Press Releases
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…
Everytown For Gun Safety and National Center for Trans Equality Commemorate Trans Day of Remembrance Following the One-Year Mark of the Shooting at Club Q in Colorado
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, and this past Sunday marks one year since the horrific shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado…
Following Advocacy by Moms Demand Action Volunteers, The Association of Alaska School Boards Passes Resolution to Distribute Be SMART Materials
JUNEAU, AK. — The Alaska chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statement applauding the adoption…
Gunfire Erupts at Prairie View A&M University For the Second Time in Two Weeks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Respond
WALLER COUNTY, Texas – The Texas chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released…
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Gun Sense Candidate Susanna Johnson Wins Snohomish County Sheriff Race
Johnson Defeats MAGA Sheriff Adam Fortney in Washington’s Third Largest County After Investment From Everytown and Partners WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and…
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Doubles Down on its Extreme, But Futile, Decision to Invalidate ATF’s Life-Saving Ghost Gun Rule, Everytown Responds
NEW YORK – Yesterday, in another dangerous and misguided decision from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the court once again issued a decision that…
Everytown Statement on Senator Manchin’s Decision Not to Run For Reelection in 2024
WASHINGTON — Today, following Senator Joe Manchin’s announcement that he would not seek reelection next year, Everytown for Gun Safety released the following statements: “In…
Everytown for Gun Safety Applauds Letter From More Than 50 Mayors to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Urging Congress to Reinstate the Bipartisan Assault Weapons Ban
Mayors from Across the Country have Signed on to the Letter from Cities Including, New York City, Cleveland, Highland Park, Monterey Park, St. Louis, Milwaukee,…
What the Virginia Elections Mean for Gun Safety and 2024
Last night, Governor Glenn Youngkin and Virginia Republicans lost control of the Virginia General Assembly after failed promises of a MAGA Republican takeover in Richmond…
Moms Demand Action Volunteers Win Elections Across Virginia
Newly Elected Volunteers Join Growing Ranks of Moms Demand Action Volunteers Elected to Office Since Its Founding in 2012, Part of 162 Volunteers who Ran…
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Everytown for Gun Safety’s $1.5 Million Investment and Moms Demand Action’s Grassroots Army Help Flip Virginia House of Delegates to a Gun Sense Majority and Hold Virginia Senate Majority
Despite Major Investments, Glenn Youngkin and Virginia Republicans Lose the House of Delegates and Fail to Take Control of State Senate WASHINGTON — In a significant…
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Gun Sense Candidate Daniel McCaffery Flips Pennsylvania Supreme Court Seat
McCaffery Defeats Gun Lobby-Backed Carolyn Carluccio After Everytown’s $500,000 Investment in Pennsylvania Supreme Court Race WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and its grassroots…
WIN FOR GUN SAFETY AND REJECTION OF MAGA EXTREMIST AGENDA: Everytown for Gun Safety’s $1.5 Million Investment and Moms Demand Action’s Grassroots Army Holds Virginia Senate Majority
Despite Major Investments, Glenn Youngkin and Virginia Republicans Fail to Take Control of Virginia State Senate WASHINGTON — After Glenn Youngkin and Virginia Republicans failed to…
Leading Gun Violence Prevention Organizations Respond to Supreme Court’s Hearing in United States v. Rahimi
Washington, D.C. (November 7, 2023) – Immediately following oral arguments before the Supreme Court in United States v. Rahimi, the nation’s leading gun violence prevention…