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EVERYTOWN COMMUNITY SAFETY FUND AWARDS $2.35 MILLION TO 35 COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP SUSTAIN CRITICAL GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK NATIONWIDE, SURPASSING $10 MILLION TO 117 ORGANIZATIONS IN 67 CITIES SINCE 2019
Everytown Awards $1.5 Million in New Grants to 15 Community Violence Intervention Organizations; $600,000 in Sustainer Grants to 15 Existing Grantees; $250,000 in a…
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Following Tireless Advocacy by Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, California Legislature Passes Measure to Strengthen Concealed Carry Laws
Since the Introduction of SB 2, Moms Demand Action and Student Demand Action Volunteers Have been on the Forefront of Advocating for the Passage…
Members of Congress Highlight Gun Safety Policies During Gun Violence Prevention Week of Action
WASHINGTON — This week, as part of the Gun Violence Prevention Week of Action, members of Congress participated in in-district events across the country…
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Following Tireless Advocacy from Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Volunteers California Senate Passes The Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Act
Since the Bill’s Introduction, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers have Testified, Sent over 13,000 Emails and Made Over 2,000 Calls to…
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Giffords, Brady Applaud Michigan Lawmakers for Introducing Legislation To Keep Gun Out of the Hands of Domestic Abusers, Call on Them to Pass With Urgency
LANSING, Mich. – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action, GIFFORDS, and Brady, released the following statements applauding the Michigan lawmakers for introducing…
ATF’s Proposed Rule to Close Online and Gun Show Loophole: What You Need to Know
Last week, the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) turned President Biden’s clear, strong executive action on…
Following Recent Gun Violence, Massachusetts Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Urge Lawmakers to Take Action on Gun Safety as Lawmakers Return to Beacon Hill
BOSTON – The Massachusetts chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the…
Fatal Police Shooting of 21-Year-Old Pregnant Black Woman, Ta’Kiya Young, Once Again Highlights Need to Take Action on Gun Violence By Police
Today, Ohio authorities released official bodycam footage showing 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young being shot and killed by Ohio police officers on August 24. In…
As Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Begins, Gun Safety Advocates Continue Fight To End Preventable Public Health Crisis of Gun Suicide
Resources for Journalists on Responsibly Covering Gun Suicide are Available Here As September begins and marks the start of Suicide Prevention Awareness…
WHAT’S AT STAKE TODAY: Senate Appropriations Committee Considers the Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Act
Today, lawmakers in the Senate Appropriations Committee will consider The Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Act (AB 28). The measure, introduced by…
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Applaud ATF’s Proposed Rule Closing Gun Seller Loophole
Following March Executive Action from Biden-Harris Administration, ATF Proposed Rule Moves United States Closer to Universal Background Checks WASHINGTON — Today, the Department…
Gun Violence Prevention Groups Condemn Tennessee Legislature for Failing to Pass Meaningful Gun Safety Legislation
Washington DC — Gun violence prevention organizations Everytown for Gun Safety, Brady, GIFFORDS, and March for Our Lives condemned the Republican-led Tennessee legislature for…
Everytown Law and University of Memphis School of Law Announce First-of-its-Kind Law School Clinical Partnership to Provide Legal Assistance to Pediatric Victims of Gun Violence
MEMPHIS – Today, Everytown Law, the largest and most experienced team of litigators in the U.S. working full-time on advancing gun violence prevention in…
Tennessee Special Session Ends: Legislature Rejects Efforts to Arm Teachers and Put More Guns in Schools but Fails to Take Significant Action on Gun Safety Following the Mass Shooting at the Covenant School and Months of Advocacy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released…
Gunfire Rings Out at Multiple High School Sporting Events Over the Weekend, Killing One Student and Traumatizing Countless Communities
In a Shooting Yesterday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Faculty Member was Also Shot And Killed During The Second…
SHOOTER AT UNC CHAPEL HILL GRADUATE SCHOOL KILLS ONE FACULTY MEMBER, NORTH CAROLINA MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION RESPOND
Chapel Hill, N.C. – The North Carolina chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots…
Another weekend in America marred by hate and gun violence.
This weekend in Jacksonville, Florida, three people, all Black, were tragically shot and killed by a white supremacist while shopping at…
Three People Shot and Killed at a Dollar General Store in Jacksonville, Florida in Act of Hate-Motivated Violence; Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Florida chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the…
Five People Fatally Shot, Including Three Children, in Uniontown in Apparent Domestic Violence-Related Shooting; Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Respond
UNIONTOWN, Ohio. — The Ohio chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety grassroots networks, released…
As Kids Head Back to School Nationwide, What to Know about Keeping Communities Safe From Gun Violence This Upcoming School Year
NEW YORK — Earlier this week, the American Academy of Pediatrics released a new study reporting that child gun deaths in the United…
Nine People Shot, including Three Fatally, in Trabuco Canyon in Apparent Domestic Violence-Related Shooting; Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Respond
TRABUCO CANYON, Calif. — The California chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety grassroots networks,…
Tennessee House Civil Justice Subcommittee Advances Bills to Arm Teachers on Second Day of Special Session, Takes No Action on Gun Safety; Tennessee Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released…
Victory for Gun Safety: Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Rebuffs Gun Lobby’s Challenge to Biden Administration’s Ghost Gun Rule, Everytown for Gun Safety Responds
NEW YORK – Today, in yet another set-back for the gun industry and in a victory for gun safety, the Eighth Circuit Court of…
Everytown for Gun Safety Submits Amicus Brief in United States v. Rahimi
NEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country, submitted an amicus brief in the…