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December 22, 2022

VICTORY: Everytown, Moms Demand Action, and Students Demand Action Applaud New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Lawmakers For Passing Gun Safety Legislation Strengthening Licensing Laws and Establishing Sensitive Locations

Moms Demand Action Volunteers Sent Over 1,200 Emails To Lawmakers 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 New Jersey Governor Phil…
December 20, 2022

Alongside Moms Demand Action and Student Demand Action Volunteers Washington Leaders Present Common-Sense Gun Safety Bills for 2023 Legislative Session

TUKWILA, WA —Washington Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement after Governor Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson presented sweeping gun safety measures for the next…
December 16, 2022

Oregon Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statement on Court Ruling to Block Voter-Passed Measure 114 

PORTLAND, OR – Oregon Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statements in response to Harney County Circuit Court Judge Robert S. Raschio’s recent orders blocking Measure 114,…
December 15, 2022

More Than 8.5 Million Students Nationwide Will Attend Schools With Secure Firearm Storage Policies During Next School Year Following Passage of Orange County, Florida Resolution

Orange County, Florida is the Eighth Largest School District in the Nation and Fourth Largest District in Florida, Covering 209,000 Students Up to 80% of School Shooters Under the Age of 18 Obtain Their Gun From the Home; In 2015,…
December 13, 2022

10 Years Since The Mass Shooting At Sandy Hook School, Everytown, Moms Demand Action Statements

WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements in honor of the 10 year mark of the Sandy Hook School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14,…
December 7, 2022

Columbus City Council Passes Gun Violence Prevention Ordinance — Ohio Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud Commitment to Gun Safety

The Ohio chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement after the Columbus City Council passed an ordinance to both address firearm trafficking and firearm secure…
December 7, 2022

Senator Raphael Warnock, Everytown-Supported Gun Sense Candidate, Wins Re-election in Georgia Runoff

Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund and Everytown for Gun Safety Georgia Spent More Than $1.4 Million in Georgia this Election to Support Senator Warnock and other Gun Sense Candidates, Successfully Defeating Gun Lobby-Backed Herschel Walker Moms Demand Action and…
December 2, 2022

Following Advocacy from Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, Illinois Lawmakers Introduce Critical Gun Safety Package, The Protect Illinois Communities Act 

The Illinois chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement applauding Illinois lawmakers and Illinois State Representative Bob Morgan for introducing an omnibus gun violence prevention…
November 30, 2022

Everytown’s Be SMART Program And National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives Announce Partnership to Promote Secure Firearm Storage

Law Enforcement Leaders in Major Cities – Including Baltimore, Philadelphia, Baton Rouge, Nashville, and More – to Begin Distribution of Secure Storage Information and Gun Locks to Community Members  Firearms are the Leading Cause of Death for Children and Teens…
November 30, 2022

On the Year Mark of the Oxford High School Shooting, Where Eleven People Were Shot, Four Students Fatally, Michigan Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Call for Gun Safety

Oxford, MI  – Today marks one year since the deadly shooting at Oxford High School, where four students were shot and killed and seven individuals, including a teacher, were shot and wounded. The shooter was a 15-year-old, armed with a…
November 28, 2022

Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statements On Shooting At Atlanta’s Atlantic Station

Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements addressing a shooting over the weekend in which a 12-year-old was killed and at least five other minors were wounded at…
November 23, 2022

Everytown, Moms Demand Action Statements On Mass Shooting At Walmart Store in Chesapeake, Virginia

Six People Dead, At Least Four Reported Wounded CHESAPEAKE, Va. – Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements on the mass shooting at a Walmart location in…
November 22, 2022

Colorado’s Red Flag Law Should Have Prevented the Horrific Mass Shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs. Here is What you Need to Know:

This Saturday, on the eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance, a hate-filled mass shooting at the LGBTQ+ Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado resulted in five people being killed and at least 18 more wounded. The shooter is in custody…
November 21, 2022

New Jersey Assembly Continues To Lead On Gun Safety By Passing Major Legislation To Strengthen Licensing Laws and Establish Sensitive Locations 

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 Assembly for passing bill A4769 to address the new dangers…
November 20, 2022

Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statements On Mass Shooting At Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ Nightclub

Five Dead, 18 Reported Injured from Shooting at Club Q Night Before Trans Day of Remembrance COLORADO SPRINGS – Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements on the…
November 17, 2022

Ohio Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Applaud Moms Demand Action Volunteer Turned Lawmaker Rep. Jessica Miranda for Introducing Bill to Designate June Gun Violence Awareness Month

The Ohio chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement after lawmakers today introduced HB 360, a bill designating June as Gun Violence Awareness Month. The…
November 17, 2022

Everytown For Gun Safety Statement on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Historic Tenure in House Leadership

WASHINGTON — Today, following Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s announcement of her decision to step down from House Democratic leadership in the upcoming 118th Congress, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students…
November 17, 2022

Karen Bass, Everytown-Endorsed Gun Sense Candidate, Wins in Los Angeles

Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Made Over Six Million Voter Contacts to Support Gun Sense Candidates Across the Country LOS ANGELES — Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students…
November 17, 2022

VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Following advocacy by Moms Demand Action, Hawaiʻi County Passes Changes to Concealed Carry Permit and Sensitive Locations

Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statement applauding HawaiÊ»i County’s Council for passing changes regarding where firearms can be carried in public. This action comes in response to…
November 16, 2022

NEW EVERYTOWN REPORT: An Estimated 173,000 Gun Owners Become Prohibited Every Year, the Vast Majority of Whom Keep Possession of their Guns; Illegal Gun Removal Programs Are Crucial to Keeping Guns out of Dangerous Hands

The Report estimates that 173,000 gun owners become newly prohibited each year, including for felony and domestic violence convictions – almost 10 percent of them in Texas alone – and without programs to remove their illegal guns, the vast…
November 16, 2022

Everytown Statement on Trump Announcing Next Failed Presidential Campaign

NEW YORK — Today, Everytown and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements in response to Donald Trump — the NRA’s number one ally — announcing his next presidential campaign.  “During Trump’s time…
November 15, 2022

In Major Victory for Gun Safety, Nine Moms Demand Action Volunteers Won Elections in Oregon

More than One Hundred Twenty-Five Newly Elected Volunteers Join Growing Ranks of Moms Demand Action Volunteers Elected to Office Since Its Founding in 2012, Part of 275+ Volunteers who Ran for Office This Cycle Moms Demand Action and Students Demand…
November 15, 2022

Katie Hobbs, Everytown-Supported Gun Sense Candidate, Wins in Arizona

Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund Supported Katie Hobbs As Part of a $1.4 Million Investment in Arizona this Election, Successfully Defeating Gun Lobby-Backed Kari Lake  Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Made Over Six Million Voter Contacts…
November 14, 2022

Shooting at the University of Virginia Killed Three and Wounded Two Others; Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond

The Virginia chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statements in response to a shooting at the University of Virginia (UVA) in which three students were shot…

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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.

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Hawaiʻi State Senator Chris Lee (left), Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke (middle), and Hawaiʻi State Representative Scot Matayoshi (right) at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol in Honolulu, HI on Feb. 8, 2023.
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A large group of Moms Demand Action volunteers stand on stairs and cheer. Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action, is pictured front and center.
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Rudy Espinoza, the emceee and a volunteer with the Calif. chapter of Moms Demand Action, speaks during the 10th anniversary event of Moms Demand Action in Sacramento, Calif. on Sunday, March 12, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal, Everytown for Gun Safety