Press Releases
Everytown for Gun Safety Releases 2024 State Gun Law Rankings, Minnesota Ranks 14th and Sees its Rank Increase by 3
After Electing a Gun-Sense Trifecta in 2022, Minnesota Lawmakers Enacted Strong Gun Safety Policies, Increasing Minnesota’s Gun Law Ranking by 3 SAINT PAUL, MN –…
California Leads the Nation in the Fight Against Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety’s 2024 State Gun Law Rankings Show
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety launched the updated “Gun Law Rankings” for 2024, an online tool and website that ranks all…
Everytown for Gun Safety Releases 2024 Gun Law Rankings
Everytown’s Analysis Shows That 298,000 Lives Could Be Saved Over the Next Decade if Every State Saw the Same Gun Violence Rates as the Nation’s…
What You Need to Know Ahead of NRA’s Trial in New York
Latest Tax Filings Show “Ghost Ship” Organization at “Rock Bottom” Next Monday, January 8, marks the start of the Attorney General of The State of…
Iowa Chapters of Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting at Perry High School in Iowa on Students’ First Day Back to School
PERRY, I.A. – Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots network, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements in response to…
Domestic Violence-Related Shootings in Cities Across the Country Underscore Urgent Need for Supreme Court to Reverse the Deadly Rahimi Decision
NEW YORK – Over the holidays, deadly incidents of domestic violence occurred in communities across the country. Tragedies like this are all too common in…
Everytown and Moms Demand Action Statement on Minnesota’s Extreme Risk Law Going Into Effect
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Today, Minnesota’s Extreme Risk law goes into effect. The Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) law allows loved ones and law enforcement…
Leading Gun Safety Groups Urge SCOTUS to Uphold Bump Stock Ban
Gun violence prevention groups file amicus brief in Garland v. Cargill Washington DC —Today, four of the nation’s leading gun violence prevention organizations—GIFFORDS Law Center, Brady…
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Everytown Law Announce Lawsuit Against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to Obtain Critical Crime Gun Data
The Lawsuit Challenges the Applicability of the Tiahrt Rider, an NRA-Backed Appropriations Rider That has Kept Crime Gun Data Hidden From the Public for Almost 20…
Four-Year-Old Shot and Killed in Road Rage Incident; California Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Respond
LOS ANGELES — The California chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the…
Everytown Applauds Administration’s New ‘Safer States Agenda’ to Provide Federal Support for States to Pass Gun Safety Laws
WASHINGTON — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund released the following statements after the Biden-Harris Administration announced new plans and two executive actions to…
Minnesota Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting of Savannah Ryan Williams, a Transgender Woman in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following…
New York Times: The Guns Were Said to Be Destroyed. Instead, They Were Reborn.
“…weapons slated for destruction are recycled into civilian hands, often with no background check required…” Unbeknownst to elected officials and community organizations working to prevent…
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Following Advocacy from Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Governor Hochul Signs Historic Bill Increasing Access to Economic Support for Survivors and Victims of Gun Violence and Their Families
New York Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Took Over 900 Digital Actions Urging The Passage of This Measure ALBANY, NY – The…
ATF Receives Over 274,000 Public Comments in Support of Proposed Rule to Expand Background Checks on Gun Sales
WASHINGTON — In August, the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) issued a life-saving new proposed rule…
Everytown Community Safety Fund and New Jersey Moms Demand Action Applaud New Jersey Governor Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matt Platkin for Awarding $15 Million to Community Violence Prevention Organizations
Three Everytown Community Safety Fund Grantees Were Among the 29 Organizations to Receive Funding TRENTON, NJ. — The Everytown Community Safety Fund and the…
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Campus
LAS VEGAS – Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots network, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements in response to…
Everytown Law Announces Settlement Between Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputies and Polymer80
Polymer80 is the Nation’s Largest Producer of Ghost Gun Kits and Component Parts; Between January 2020 and February 2023, the Los Angeles Police Department Recovered…
Texas Gunman with Previous Aggravated Assault Charge Kills Four Family Members, Including a Toddler in Dallas; Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
DALLAS, TX. — The Texas chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the…
CDC Data Sheds Light on Alarming Rise in Gun Suicides Across the Country, Disporportionate Impact on Communities of Color
Gun Suicide is at its Highest in the United States Since At Least 1968, CDC Data Shows Alarming Increases in Alaskan Native, Black and Latinx…
Everytown for Gun Safety Applauds Introduction of the GOSAFE Act
WASHINGTON – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund released the following statements applauding Senator Martin Heinrich for introducing the GOSAFE Act, which would regulate…
Three Palestinian Students Shot and Wounded in Burlington; Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Respond
BURLINGTON, VT. — The Vermont chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, issued the…
Months After Promising Action in the Wake of Tragedy at Covenant School, Governor Bill Lee Goes Back on His Word, Refuses to Introduce an Extreme Risk Law in Upcoming Legislative Session; Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Respond
Governor Bill Lee Originally Released Draft Legislation in the Final Hours of the Legislative Session in April, and Repeatedly Encouraged Lawmakers to Take Action and…
Standing With Gun Violence Survivors and Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Signs Law to Help Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Domestic Abusers
Action Follows U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments in United States v. Rahimi LANSING, Mich. — Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks released the…