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Everytown, Connecticut Moms Demand Action, Applaud Connecticut Senate on Passage of Bill to Strengthen the State’s Extreme Risk Law
The Connecticut chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both grassroots initiatives of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement applauding the Connecticut Senate vote to pass HB 6355, which would strengthen Connecticut’s existing extreme risk law…
June 7, 2021
Seventh Annual National Gun Violence Awareness Day and Wear Orange Weekend Covers America in Orange
More Than 330 Events Took Place Throughout Wear Orange Weekend; Wear Orange 2021 Participants Included More Than 1,000 Partners, Influencers, Landmarks, and Elected Officials #WearOrange Trended Nationally for the Sixth Year in a Row with More Than 70,000…
June 4, 2021
7th Annual Wear Orange Campaign Kicks Off with Support from The White House, Levi Strauss & Co., DICK’S Sporting Goods, ViacomCBS, Lion Forge Animation, Women’s National Basketball Players Association, Penguin Random House, Empire State Building, Pro Sports Teams, Cultural Influencers and National Gun Violence Organizations
Americans Will Join Events in Every State and DC During Wear Orange Weekend, Calling for an End to the Gun Violence Epidemic that Likely Killed More Than 40,000 in 2020 and Wounded More Than 80,000 NEW YORK —The Wear Orange…
June 3, 2021
Everytown Awards New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy And Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver “Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate” Distinction
NJ Has Taken Action On Gun Safety Under Governor Murphy, Including Expanding Background Checks, Implementing a Red Flag Law, and Taking Executive Action to Create Public Safety Standards for Gun Dealers Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and…
June 3, 2021
Everytown Awards Nearly 90 “Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate” Distinctions To Virginia Candidates
Nearly 90 Candidates For Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and House of Delegates Received Distinction Ahead Of June 8 Primary More Virginia Gun Sense Candidates Running Than In 2019 Primary; Women Represent Nearly 60% Of Candidates In First Round of…
June 2, 2021
Everytown, California Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting at Los Angeles County Fire Station
The California chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statements after a shooting at a fire station in Los Angeles by an off-duty firefighter,…
June 2, 2021
DICK’S Sporting Goods and Women’s National Basketball Players Association Announce Partnership in Support of Wear Orange Campaign and Gun Violence Prevention
DICK’S Sporting Goods, in Partnership with the WNBA Players Association, Will Sell “The W Wears Orange” T-Shirts Online and in Approximately 120 Stores in Support of Wear Orange Now in Its 7th Year, Wear Orange Campaign…
June 2, 2021
Academy Award-Winning Lion Forge Animation and Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Produce Animated Short in Support of Wear Orange Campaign and Gun Violence Prevention
Lion Forge Animation, Which Won an Academy Award for the Viral “Hair Love,” Partners with Everytown on “Blossom,” Powerfully Illustrating the Experience of Joining Wear Orange Now in Its 7th Year, Wear…
June 2, 2021
New Everytown TV and Digital Ads Feature Gun Owners and Law Enforcement Calling For Action on Background Checks
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Launching $500,000 in TV and Digital Ads Airing on National Cable, and in Alaska, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas, Urging Congressional Action on Background Check Legislation — Ads Highlight How Background Checks Aren’t a…
June 1, 2021
Missouri Continued to Face One of the Worst Gun Violence Epidemics in the Nation in the Month of May.
Missouri has long faced one of the worst gun violence epidemics in the country. It has the 5th-highest rate of gun violence in the nation, with 1,222 people killed and 2,584 others wounded by guns in an average year…
June 1, 2021
Victory for Gun Safety: Oregon Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud First Gun Safety Laws in Oregon in Three Years
The Bill was Sponsored and Championed by Former Moms Demand Action Volunteers, Reps. Rachel Prusak, Dacia Grayber, and Lisa Reynolds For the Last Three Years, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Have Advocated and Testified in Support of Gun…
June 1, 2021
Everytown, Florida Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting in South Florida
The Florida chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement on a shooting in South Florida in which multiple shooters opened fire at a…
June 1, 2021
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statements As Pride Month Begins
NEW YORK — Everytown for Gun Safety, and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, today released statements to mark the beginning of Pride Month and recognize the disproportionate impact of recent gun violence toward the LGBTQIA…
May 28, 2021
Everytown Applauds Gun Violence Prevention Funding in President Biden’s FY 2022 Budget
The Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2022 Would Devote $200 Million to a New Community Violence Intervention Program, $50 Million to Fund Critical Gun Violence Research, Increase ATF Funding, Background Checks and More This Announcement Follows Big Victories for Gun…
May 28, 2021
Moms Demand Action Finds New Ways to Encourage Secure Gun Storage with Boulder Valley Schools
As unintentional shootings by children increased over the last year, Moms Demand Action volunteers are finding new ways to encourage secure gun storage in their communities. Colorado has been ravaged by gun violence this past year, with at least one…
May 28, 2021
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud Mayor Bowser for Including Over $59 Million in Funding for Violence Intervention Programs in Budget Proposal
The Washington D.C. chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement applauding Mayor Muriel Bowser for including $59.3 million for violence intervention program funding in the 2021-2022 budget…
May 27, 2021
Suggestions for Covering Weekend Gun Violence in Context
Even before the pandemic, the first warm-weather long weekend of the year was often a deadly one when it came to gun violence in U.S. cities. And with violence remaining at higher levels nationally than it…
May 27, 2021
Resources and Context For The Mass Shooting In San Jose
Yesterday, nine people were shot and killed in a mass shooting at a Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) rail yard in San Jose, California. All of the victims were VTA employees, as was the shooter. The shooter had a…
May 27, 2021
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud Mayor Bowser for Including Over $59 Million in Funding for Violence Intervention Programs in Budget Proposal
The Washington D.C. chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement applauding Mayor Muriel Bowser for including $59.3 million for violence intervention program funding in the 2021-2022 budget…
May 26, 2021
Delaware Moms Demand Action Applauds State Senate Effort to Increase Accountability and Transparency in Police Misconduct Cases
The Delaware chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement applauding Delaware Senate Majority Whip Elizabeth Lockman and Senator Marie Pinkney for introducing a package of bills that would remove barriers…
May 26, 2021
Colorado Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud Colorado Legislature for Advancing Suite of Gun Violence Prevention Bills Out of Their Legislative Committees
The Colorado chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statements after lawmakers in Colorado House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Committee and the Colorado Senate State, Veterans,…
May 26, 2021
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Call for Bipartisan Federal Action on Background Checks after Mass Shooting in San Jose
Shannon Watts, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, Gun Violence Survivors Available for InterviewsNEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety, and Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following…
May 26, 2021
Everytown Statement on Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on David Chipman’s Nomination To Be ATF Director
Law Enforcement Groups Endorse David Chipman’s Nomination to be ATF Director with Letters of Support to Committee and Senate Leadership Chipman Confirmation Hearing Occurred on Same Day as Deadly Mass Shooting in San Jose — the 15th Mass…
May 26, 2021
Everytown, California Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting in San Jose
The California chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement after a shooting in downtown San Jose near a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) maintenance yard. Details…
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/.
