Press Releases
As Lawmakers Return to Olympia, We Must Build on Washington’s Progress In the Fight Against Gun Violence
Today, lawmakers return to Olympia for the first time since last spring to convene for the legislative session. Last session, Washington became the tenth…
Everytown Responds to NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre’s Resignation Announcement Ahead of Trial
WASHINGTON — Today, NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre resigned from his role days before the start of the trial in Attorney General of The State…
Everytown for Gun Safety Releases 2024 State Gun Law Rankings, Iowa Ranks 31 in the Nation for the Strength of its Gun Laws
Gun Law Ranking for 2024 Releases Following School Shooting at Perry High School in Perry Iowa DES MOINES, IA – Today, Everytown for…
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Respond to Newly Released Data from the White House Showing Over 500 Illegal Gun Purchases Prevented Through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
WASHINGTON — Today, after the White House released data showing the Justice Department has now successfully denied more than 500 illegal gun purchases…
Everytown for Gun Safety Releases 2024 State Gun Law Rankings, Arkansas now Ranks Last in the Nation for the Strength of its Gun Laws, Dropping from 49 to 50 in Rank
LITTLE ROCK, AR – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety launched the updated “Gun Law Rankings” for 2024, an online tool and website that…
Everytown for Gun Safety Releases 2024 State Gun Law Rankings, North Carolina Drops From 21 to 23 in National Rank for the Strength of its Gun Laws
RALEIGH, N.C. – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety launched the updated “Gun Law Rankings” for 2024, an online tool and website that ranks…
Everytown for Gun Safety Releases 2024 State Gun Law Rankings, Georgia Ranks 46 in the Nation for the Strength of its Gun Laws
ATLANTA, GA – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety launched the updated “Gun Law Rankings” for 2024, an online tool and website that ranks…
Everytown for Gun Safety Releases 2024 State Gun Law Rankings, Florida Drops from 19 to 22 in National Rank for the Strength of its Gun Laws
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety launched the updated “Gun Law Rankings” for 2024, an online tool and website that ranks…
Everytown for Gun Safety Releases 2024 State Gun Law Rankings, Michigan Ranks 20th and Sees its Rank Increase By 4
After Electing a Gun-Sense Trifecta in 2022, Michigan Lawmakers Enacted Historic Gun Safety Policies, Increasing Michigan’s Gun Law Ranking by 4 LANSING, Mich.
Everytown for Gun Safety Releases 2024 State Gun Law Rankings, Montana Ranks 47th in the Nation for the Strength of its Gun Laws
HELENA, MT. – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety launched the updated “Gun Law Rankings” for 2024, an online tool and website that ranks…
Everytown for Gun Safety Releases 2024 State Gun Law Rankings, Illinois Among National Leaders for Strong Gun Laws, Ranking Third and Seeing Rank Increase by 4
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety launched the updated “Gun Law Rankings” for 2024, an online tool and website that ranks…
Everytown for Gun Safety Releases 2024 State Gun Law Rankings, Idaho Ranks 48th in the Nation for the Strength of its Gun Laws
BOISE, ID. – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety launched the updated “Gun Law Rankings” for 2024, an online tool and website that ranks…
Everytown for Gun Safety Releases 2024 State Gun Law Rankings, Nebraska Drops from 22 to 24 in National Rank for the Strength of its Gun Laws
LINCOLN, Neb. — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety launched the updated “Gun Law Rankings” for 2024, an online tool and website that ranks…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…