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New Jersey Assembly Judiciary and Appropriations Committees Move Swiftly To Pass Gun Safety Legislation To Address Dangerous Supreme Court Ruling
The New Jersey chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement applauding the Assembly’s Judiciary and Appropriations Committees for acting quickly and intentionally to pass legislation…
October 19, 2022
Oregon Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting on Jefferson High School Grounds in Portland
The Oregon chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action issued the following statement in response to a shooting yesterday afternoon outside Jefferson High School in Portland, where two students were shot and wounded. According to police…
October 17, 2022
Weekend Gun Violence in College Communities Underscores Urgent Need for Action on Gun Safety
As Homecoming season kicks off, incidents of gun violence are impacting college communities across the country, turning celebrations into tragedy. This weekend alone, there were at least four shootings on or around university campuses, including two Historically Black Colleges and…
October 14, 2022
U.S. Senators Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, and Chris Murphy, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Community Violence Intervention Leaders Joined Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Volunteers and Gun Violence Survivors for Roundtable Discussion on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
Roundtable Focused on Solutions to Curb Gun Violence in Chicago and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act CHICAGO — Today, gun violence survivors and gun safety advocates with Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, alongside representatives of the Institute for…
October 14, 2022
North Carolina Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Mass Shooting in Raleigh
The North Carolina chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement after a mass shooting in Raleigh on Thursday night left five people dead, including…
October 13, 2022
New Jersey Governor and Lawmakers Introduce Measures To Strengthen Licensing Laws and Sensitive Locations To Address Dangerous Supreme Court Ruling; Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud
The New Jersey chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement applauding the New Jersey legislature and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy for taking a crucial…
October 12, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams Signs Times Square Sensitive Location and Illegal Gun Data Tracking Bills; Everytown, Moms Demand Action, and Students Demand Action Applaud
The New York chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statements applauding Mayor Eric Adams, a co-chair of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, for signing two pieces…
October 10, 2022
Weekend of Deadly Gun Violence in Cities Across the Country Underscores Urgent Need for Continued Action on Gun Safety
Over the weekend, acts of gun violence impacted communities across the country — some of which were tragically deadly. Many of these shootings occurred in major cities, highlighting the importance of addressing city gun violence. On Friday night, at least two…
October 7, 2022
Everytown for Gun Safety Endorses 40 Moms Demand Action Volunteers Running for Office
More Than 265 Moms Demand Action & Students Demand Action Volunteers Endorsed This Cycle NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed an additional 40 Moms Demand Action volunteers running for office across the country. The volunteers…
October 6, 2022
New ATF Inspection Data Shows the Biden-Harris Administration is Holding Rogue Gun Dealers Accountable
As reported by The Trace and USA Today, new data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) shows that the Biden-Harris Administration is following through on its promise to implement a zero-tolerance policy for rogue…
October 6, 2022
Schools Across South Carolina Lock Down Amid Swatting Calls, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
South Carolina Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statements in response to a rash of false school shooting threats that swept the state yesterday. According to…
October 5, 2022
Everytown, Moms Demand Action on Newly Released FBI Crime Data: “Rise in Homicides are Being Fueled by Gun Violence”
NEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action released the following statements after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today published new annual data on crime and gun violence in the U.S. in 2021. The FBI’s new…
October 4, 2022
Following Advocacy from Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Volunteers, Texas School Districts Educate Families About Secure Firearm Storage with the Help of Be SMART
Following tireless advocacy from Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers, school districts all across Texas are taking action on gun safety and sending home Be SMART information about the importance of secure firearm storage. Most recently, thanks to…
October 4, 2022
Moms Take The Midterms: Moms Demand Action Volunteers Who Are Medical Professionals Running for Office Discuss What’s At Stake in Midterm Elections
Shannon Watts hosts virtual conversation with candidates from Iowa, Missouri, Oregon, Texas and South Carolina Over 200 Moms Demand Action volunteers are running for office up and down the ticket this November NEW YORK – Today, Shannon Watts, founder of…
October 4, 2022
Five Years After the Country’s Deadliest Mass Shooting in Las Vegas, the Supreme Court Rejects Challenges to Ban on Bump Stocks, Everytown and Moms Demand Action Respond
The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected continuing efforts to overturn an executive action banning bump stocks, declining to hear multiple challenges to the Department of Justice rule prohibiting the production, sale and possession of bump stocks. Everytown has…
October 4, 2022
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Volunteers Held More Than 200 Canvasses and Phone Banks for Gun Sense Champions During Weekend of Action
This weekend, gun violence survivors and volunteers with Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action held over 200 canvassing, phone banking and voter contact events as part of Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and Everytown Victory Fund’s first Weekend…
October 3, 2022
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statements as Domestic Violence Awareness Month Begins
NEW YORK — Everytown and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements to mark the beginning of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence and gun violence are inextricably linked, impacting millions of…
September 30, 2022
Everytown Statement on the Five-Year Mark of the Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting in Las Vegas
Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements in honor of the five-year mark of the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting in Las Vegas on October 1st, 2017, in…
September 30, 2022
Texas Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Mass Shooting in McGregor
The Texas chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement in response to a domestic violence related mass shooting in McGregor that left five people…
September 30, 2022
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting Of Two Migrants in West Texas
The Texas chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement in response to the shooting of two migrants near Sierra Blanca, a small, predominantly Latinx…
September 30, 2022
Hawaii Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud Honolulu Mayor for Announcing Step to Keep Residents Safe in Wake of Dangerous U.S. Supreme Court Bruen Ruling
Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statement applauding Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi for asking Honolulu City Council to hear an ordinance regarding where firearms can be carried in…
September 29, 2022
California Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Response to Shooting on Oakland School Grounds
The California chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action issued the following statement in response to a shooting yesterday afternoon at the facilities shared by Rudsdale Newcomer High School, Sojourner Truth Independent Study, and Bay Area Technology…
September 28, 2022
Pennsylvania Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statement on Shooting Behind Roxborough High School in Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania chapter of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement in response to a shooting behind Roxborough High School in which one child was shot and killed,…
September 23, 2022
Following Advocacy from Arkansas Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action, Little Rock School Board Votes to Pass Secure Storage Resolution
The Arkansas chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement today celebrating the Little Rock School Board’s vote to pass a resolution which commits the…
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/.
