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Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Urge Mayor Bowser to Sign the Omnibus Public Safety and Justice Act
The D.C. chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Students Demand Action, both a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement urging Mayor Bowser to sign the Omnibus Public Safety and Justice Act,…
December 15, 2020
Gun Safety in 2020 and What’s Ahead in 2021
2020 brought the deadliest pandemic in a century; revealed the historic weakness of the outgoing presidential administration; and brought millions to the streets to protest racial injustice. But through it all, the gun safety movement made extraordinary progress. The most visible…
December 11, 2020
Ohio Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting of 15-Year-Old Anthony Hughes Jr.
The Ohio chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement after yesterday’s shooting in Cleveland of Anthony Hughes Jr., a Black 15-year-old, as he was…
December 10, 2020
Everytown Responds to Denis McDonough’s Nomination to Lead the VA
NEW YORK –– Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, responded to President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to nominate former White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough as Secretary…
December 10, 2020
Ohio Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statement on Ohio Senate Committee Advancing Stand Your Ground
The Ohio chapters of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, today released the following statement after the Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee passed SB 383,…
December 10, 2020
Everytown Responds to Ambassador Susan Rice’s Appointment to Lead the Domestic Policy Council
Earlier this Year, Ambassador Rice Joined Everytown and Moms Demand Action’s “Demanding Women” Series to Discuss the Urgency of Addressing Gun Violence and Systemic Inequities During the COVID-19 PandemicNEW YORK –– Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and…
December 10, 2020
Everytown Releases Roadmap Detailing How Biden Administration Can Tackle Gun Safety Through Executive Action In The First Hundred Days And Beyond – New Research Highlights Critical Need To Move Quickly
Roadmap Includes Actions Strengthening Background Checks, Addressing Loopholes, Improving Enforcement, Addressing the Rise in City Gun Violence, Eliminating the Deadly Ghost Gun Marketplace, and MoreNew Report Details How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has…
December 9, 2020
Donald Trump Jr. and the NRA: A Match Made in Court
Last week, Business Insider reported that Donald Trump Jr. may be angling for the top job at the NRA. In response, Everytown put together a blog post outlining the many similarities between…
December 8, 2020
New Analysis: Alaska has among highest rates of nonfatal firearm injuries
Yesterday, Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund released new research on the extensive toll of nonfatal shootings in the U.S. and Alaska, drawing on hospital records to estimate the daily average of nonfatal shootings and highlight the disproportionate…
December 8, 2020
New Analysis: New Mexico has among highest rates of nonfatal firearm injuries
Yesterday, Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund released new research on the extensive toll of nonfatal shootings in the U.S. and New Mexico, drawing on hospital records to estimate the daily average of nonfatal shootings and highlight the…
December 8, 2020
New Analysis: D.C. Has Among Highest Rates of Nonfatal Firearm Injuries
Yesterday, Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund released new research on the extensive toll of nonfatal shootings in the U.S. and D.C., drawing on hospital records to estimate the daily average of nonfatal shootings and highlight…
December 8, 2020
New Analysis: Missouri has among highest rates of nonfatal firearm injuries
Yesterday, Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund released new research on the extensive toll of nonfatal shootings in the U.S. and Missouri, drawing on hospital records to estimate the daily average of nonfatal shootings and highlight the disproportionate…
December 8, 2020
Ohio Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Police Shooting of Casey Goodson Jr. in Columbus
The Ohio chapter of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement after police shot and killed Casey Goodson Jr., a Black 23-year-old in Columbus. According to…
December 7, 2020
Recent Shootings by Children Reminder to Securely Store Guns Heading into the Holidays
Last week, an 11-year-old boy shot and killed himself while online learning at home in Woodbridge, California. A week earlier, a 12-year-old boy in Henderson, North Carolina shot and wounded a…
December 7, 2020
Everytown Responds to Xavier Becerra and Dr. Vivek Murthy’s Nominations to President-elect Biden’s Administration
NEW YORK –– Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, responded to President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of…
December 4, 2020
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting of U.S. Marshals in the Bronx
The New York chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, the grassroots networks of Everytown for Gun Safety, today released the following statement after two U.S. Marshals were wounded in a shooting in the…
December 4, 2020
Texas Moms Demand Action Respond to Texas Freedom Caucus Opposing Potential Secure Storage Recommendation
The Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, today responded to a letter from the Texas Freedom Caucus to the Governor’s EMS Trauma Advisory Council (GETAC) opposing a potential…
December 3, 2020
Breaking: Don Jr. Eyes a Run for NRA Chief, Everytown Responds
NEW YORK –– Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, responded to a Business Insider report that “Don Jr. [is eyeing] a run for NRA chief,” and…
December 3, 2020
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud D.C. City Council’s Approval of Omnibus Public Safety and Justice Act
The D.C. chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Students Demand Action, both a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement after the D.C. City Council passed the Omnibus Public Safety and Justice…
December 3, 2020
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statement on Shooting of Skylar Heath, a Trans Woman in Miami
The Florida 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 Skylar Heath, a…
December 2, 2020
Record Number of Homicides in Greensboro: How the Pandemic Has Exacerbated Gun Violence and How Policymakers Can Respond
As reported by the Greensboro News & Record, “With still another month left in 2020, Greensboro has seen a record 56 homicides, surpassing last year’s record of 45. Almost all of the victims are [B]lack, and…
December 2, 2020
Washington Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud Seattle City Council, Mayor for Prioritizing Gun Safety in 2021 City Budget
The Washington chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statements applauding the Seattle City Council and Mayor Jenny Durkan, a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns,…
December 1, 2020
Everytown Responds to New FBI Data Showing that This Year’s Surge in Gun Sales Continued Through November
Continued Surge in Gun Sales Increases Risk of Gun-Related Domestic Violence, Daily Gun Violence, Unintentional Shootings, and Gun Suicide Surge in Gun Sales is Overwhelming the Background Check System, Making the Charleston…
November 30, 2020
Resources on Police Violence in New Mexico Following Police Shooting of Rodney Applewhite
Earlier this month, New Mexico State Police officers shot and killed Rodney Applewhite, a 25-year-old Black man, during an attempted traffic stop in Los Lunas, New Mexico. According to Searchlight New Mexico, Applewhite was on his…
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/.
