense…
April 7, 2015
Texas Moms Support Texas Business Urging Lawmakers To Pass Simplified Pro-Business Firearms Signage
Today: House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee Hearing on HB 2405, Simple Signage Bill Today the Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America joined business owners to testify in support of HB 2405, a…
April 7, 2015
“No Questions Asked”: Investigation Shows Criminals in Oregon Flocking to Vast Online Gun Marketplace to Evade Background Checks, Arm Themselves
Everytown Investigation Finds One in Eighteen Oregonians Seeking Guns In Unlicensed Online Sales Is Prohibited from Buying Guns, and an Estimated 1,360 Guns Transferred to Prohibited People Each Year Via Just Four Websites SB…
April 7, 2015
Everytown Releases “Lil’ Wayne (LaPierres)” Video Ahead of NRA Annual Meeting
Video Features Young Children Reciting Some of Wayne Lapierre’s Most Fear-Inducing Rhetoric Everytown and Moms Demand Action Will Be in Nashville This Week to Counter NRA’s Dangerous Agenda, Rally for Safer Gun Laws that…
April 7, 2015
Everytown, Nevada Moms Demand Action Condemn Assembly Passage of Extremist Michele Fiore’s Bill to Force Nevada Colleges to Allow Concealed, Loaded Guns on Campus
AB 148 Opposed by Nevada Moms, Students, Educators, and Campus Police; Part of Fiore Agenda to Let Dangerous People Carry Hidden, Loaded Guns In Public in Nevada The Nevada chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America,…
April 6, 2015
Everytown, Oregon Moms Demand Action Applaud Background Check Bill Passed out of Senate Judiciary Committee Today
Bill Now Moves to Senate Floor for a Vote; 81 Percent of Oregonians Support Background Checks on All Gun Sales The Oregon chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, today…
April 3, 2015
Another NRA Defeat: Gun-lobby Backed Bills Fail in Arizona Legislature
Everytown for Gun Safety and Arizona Moms Applaud Legislature for Standing Up for Public Safety Everytown for Gun Safety and the Arizona chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America today released the following statement applauding the…
April 1, 2015
Everytown, Oregon Moms, Law Enforcement, Veterans, Survivors Speak out to Support Background Check Bill Heard in Senate Judiciary Committee Today
Committee Expected to Vote Tomorrow on SB 941, Background Check Legislation; 81% of Oregonians Support Background Checks on All Gun Sales Following the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today on Senate Bill 941, legislation to require background checks on…
March 31, 2015
Everytown, Idaho Moms Release New Poll: More than 80 Percent of Idahoans Support Current Permitting System
Poll Finds Idaho Voters Oppose the Dismantling of State’s Concealed Carry Permitting Process as Proposed by HB 301 Everytown for Gun Safety and the Idaho chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Safety in America released a…
March 27, 2015
Everytown, New Jersey Moms Applaud Introduction of Life-Saving Background Checks Bill
(A 4348), Introduced Yesterday in the New Jersey Legislature, Will Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Felons, Domestic Abusers, and Other Dangerous People The New Jersey chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part…
March 26, 2015
Everytown, Florida Moms Demand Action Release Poll That Shows Strong Majority of Floridians Oppose Guns on Campus and in K-12 Schools Legislation
Sixty One Percent of Floridians Oppose Forcing Colleges and Universities to Allow Concealed Weapons on Campus; Sixty One Percent of Floridians Also Oppose Allowing Guns in K-12 Schools Florida’s Legislature has Proposed Six Gun…
March 23, 2015
NRA DEFEAT: Everytown for Gun Safety and West Virginia Moms Applaud Governor Tomblin’s Veto of Dangerous Gun Legislation Pushed by Gun Lobby
Tomblin’s Veto of S.B. 347 a Critical Defeat for the NRA, Preserving Common Sense Safeguards to Keep West Virginians Safe 83% of Likely Voters in West Virginia Favor Requiring Permits for Concealed Carry of Handguns in Public Everytown…
March 19, 2015
Everytown for Gun Safety and Nebraska Moms Demand Action Call on Lawmakers to Oppose Guns in Bars and Punishing Nebraska Cities for Common Sense Public Safety Measures
Today: Judiciary Committee Hearing on LB 289, Allows Outside Groups to Sue Nebraska Cities Friday: Judiciary Committee Hearing on LB635, Allows Guns in Bars The Nebraska chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part…
March 19, 2015
Texas Moms Condemn Senate For Ignoring Texans and Passing Campus Carry
New Poll Shows a Majority of Texans Oppose Guns on Campus Today the Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America condemned the Senate’s preliminary passage of SB 11, a guns on…
March 17, 2015
Texas Moms Demand Action Releases Poll That Shows A Majority of Texans Oppose Guns on Campus
Senate Scheduled to Vote on SB 11, Guns on Campus Tomorrow; House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety Heard Testimony of Companion Version, HB 937, Today The Texas chapter of Moms Action For Gun Sense in America today…
March 17, 2015
Texas Moms Condemn Senate For Ignoring Texans and Passing Open Carry
Today: Senate Vote on SB 17, Open Carry of Handguns; House Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee Hears Testimony on H 910, Open Carry of Handguns and H 937, Forcing Guns on Campus; Texas Moms, Gun Violence Survivors,…
March 16, 2015
Everytown, Kansas Moms Demand Action Release Poll That Shows 78 Percent of Kansans Believe Concealed Handgun Carriers Should Be Required to Have a Permit
Overwhelming Majority of Kansans Oppose Effort to Dismantle State’s Concealed Carry Permitting System Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and Kansas Moms Demand Action today released a new poll showing the overwhelming majority of Kansans…
March 14, 2015
Everytown for Gun Safety and West Virginia Moms Demand Action Urge Governor Tomblin to Veto Dangerous Bill Allowing People to Carry Concealed Handguns in Public with No Training and No Permit
S.B. 347, Voted out of the Legislature Today, Would Effectively Dismantle the State’s Concealed Carry Permitting System, Changing West Virginia Law to Allow Dangerous People to Carry Guns in Public 83 Percent of Likely Voters in West Virginia…
March 13, 2015
Everytown, Montana Moms, Elected Officials, a Law Enforcement Representative, Gun Owners, and Educators Speak Out Against Dangerous Gun Bills; Urge Governor Bullock to Veto HB 298
New Polling Reveals that Overwhelming Majority of Montanans – 83 Percent – Support Requiring a Permit to Carry Concealed Handguns in Public; SB 143 Would Force Guns onto College Campuses The Montana chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun…
March 9, 2015
“Backpacks, Not Bullets”: Coalition of Moms, Gun Violence Survivors, Law Enforcement, Educators, and Students Rally Against Guns-In-Schools Bills at State Capitol
Coalition Drops Off 12,000 Postcards to Legislators with the Message: “Backpacks and Bullets Don’t Mix” Everytown for Gun Safety and the Florida chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Safety joined with a coalition of gun violence survivors,…
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/.
