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Shootings Break Out During Homecoming Weekend Across Schools in the United States, Reinforcing Calls for Action on Gun Safety Ahead of Pivotal Election
NEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements in response to multiple shootings during recent homecoming celebrations. Recent homecoming celebrations have been marred by gun…
October 10, 2024
Everytown For Gun Safety Endorses Latest Round of Moms Demand Action Volunteers Running for Office
NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund released its latest round of endorsements of Moms Demand Action volunteers running for office across the country — underscoring the growing power of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action…
October 9, 2024
Everytown for Gun Safety Announces New Gubernatorial and Statewide Endorsements
NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund announced a new round of endorsements for statewide offices. A full list of endorsed candidates is below and represents races across six states. “States have long been the drivers of…
October 9, 2024
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Governor Kathy Hochul Signs Six Bills Into Law Following Advocacy from Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action
Included in Today’s Package is a Measure That Will Strengthen New York’s First-In-The-Nation Law to Hold the Firearm Industry Accountable NEW YORK – Today, the New York chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown…
October 2, 2024
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey Signs Emergency Preamble to Immediately Implement Gun Safety Omnibus Package; Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
Governor Healey’s Action Protects the Safety of Massachusetts Communities in the Wake of Gun Lobby’s Campaign to Temporarily Suspend the Law BOSTON – Today, the Massachusetts chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for…
October 2, 2024
Everytown Responds to First Vice Presidential Debate Between Governor Walz and JD Vance
WASHINGTON — Today, after the first Vice Presidential debate between Governor Tim Walz and Senator JD Vance, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action released the following statements: “During the debate, voters heard two starkly different approaches…
October 1, 2024
What You Need to Know About Vance and Walz’s Records on Guns Ahead of Tonight’s Debate
WASHINGTON — Today, Governor Tim Walz and Senator J.D Vance will participate in their first Vice Presidential debate — and the contrast between the two couldn’t be more clear. Governor Walz is a gun owner and gun sense champion who signed…
September 26, 2024
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Announces New Round of Federal Endorsements
NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund announced a new round of endorsements of candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives for the 2024 election cycle. A full list of endorsed candidates is below and represents…
September 26, 2024
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud Biden-Harris Administration for New Gun Safety Executive Actions
WASHINGTON — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced new executive actions to keep schools and communities safe from gun violence, including cracking down on 3D-printed guns and machine gun conversion devices and improving school-based active shooter drills. Earlier this…
September 25, 2024
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Following Grassroots Support from Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Gun Safety Measures Into Law
This Session, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Rallied in Sacramento and Sent Over 18,000 Messages in Support of Gun Safety Legislation SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part…
September 23, 2024
Four Shot and Killed and 18 Others Injured in Shooting Near the University of Alabama at Birmingham; Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
BIRMINGHAM, Al. — The Alabama chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statements in response to a mass shooting Saturday evening near the campus of the…
September 15, 2024
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, and Students Demand Action Respond to Reported Assassination Attempt Against President Trump in Florida
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements in response to a reported assassination attempt by a gunman reportedly armed with an assault weapon, at…
September 13, 2024
Here is Everything You Need to Know About Colorado’s Groundbreaking Ballot Measure, Prop KK:
Coloradans Have the Opportunity to Secure Critical Funding for Mental Health and Victims Services for Veterans, At-Risk Youth, and Victims of Domestic Violence Victims on the Ballot this November DENVER — Yesterday, Yes on Prop KK launched their ballot initiative…
September 13, 2024
Este Mes de la Herencia Latina, los voluntarios de Moms Demand Action y Students Demand Action hacen oír sus voces
WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety y su red comunitaria, Moms Demand Action y Students Demand Action, emitieron las siguientes declaraciones antes del comienzo del Mes de la Herencia Latina este próximo domingo. “Este mes, celebramos la vitalidad de nuestra…
September 13, 2024
During Latinx Heritage Month, Latinx Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Are Making Their Voices Heard
WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety, and its grassroots network, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, issued the following statements ahead of the start of Hispanic Heritage Month on Sunday. “This month, we celebrate the rich vibrancy of our…
September 12, 2024
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Applaud Biden-Harris Administration’s Commitment to Ending Gender-Based Violence on Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act
WASHINGTON — Today, in response to the White House’s announcement of its strengthened commitment to ending gender-based violence on the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action released…
September 12, 2024
Following the Mass Shooting at Apalachee High School, Guns on Campus and School Shooting Threats Are Erupting Across the Country
In the Wake of the Apalachee High School Shooting, States Including Iowa, Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee Have Seen Numerous School Shooting Threats and Guns On Campuses As the nation reels from yet another deadly school shooting in Georgia, only one…
September 11, 2024
Two Adults and One Infant Shot and Killed in Apparent Familicide in Columbus, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Respond
Tuesday’s Shooting is the Most Recent in a String of Domestic Violence Homicide-Suicides in the Last Three Weeks in Columbus COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun…
September 10, 2024
DEVELOPING SCHOOL SHOOTING SITUATION: At Least One Teenager Shot and In Critical Condition After Incident At Omaha Northwest High School
OMAHA, Neb. — The Nebraska chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statements in response to a shooting today at Northwest High School in Omaha, Nebraska.
September 8, 2024
Five People Shot on I-75 near London, Kentucky; Everytown, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Respond
LONDON, Ky. – The Kentucky chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statements in response to reports that five people were shot along I-75, near…
September 6, 2024
Here’s What to Know About Utah’s Gun Laws Amid Recent Unintentional Shootings by Children
This Week an 8-year-old Boy Unintentionally Fatally Shot Himself In Lehi, As Part of Larger Trend in Utah SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following…
September 3, 2024
Championed by Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, California Continues to Set the Standard in Gun Safety with Passage of New Legislation
This Session, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Rallied in Sacramento and Sent Over 18,000, Messages in Support of Gun Safety Legislation SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part…
September 3, 2024
More Than Half of Oregon Students Will Go Back to School in Districts That Have Passed Measures to Ban Concealed Carry of Firearms From All School Grounds
Throughout the Summer, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Testified and Advocated In Local School Districts Promoting this Life-Saving Policy SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, part of Everytown for…
August 29, 2024
Everytown For Gun Safety Endorses Latest Round of Moms Demand Action Volunteers Running for Office
NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund released its latest round of endorsements of Moms Demand Action volunteers running for office across the country — underscoring the growing power of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action…
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/.
