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June 29, 2022

Delaware House of Representatives Passes Crucial Pieces of Gun Safety Bill Package; Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud

The Delaware chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement after the Delaware House of Representatives passed a package of critical gun safety bills. The package includes legislation to generally raise…
June 28, 2022

Texas Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Governor Greg Abbott Allocating Over $100 Million in Funding for School Safety Initiatives and Failing on Gun Violence Prevention

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 after Texas Governor Greg Abbott today announced $105.5 million of newly allocated funding to support additional…
June 28, 2022

Governor Tim Walz Announces New Funding for Gun Violence Prevention and Secure Storage Efforts – Minnesota Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud

The Minnesota chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced a new multi-million dollar investment in gun violence violence prevention…
June 27, 2022

North Carolina Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting of Sasha Mason, a 45-year-old Trans Latina, in Zebulon

The North Carolina 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 Sasha Mason, a 45-year-old trans Latina, who was…
June 27, 2022

Victory for Gun Safety: Following Advocacy from Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, Arizona Legislature Adjourns Without Passing Any Dangerous Gun Lobby Priorities

The Arizona chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement after the Arizona legislature ended the legislative session without passing a dangerous gun lobby priority. The bills that…
June 25, 2022

MONUMENTAL VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Celebrate Gun Sense Champion President Joe Biden Signing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Into Law

Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Drove Over One Million Calls & Messages to the U.S. Senate in Recent Weeks; Everytown Advised in the Drafting of The Legislation WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms…
June 24, 2022

Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Jared Polis for Governor, Dianne Primavera for Lieutenant Governor, Phil Weiser for Attorney General, Jena Griswold for Secretary of State

DENVER — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund announced its endorsement of Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera, Attorney General Phil Weiser, and Secretary of State Jena Griswold for re-election this fall. The candidate slates endorsed today have…
June 24, 2022

Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses J.B. Pritzker for Governor, Juliana Stratton for Lieutenant Governor, Kwame Raoul for Attorney General

SPRINGFIELD — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund announced its endorsement of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, and Attorney General Kwame Raoul for reelection this fall. The candidate slates endorsed today have been gun sense champions while…
June 24, 2022

MASSIVE VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Celebrate House Passage of Bipartisan Safer Communities Act As Legislation Now Heads to President Biden’s Desk

Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Drove Over One Million Calls & Messages to Congress in Recent Weeks WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements…
June 24, 2022

MASSIVE VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Everytown, Moms Demand Action Celebrate Senate Passage of Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Drove Over One Million Calls & Messages to U.S. Senate in Recent Weeks WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following…
June 23, 2022

Everytown, Moms Demand Action Statements on Senate Vote Advancing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Drove Over One Million Calls & Messages to the U.S. Senate in Recent Weeks Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, and Moms Demand Action Volunteers Available for Interviews at the U.S. Capitol…
June 23, 2022

Everytown Responds to Decision in NYSRPA V. Bruen

Gun Safety Advocates to Hold Press Call at 2 to Respond to Ruling; Register HERE Decision Comes As U.S. Senate is Poised to Pass Bipartisan Gun Safety Legislation NEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety released the following statements in…
June 22, 2022

Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Kathy Hochul for Governor, Antonio Delgado for Lieutenant Governor, Letitia James for Attorney General

NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund announced its endorsement of New York Governor Kathy Hochul, Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado, and Attorney General Letitia James for election to another term this fall. The candidates endorsed today have been…
June 22, 2022

Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee Guts Gun Safety Bill and Slips Through Dangerous Permitless Carry Language – Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond

The Gutted Bill Contains the Exact Same Permitless Carry Language as SB 565, Which Governor Tom Wolf Vetoed in December The Pennsylvania chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots…
June 21, 2022

Everytown, Moms Demand Action Statement on Introduction of Legislative Text for Federal Bipartisan Gun Safety Deal

WASHINGTON — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements after a bipartisan coalition of U.S. Senators released legislative text for the historic agreement on a major gun safety,…
June 21, 2022

VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Governor McKee Signs Into Law Comprehensive Package of Gun Safety Bills, Following Advocacy From Moms Demand Action

Volunteers Have Pushed More Than a Thousand Calls and Emails to Lawmakers to Advocate for Gun Safety Legislation  PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island chapter of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s…
June 21, 2022

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds Signs Bill to Allow Wider Use of Assault Weapons Just Weeks After Multiple Mass Shootings Involving Assault Rifles Across the Country

The Iowa chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement after Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 581, a bill that would allow hunters to…
June 17, 2022

Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Advances Life-Saving Ghost Guns Legislation; Massachusetts 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 applauding legislators on the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security for issuing a favorable…
June 17, 2022

Delaware Senate Passes Historic Package of Gun Safety Bills Following Harrowing Recent Gun Violence; Delaware Moms Demand Action Applauds

Volunteers Drove Hundreds of Calls and Emails to Lawmakers in Support for the Legislation The Delaware chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement applauding the Delaware Senate for passing…
June 17, 2022

NEW: Over 500 Business Leaders & CEOs Have Signed Letter Calling on Gun Safety Action from Senate

Last Thursday, a new letter from business leaders & CEOs to the Senate calling for action on gun safety was launched with more than 220 signatories, including Levi Strauss & Co., Bain Capital, Northwell Health, Bloomberg LP, Yelp,…
June 16, 2022

Everytown, Moms Demand Action Statement as Steve Dettelbach’s Nomination Advances to Senate Floor

Dettelbach’s Nomination Widely Supported By Law Enforcement Groups WASHINGTON –– Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements after the Senate Judiciary Committee acted on Steve Dettelbach’s nomination…
June 15, 2022

Following Tragic Shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo, State and Local Leaders Aren’t Waiting for Congress to Act on Gun Safety

Following the horrific mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, NY, and the daily gun violence plaguing communities across the country, state and local leaders are advancing common sense gun safety measures to save lives. Last week, New York became…
June 15, 2022

Everytown Statement on Senate Judiciary Hearing on Protecting Children from Gun Violence

WASHINGTON — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements after today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on protecting America’s children from gun violence. The hearing, chaired by Senator…
June 15, 2022

Major Milestone: More Than 150,000 Oregon Students Now Attend Schools Prohibiting Firearms

Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Have Gone School District to School District Urging School Boards Across the State to Prohibit Firearms on School Grounds  Milestone Comes After Volunteers Helped Pass the First Gun Safety Legislation in Years With…

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/.

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The back profile of a Moms Demand Action volunteer wearing a red Moms Demand Action t-shirt
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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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
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