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Oregon Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Commend Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s Leadership as State Prepares to Implement Ban on Ghost Guns
Attorney General Rosenblum’s Announcement Comes After Federal Court Allows the Implementation of Oregon’s Ghost Gun Law to Move Forward While Case is Pending SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of…
August 26, 2024
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY IN THE COURTS: Eighth Circuit Upholds Federal Court Decision Striking Down Missouri’s Dangerous ‘Second Amendment Preservation Act’
MISSOURI – In a major win for gun safety and a significant setback for the “constitutional sheriffs” movement and gun lobby agenda to undermine federal gun laws, today the United States Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit affirmed…
August 22, 2024
Gun Safety Takes Center Stage as Democratic National Convention Concludes
WASHINGTON – As the Democratic National Convention wrapped in Chicago, one thing was clear: gun safety took center stage. Tonight, in a powerful moment, Moms Demand Action volunteers and gun violence survivors Melody McFadden, Abbey Clements, and Congresswoman Lucy McBath…
August 19, 2024
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Announces First Major Round of Federal Endorsements
NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund announced its first major round of endorsements of candidates running for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for the 2024 election cycle. Everytown has already endorsed over 300 Moms…
August 16, 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…
August 15, 2024
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Delaware Governor John Carney Signs Several Lifesaving Gun Safety Measures into Law; Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
DOVER, Del. – Today, the Delaware chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statements applauding Governor John Carney for signing four critical gun safety measures into…
August 9, 2024
Maryland Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting of Tai’Vion Latham, a Transgender Woman in Baltimore
BALTIMORE – The Maryland 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 the August 4 shooting of 24-year-old Tai’Vion Latham, a Black trans…
August 9, 2024
Ten Years Since Michael Brown Jr. Was Shot and Killed At the Hands of the Ferguson Police, Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Renew Call for Reform and Accountability in Police Gun Violence
NEW YORK — Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots network, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, issued the following statements today on the ten-year-mark of the shooting and killing of Michael Brown Jr., an 18-year-old Black teenager, by…
August 6, 2024
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Respond to Kamala Harris Selecting Governor Tim Walz as her Pick for Vice President
WASHINGTON — Today, after Kamala Harris selected Governor Tim Walz as her pick for Vice President, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action, and Students Demand Action released the following statements: “Governor Walz signed a sweeping package of gun safety bills…
August 5, 2024
Welcome Back From Recess: Here’s Where Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Backed Gun Safety Bills Stand in Sacramento
Today, California lawmakers in both chambers return to the legislature for the first time after summer recess. Since the onset of this year’s legislative session, California state lawmakers have advanced various pieces of gun safety legislation. Though California has strong…
August 3, 2024
Five Years After the Mass Shooting in Dayton, Ohio, Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statements
DAYTON, Ohio – Today, ahead of the five-year mark of the mass shooting in the Oregon District of Dayton, Ohio, in which nine people were shot and killed, 17 shot and wounded, and 10 other swounded, Everytown and the Ohio…
August 3, 2024
Five Years After the Mass Shooting in Dayton, Ohio, Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statements
DAYTON, Ohio – Today, ahead of the five-year mark of the mass shooting in the Oregon District of Dayton, Ohio, in which nine people were shot and killed, 17 shot and wounded, and 10 other swounded, Everytown and the Ohio…
August 2, 2024
A cinco años del tiroteo masivo en El Paso, Everytown, Moms Demand Action, y Students Demand Action renuevan el llamado a honrar a las víctimas con acciones
NUEVA YORK — Everytown for Gun Safety y su red comunitaria, Moms Demand Action y Students Demand Action, dieron las siguientes declaraciones hoy antes del sábado, que marcará el quinto aniversario del tiroteo masivo en un Walmart en El Paso,…
August 2, 2024
Five Years Since the Mass Shooting in El Paso, Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Renew Call to Honor Victims with Action
NEW YORK — Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots network, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, issued the following statements today ahead of Saturday’s five-year mark of the mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas in…
July 29, 2024
What Does Freedom from Gun Violence Mean for Kamala Harris?
Everytown Plans Public Awareness Campaign to Get Americans the Facts on Harris’ Life-Saving Gun Safety Record NEW YORK – From her time as district attorney to attorney general, from the U.S. Senate to the White House, Vice President Harris has…
July 24, 2024
Killing of Sonya Massey Marks One of the Many Recent Incidents of People Shot and Killed by Police
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — On July 6, Sonya Massey, a 36-year old Black woman in Springfield, Illinois, was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer responding to a 911 dispatch call Massey herself placed. This horrifying tragedy was the latest…
July 23, 2024
Gun Safety Groups Announce Endorsement of Kamala Harris for President
Brady and Team ENOUGH, Community Justice Action Fund, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and Its Grassroots Networks Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, GIFFORDS, and Newtown Action Alliance and Jr Newtown Action Alliance, Unveil Joint Endorsement of Kamala…
July 21, 2024
Everytown Statement on President Biden’s 2024 Campaign Announcement
NEW YORK – Today, following President Biden’s announcement that he is suspending his presidential bid, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements: “President Biden has been a fierce champion…
July 19, 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…
July 19, 2024
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting and Killing of Ron Gee, Indianapolis Anti-Violence Advocate and Founder of Cease Fire Indy
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana chapter of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statement in response to a shooting on the east side of Indianapolis on Thursday,…
July 19, 2024
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Statement on the Conclusion of the Republican National Convention
WASHINGTON — Last night, the Republican National Convention wrapped in Milwaukee and, despite a weekend shooting at a Trump rally that left the former president injured and one attendee dead, America’s gun violence crisis wasn’t addressed (and neither, for that…
July 15, 2024
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Respond to Trump Announcing Vance as his Pick for Vice President
WASHINGTON — Today, after Donald Trump announced J.D. Vance as his pick for Vice President, Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action released the following statements: “As Saturday demonstrated, no one — not even the former president — is safe…
July 13, 2024
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Responding to Shooting at Campaign Event for Former President Donald Trump
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 shooting at a campaign rally for Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. While details are still…
July 11, 2024
Everytown for Gun Safety Applauds Senator Durbin for Introducing the Federal Firearm Licensee Act in the Senate
WASHINGTON – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety applauded Senator Durbin for introducing the Federal Firearm Licensee Act (FFLA) in the Senate. The bill would bring firearm dealer laws into the 21st century by modernizing and strengthening the federal requirements for…
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/.
