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December 16, 2021

Fact-Checking the Gun Lobby’s Arguments Against New York’s Landmark Law to Hold the Gun Industry Accountable

In light of the legal challenge filed today by 14 gun manufacturers and the National Shootings Sports Foundation, which represents the gun industry, below are key facts about New York’s landmark law to hold the gun industry accountable.
December 16, 2021

Georgia Man Shot Dead By Toddler Who Found Gun. Here’s What You Need to Know About Secure Storage.

Early last week, a Georgia man was shot fatally by a toddler. According to a statement issued by the Savannah Police Department this week, a child under the age of two, found a gun and fired it,…
December 16, 2021

Everytown Applauds Congressional Letter to Biden-Harris Administration Urging Action on Secure Storage of Firearms

Letter Led By Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) & Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) Echo Everytown’s Call for Action from Biden-Harris Administration on Secure Storage, Signed by 19 Senators and 100 Members of the House Over 2…
December 15, 2021

Senate Passes Dangerous Permitless Carry Bill Despite Widespread Opposition from Law Enforcement and Public Safety Advocates — Ohio Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond

Ohio Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action, Ohio Mayors Alliance, Hamilton County Sheriff, Law Enforcement Officers All Testified Against Permitless Carry Research Shows States That Have Repealed Permitting Systems Have Experienced Increases in Gun Violence The Ohio…
December 15, 2021

Gun Safety Advocates Work With Cities To Get Funding From Life-Saving CalVIP Program

Yesterday, Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action and their partners hosted a webinar for local groups and city leaders to discuss how CalVIP has helped to reduce gun violence in California’s communities, teach city and local leaders about…
December 15, 2021

Major Milestone: More Than Two Million Students Nationwide Now Attend Schools With Secure Firearm Storage Awareness Policies

Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action, and Be SMART Volunteers Have Urged School Boards Across the Country to Require Schools to Educate Parents About Secure Firearm Storage At Least 5.4 Million Children in 2021 Live in…
December 14, 2021

Ohio Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Criticize Senate Lawmakers for Passing Dangerous Permitless Carry Bill Out of Committee

Hamilton County Sheriff, Law Enforcement Officers, Student Advocates, Ohio Mayors Alliance Also Testified Against the Legislation The Ohio chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the…
December 14, 2021

Everytown Joins President Biden’s Call For Gun Safety Action from Congress While Commemorating Nine Year Mark of Sandy Hook Shooting

WASHINGTON — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements after President Joe Biden’s call for congressional action on gun safety in a video commemorating the…
December 14, 2021

Durham Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 4 Others Wounded; North Carolina Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond

DURHAM, N.C. —  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 after a shooting in Durham left two people dead and four…
December 13, 2021

Massachusetts Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud Governor Charlie Baker on Signing of Crucial American Rescue Plan Funding Bill, Including $65 Million in Gun Violence Prevention Funding

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 Governor Charlie Baker for signing into law H4269, legislation that would utilize $65 million…
December 13, 2021

1 Killed, 13 Wounded in Drive-By Shooting at Baytown Vigil; Texas Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond

BAYTOWN, Texas — The Texas chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement after a gunman opened fire during a candlelight vigil in Baytown Sunday…
December 10, 2021

Governor Northam Announces $27 Million for Gun Violence Prevention Research in Biennial Budget — Virginia Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud Commitment to Gun Safety

The Virginia chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement after Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced that $27.4 million in his proposed two-year budget…
December 10, 2021

Florida Student Accused of Planning School Shooting Amid National Increase in Gunfire on School Grounds

Yesterday, Daytona police received reports that a 19-year old student at Florida’s Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University was planning to carry out a mass shooting before winter break. According to Spectrum News, investigators say the student purchased a folding rifle…
December 10, 2021

Everytown, D.C. Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud Mayor Bowser’s Expansion of City Violence Interruption Resources to Reduce Gun Violence

Everytown for Gun Safety and the Washington, D.C. chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement after Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that D.C.’s Office…
December 10, 2021

This Weekend Marks Nine Years Since the Shooting at Clackamas Town Center. Since Then, a Grassroots Movement Has Changed the Secure Gun Storage Landscape.

Nearly nine years ago, a 22 year-old gunman shot three people — two fatally — at Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Oregon. The shooter used an unsecured rifle. Since the shooting, the state has passed a secure storage law to…
December 10, 2021

City of Memphis Leads on Prioritizing Gun Safety Ahead of Tennessee 2022 Legislative Session

As yet another deadly year of Tennessee gun violence draws to a close, the City of Memphis today presented a set of 2022 State Government Priorities during the Shelby County legislative delegation meeting, including several key points on improving…
December 9, 2021

Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action to Double Down on 2022 Gun Safety Priorities in Statehouses Amid Tragic Year of Gun Violence Fueled by Gun Lobby’s ‘Guns Everywhere’ Agenda

NEW YORK — Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action, and Students Demand Action today announced their gun safety priorities ahead of the upcoming 2022 legislative session, following another tragic year of gun violence and high profile shootings fueled…
December 8, 2021

Secure storage saves lives. Here’s how Alaska lawmakers can act this upcoming session.

After the tragic shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan last week, Alaska leaders and leaders across the country looked to the gun violence prevention movement to see what can be done to prevent school shootings in the future.
December 7, 2021

Las Vegas Sun: Ghost guns have no place in America

On Sunday, the Las Vegas Sun published a piece authored by gun violence survivor and Students Demand Action leader, Mia Tretta on the importance of regulating ghost guns and the new law passed last session to regulate…
December 7, 2021

“Charges against the parents of the Michigan school shooter should serve as a example” — Shannon Watts in The Washington Post

Following charges of involuntary manslaughter being made against the parents of the perpetrator of the mass shooting at Oxford High School that left four students dead and seven others wounded, Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, writes…
December 7, 2021

California Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting of Black Transgender Woman in Oakland, California

OAKLAND, Calif. – The California chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statements after Nikai David, a 33-year-old Black transgender woman, was…
December 7, 2021

Atlanta Public Schools Announces Secure Storage Policy, in Wake of Oxford High School Shooting

Atlanta Public Schools Will Work With Nonprofits, Advocates, and Law Enforcement to Promote Secure Gun Storage Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Have Urged School Boards Across the Country, Covering More Than 1.5 Million Students, to Pass…
December 6, 2021

Editorial: The Dangers of Guns at Protests Are Too Big to Ignore: Armed demonstrations threaten public safety — and freedom of speech.

A recent editorial in Bloomberg News highlighted the need to address armed demonstrations and the dangers of the gun lobby’s “guns everywhere” agenda. For years the gun lobby has touted the idea that all that is needed…
December 6, 2021

Secure storage saves lives. Here’s how New Mexico lawmakers can act this upcoming session.

After the tragic shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan last week and the horrific shooting of Bennie Hargrove in August, New Mexico leaders and leaders across the country looked to the gun violence prevention movement to see what…

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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