Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Amy Kennedy for U.S. House

Amy Kennedy is a Gun Sense Champion Who Will Fight for Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures in Congress

NEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed Amy Kennedy in New Jersey’s 2nd congressional district. Kennedy has received the Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate distinction, a prerequisite for being considered for endorsement.

Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and Victory Fund spent $30 million during the 2018 midterms, outspending the NRA for the first time. These investments and support helped flip the U.S. House to a gun sense majority. Since then, the U.S. House has passed landmark gun safety legislation, including H.R. 8, which would require background checks on all gun sales, and H.R. 1112, which would address the “Charleston loophole.”

“In 2018, the American people sent a gun sense majority to the U.S. House, and all signs point to them growing that majority in 2020, and flipping the Senate while they’re at it,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. “Everytown will do everything in our power to help gun sense candidates mobilize the clear majority of voters who are clamoring for common sense gun laws.”

“Amy Kennedy has our vote because we know she’ll fight to keep our children and families safe from gun violence” said Larisa Mendez Downes, a volunteer with Moms Demand Action in New Jersey. “Americans everywhere deserve to live in communities free of gun violence, and Kennedy will work to make that happen.”

Polling released in May demonstrates the surging intensity of Americans’ support for common-sense gun safety measures during the coronavirus pandemic, with a significant majority of Americans viewing background checks on all gun sales and disarming domestic abusers “more important” now than before the pandemic began.

Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and Victory Fund plan to spend $60 million on the 2020 elections — double what they spent during the 2018 elections, and more than any gun safety opponent, including the NRA, reported spending on the 2016 elections.