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Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Announces First Major Round of Federal Endorsements
NEW YORK — Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund (“Everytown”) announced the first major round of endorsements of candidates running for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for the 2022 election cycle. This follows endorsements Everytown made on Tuesday…
July 27, 2022
Following Governor’s Inaction to Curb Impact of Dangerous Supreme Court Decision, Gun Permit Applications in Maryland Have Spiked. Here’s What You Need to Know:
In June, a Supreme Court ruling struck down a portion of New York’s gun permitting law, forcing the state to allow more people to carry guns in public places and endangering similar portions of gun permitting laws in Maryland and…
July 27, 2022
TODAY: Gun Manufacturer CEOs Testify in House Oversight Hearing, Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
Everytown Has Called for Firearms Industry Accountability, Including Filing New Complaint Urging the FTC to Investigate Daniel Defense’s Marketing Experts Available to Speak on Gun Industry’s Role in Gun Violence Epidemic WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots…
July 26, 2022
Michigan Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud Governor Gretchen Whitmer Signing Executive Order to Address Gun Violence
The Michigan chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement after Governor Gretchen Whitmer today issued an executive order to address gun violence in Michigan and…
July 26, 2022
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Announces New Gubernatorial and Statewide Endorsements
NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund (“Everytown”) expanded its endorsements for statewide offices. A full list of endorsed candidates is below and represents races across nine states. “The fact that so many candidates are running…
July 25, 2022
Vermont Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Deadly Early Morning Shooting in Burlington
The Vermont 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 that took place in the early hours of Monday morning inside…
July 25, 2022
Georgia Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting of Keshia Chanel Geter, a 26-year-old Black Transgender Woman, in Augusta
The Georgia 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 Keshia Chanel Geter, a 26-year-old Black transgender woman, who was…
July 22, 2022
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Following Tireless Advocacy From Moms Demand Action And Students Demand Action, Governor Newsom Signs First-Of-Its-Kind Gun Safety Bill
The California chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statements applauding California Governor Gavin Newsom for signing into law legislation to limit the spread of illegal guns and…
July 21, 2022
Massachusetts Legislature Passes Measure to Address Dangerous Supreme Court Decision on Gun Permitting, Promises Future Action on Gun Safety; Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
The Massachusetts chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement responding to applauding the Massachusetts House of Representatives passing legislation that would address the Supreme Court’s…
July 21, 2022
Major Milestone: More Than 90,000 New Mexico Students Now Attend Schools Requiring Secure Firearm Storage Notification
Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Have Gone School District to School District Urging School Boards Across the State to Include Information About Secure Firearm Storage Albuquerque —The New Mexico chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand…
July 21, 2022
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud President Biden’s Safer America Plan
Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements regarding President Joe Biden’s Safer America Plan, a proposed $37 billion investment to prevent gun crime, support community violence intervention…
July 20, 2022
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statement on House Judiciary Markup of Gun Industry Protection Repeal and Assault Weapons Regulation
Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements as the House Judiciary Committee holds a markup on H.R. 2814, the Equal Access to Justice for Victims…
July 20, 2022
TODAY: Congressional Hearings on Gun Violence Prevention As Gun Sense Majorities Continue To Act
Just weeks after passing the historic Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first major federal gun safety legislation to become law in nearly 26 years, Congress continues to lead the charge on gun violence prevention by holding two important hearings and…
July 18, 2022
Massachusetts Legislature Approves New Fiscal Year State Budget, Including Over $90 Million in Gun Violence Prevention Funding, Following Advocacy by Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action
The Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts legislature for approving a Fiscal Year 2023 state budget that includes at least…
July 18, 2022
Indiana Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting at Greenwood Park Mall
The Indiana chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement after three people were killed and two others were wounded last night in a shooting…
July 16, 2022
Today Marks the Implementation of the 988 National Crisis Hotline
Today marks the implementation of 988, the three-digit national dialing, texting, and chat code crisis hotline for anyone expreinceing suicidal thoughts or mental health-related crisises. The dialing code lifeline will increase accessibility to life-saving interventions and resources. Suicide accounts for…
July 13, 2022
Following White House Ceremony, Everytown Releases Comprehensive Guidance For State and Local Leaders on Implementing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released comprehensive guidance on action that state and local leaders can take immediately to implement and make use of the…
July 12, 2022
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action, Statement on Steve Dettelbach’s Confirmation as ATF Director
Dettelbach Becomes First Senate-Confirmed ATF Director in Nearly a Decade Everytown Drove Over 900,000 Calls and Messages in Support of Dettelbach’s Confirmation WASHINGTON –– Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action,…
July 12, 2022
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Following Tireless Advocacy from Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, Governor Newsom Signs Historic Bill to Hold Firearm Industry Accountable for Role in Gun Violence Crisis
The California chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement applauding California Governor Gavin Newsom for signing into law legislation to establish accountability for the firearm industry.
July 11, 2022
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statements on White House Event Celebrating the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
Gun Violence Prevention Advocates and Gun Violence Survivors Attending Event Today Available for Interviews Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Drove Over One Million Calls & Messages to the U.S. Senate to Help Pass Bill; Everytown Advised in the…
July 7, 2022
New Polling Shows Majority of Texas Voters Support Stronger Gun Safety Laws
New statewide polling from the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin shows that a majority of Texas voters support stronger gun safety laws. The latest poll measured a notable spike in support for stricter policies…
July 6, 2022
Mass Shootings in Highland Park, Buffalo Highlight Need for Red Flag Law Implementation, Enforcement
While details are still emerging in the tragic mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, which killed seven people and wounded at least 30 more, one question stands out: could the shooter have been stopped from obtaining a firearm in the…
July 5, 2022
Tennessee Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting of Kitty Monroe, a Black Transgender Woman, in Cordova
The Tennessee 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 Kitty Monroe, a Black transgender woman, who was shot…
July 5, 2022
Fourth of July Weekend Marred by Gun Violence.
This holiday weekend marked yet another deadly weekend in the U.S. as gun violence killed and wounded hundreds of people across the country. On Monday, a shooting during a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois left at…
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/.
