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Gun-Lobby Backed Arizona Lawmakers Advance Dangerous Legislation Allowing Guns On Campus; Arizona Moms Demand Action, Student Demand Action Respond.
PHOENIX – The Arizona chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action released the following statement after the Arizona Senate Judiciary committee voted to advance SB 1300 — a dangerous piece of legislation that would force public colleges and…
February 16, 2023
Dangerous Gun Bills Rejected By South Dakota Lawmakers; Moms Demand Action Volunteers and Law Enforcement Officials Testified in Opposition of Bills
The Everytown chapters of Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action released the following statement applauding the rejection of three dangerous gun bills in the South Dakota legislature. Today, House Bill 1131, a bill that would prohibit the implementation of…
February 16, 2023
Virginia Senate Passes Tax Credit For Gun Owners Who Buy A Safe; Everytown, Moms Demand Action, and Students Demand Action Applaud
The Virginia 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 Virginia Senate for passing HB 2387 which would give gun owners the ability…
February 15, 2023
ICYMI: West Virginia House Judiciary Committee Passes Bill Forcing Guns On West Virginia College and University Campuses; Moms Demand Action Show Up Testify To Oppose
Today, West Virginia lawmakers in the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing and advanced SB 10 – a dangerous piece of legislation that would force public colleges and universities to allow hidden, loaded guns on campus. West Virginia law…
February 15, 2023
Everytown Applauds DOJ Awarding Over $200 Million in Red Flag Law Implementation and Crisis Intervention Funding
Investments Come As Part of Biden-Harris Administration’s Implementation of Bipartisan Safer Communities Act WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, applauded the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) awarding over $200…
February 15, 2023
Gun Sense Lawmakers, Gun Violence Survivors, Shannon Watts, and Droves of Indiana Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Call for Action on Gun Safety During Annual Advocacy Day, Celebrate 10 Years of Life-Saving Work in Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Ind. — Today, State Senators Andrea Hunley and Fady Qaddoura, Representative Dr. Victoria Garcia-Wilburn, and droves of Indiana Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers, alongside Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts called for action on gun safety…
February 15, 2023
ICYMI: Moms Demand Action Volunteers Testify in Support of Strengthening Concealed Carry Laws Following SCOTUS Bruen Decision.
Today, Hawai‘i lawmakers held hearings, and advanced gun safety legislation in the House Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee where Moms Demand Action volunteers testified in favor of HB 984, a measure sponsored by House Speaker Scott Saiki and is part…
February 14, 2023
Shooting at the Michigan State University Killed Three Students and Wounded Five Others; Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
Michigan State University Shooting Happened on the Eve of Five Year Mark of Parkland High School Mass Shooting, And Fifteen Year Mark of Mass Shooting at Northern Illinois University Newly Elected Gun Sense Majorities in Michigan House, Senate and Governor’s…
February 13, 2023
Gun Lobby-Backed North Carolina Lawmakers are Proposing Repealing the Handgun Background Check System. What to Know:
Tomorrow, lawmakers in the House and Senate will hold hearings on legislative proposals to repeal the handgun background check law that has been on the books in North Carolina since 1919. The current statute requires a permit before a North…
February 13, 2023
Gun Sense Lawmakers, Gun Violence Survivors, and Over 100 Kansas Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Call for Action on Gun Safety During Annual Advocacy Day, Celebrate 10 Years of Life-Saving Work in Topeka
Topeka, Kan. — Today, State Senator Oletha Faust-Goudeau, Representatives Linda Featherston and Joella Hoye, and over 100 Moms Demand Action volunteers called for action on gun safety during their annual advocacy day in Topeka. This year’s advocacy day coincides with…
February 10, 2023
Kansas Lawmakers Advance Ineffective NRA “Eddie Eagle” Educational Programming, Despite broad Spectrum Opposition from Educational Professionals and Associations
The Kansas chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement after Kansas lawmakers advanced Senate Bill 116, a bill to require children enrolled in firearm…
February 10, 2023
Louisiana Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Familicide Shooting in Harvey
The Louisiana chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement in response to a shooting Thursday morning in Harvey. According to reports, a mother, a…
February 10, 2023
Once Again, South Dakota Lawmakers Reject Dangerous Legislation to Nullify Federal Gun Laws After Testimony From Moms Demand Action Volunteers, Law Enforcement Officers
The South Dakota chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement after South Dakota lawmakers rejected House Bill 1173, legislation that would make it illegal…
February 10, 2023
NEW REPORT: NRA Membership Hits 10-Year Low, Hemorrhaging Over 1 Million Members Since 2019
Leaked Documents Show NRA Spent $1.2 Million in 2022 on Private Jet Travel Even As Organization Took Out $20 Million Credit Line to Pay Bills A series of new reports from The Reload based on leaked internal documents has…
February 10, 2023
Everytown Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Close Dating Partner Loophole
WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements applauding the introduction of bipartisan legislation by Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and…
February 9, 2023
Massachusetts Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Domestic Violence Shooting of a Family in Andover Home
The Massachusetts chapter of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement in response to a shooting of a family in Andover, Massachusetts in which a mother, father…
February 9, 2023
New Jersey Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Fatal Shooting of Councilman Russell Heller
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 in response to the tragic death of New Jersey Councilman Russell Heller, a 51-year-old Milford…
February 8, 2023
Kentucky Moms Demand Action Applaud Unanimous Resolution to Distribute Secure Storage Information in Jefferson County Public Schools
The Kentucky chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement applauding the Jefferson County Board of Education’s unanimous resolution to include Be SMART secure firearm storage information in the Student Behavior…
February 8, 2023
Kentucky Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting of Imanitwitaho Zachee, a Black Transgender Woman, in Louisville
The Kentucky chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement in response to the death of Imanitwitaho Zachee, a Black transgender woman, who was shot…
February 8, 2023
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud President Biden Highlighting Gun Violence Prevention in State of the Union Address
WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements applauding President Joe Biden’s significant gun safety achievements highlighted in his State of the Union Address this evening. The…
February 8, 2023
Florida House Committee Advances Dangerous Legislation Allowing Permitless Carry; Florida Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
The Florida chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement in response to House Republicans passing permitless carry in the Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law…
February 7, 2023
ICYMI: Montana Moms Demand Action Volunteers Join Lawmakers In Helena to Call for Action on Gun Safety During Annual Advocacy Day
Yesterday, over two dozen volunteers from Montana Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action called for action on gun safety during their annual advocacy day in Helena. This year’s advocacy day coincides with the celebration of 10 years of Moms…
February 7, 2023
State Representatives Longdon and Terech, Shannon Watts, More Than 100 Arizona Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Rallied In Phoenix to Call for Action on Gun Safety During Annual Advocacy Day
Phoenix, Ariz. — Today, Arizona State Representatives Jennifer Longdon, Laura Terech, Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts, Everytown for Gun Safety Managing Director of Volunteer Engagement Ken Gonzalez, and over 100 volunteers from Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action…
February 7, 2023
Fifth Annual National Gun Violence Survivors Week Ends With Thousands of Survivor Stories Amplified Across The Country
30 Mayors from Across the Country Joined Mayors Against Illegal Guns in Honor of This Year’s Campaign From Members of Congress to Professional Athletic Organizations, Thousands Came Together to Uplift the Voices of Gun Violence Survivors Moms Demand Action and…
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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.
