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Everytown, New Jersey Moms Demand Action Applaud New Jersey Attorney General Grewal For Settlement Stopping Advertisements and Sales of Ghost Guns Into the State
Nation’s Largest Gun Safety Group Renews Calls For Executive Action To Halt This Growing Threat Nationwide NEWARK, N.J. — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and the New Jersey chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown’s…
March 18, 2021
Everytown Responds to Xavier Becerra’s Confirmation as HHS Secretary
NEW YORK –– Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, applauded Xavier Becerra’s confirmation as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) –– a department that will be instrumental in combating the dual…
March 18, 2021
Iowa Moms Demand Action Statement on Iowa House Passing Bill to Repeal Background Checks on Handgun Sales
The Bill would also Repeal Iowa’s Permit Requirement for Carrying a Concealed Handgun in Public The Iowa chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement after the state…
March 18, 2021
Resources and Context For The Mass Shooting In Atlanta
On Tuesday night, nine people were shot, including eight fatally, in three separate metro Atlanta spa shootings. Seven of those fatally shot were women. The motive of the shooting remains to be determined, but according to…
March 17, 2021
Colorado Moms Demand Action Applauds Colorado House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Committee For Voting Against Dangerous Gun Bills
The Colorado chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statements today after the Colorado House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Committee voted to reject HB 1038, which…
March 17, 2021
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud New Mexico Senate for Passing Critical Legislation to Prevent Police Violence
The New Mexico chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement after the New Mexico Senate passed HB 4, a bill to eliminate qualified immunity in the state…
March 17, 2021
Everytown Applauds House for Passing VAWA Reauthorization to Close Dating Partner and Stalker Loopholes
This Bill has the Full Support of President Biden, who Wrote the Original Bill in 1994 The House Passes This Bill Just Hours After Yesterday’s Mass Shooting in Atlanta, Which Killed 7…
March 17, 2021
Everytown, Georgia Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Mass Shooting in Atlanta
The Georgia chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statements after at least eight people were shot and killed and at least…
March 16, 2021
South Carolina Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond After Judiciary Committee Advances Permitless Carry Legislation
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statements after the South Carolina House Judiciary Committee advanced HB 3096, extreme legislation…
March 16, 2021
West Virginia House Committee Passes Dangerous Arming Teachers Bill, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
The West Virginia chapter of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statements after the West Virginia House Education Committee advanced HB 2364, which would allow teachers and/or…
March 16, 2021
Gun violence continues to surge in Portland. Here’s what you need to know.
Gun violence prevention is more important than ever in the new year as the pandemic continues to exacerbate gun violence, and after a year of increased gun sales, continued police violence, increased risk of …
March 16, 2021
Everytown Applauds Rep. Upton for Voting for Legislation to Require Background Checks on all Gun Sales
This Bill has the Backing of President Biden, Overwhelming Support from the American People, and Bipartisan Support in Congress WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and…
March 16, 2021
Everytown Applauds Rep. Salazar for Voting for Legislation to Require Background Checks on all Gun Sales
This Bill has the Backing of President Biden, Overwhelming Support from Americans Across the Political Spectrum, and Bipartisan Support in Congress WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety Action…
March 16, 2021
Everytown Applauds Rep. Gimenez for Voting for Legislation to Require Background Checks on all Gun Sales
This Bill has the Backing of President Biden, Overwhelming Support from Americans Across the Political Spectrum, and Bipartisan Support in Congress WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety Action…
March 16, 2021
Iowa House is Voting on Background Check Repeal Tomorrow: Proponents of the Bill are Misleading the Public about the Dangers of this Bill. Here’s the Truth.
The Bill would also Repeal Iowa’s Permit Requirement for Carrying a Concealed Handgun in Public Tomorrow, the Iowa House is scheduled to vote to repeal state laws requiring background checks on unlicensed handgun sales and a…
March 16, 2021
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statement on Shooting of Diamond Kyree Sanders, Black Trans Woman in Cincinnati
The Ohio chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both a part of Everytown for Gun Safety grassroots networks, released the following statement on the death of Diamond Kyree Sanders, a 23-year-old Black transgender woman who was shot…
March 16, 2021
Everytown, Tennessee Moms Demand Action Launch New Mobile Billboard and Digital Ads Highlighting Law Enforcement Opposition to Permitless Carry
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety launched an ad campaign to highlight the hypocrisy of lawmakers who claim to support law enforcement but ignore their opposition to dangerous permitless carry legislation like HB 786. HB 786 would strip…
March 16, 2021
Everytown Applauds Rep. Garbarino for Voting for Legislation to Require Background Checks on all Gun Sales
This Bill has the Backing of President Biden, Overwhelming Support from Americans Across the Political Spectrum, and Bipartisan Support in Congress WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun…
March 16, 2021
Everytown Applauds Rep. Smith for Voting for Legislation to Require Background Checks on All Gun Sales and Address the Charleston Loophole
This Bill has the Backing of President Biden, Overwhelming Support from Americans Across the Political Spectrum, and Bipartisan Support in Congress WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety Action…
March 16, 2021
The Post and Courier: “SC faith leaders write in opposition to open carry gun bills as lawmakers prep for debate”
As first reported by the Post and Courier, “more than 90 faith leaders from around South Carolina are planning to send a letter to state lawmakers March 16 in opposition to” dangerous permitless carry and open…
March 16, 2021
Everytown Applauds Rep. Buchanan for Voting for Legislation to Require Background Checks on all Gun Sales
This Bill has the Backing of President Biden, Overwhelming Support from Americans Across the Political Spectrum, and Bipartisan Support in Congress WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety Action…
March 16, 2021
Tennessee Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond as Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee Advances Permitless Carry Legislation
Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Are Available for InterviewsNASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statements after the…
March 16, 2021
Everytown Applauds Rep. Fitzpatrick for Voting for Legislation to Require Background Checks on All Gun Sales and Address the Charleston Loophole
WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statement applauding Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) for voting for H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446 –– both of which passed…
March 15, 2021
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statement on Shootings in Indianapolis
The Indiana chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, the grassroots networks of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement following multiple shootings in Indianapolis. On Saturday, there was a mass shooting that…
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/.
