The Harrisburg Chapter Heeding God’s Call to End Gun Violence is sharing its final 2020 Virtual Memorial to the Lost. In it we are remembering the lives lost to gun violence in the Harrisburg area over the last several months. Please … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): This should terrify you: Ghost guns are do it yourself guns made from readily available, unregulated parts. They can be made in just an hour with no background check required. That means domestic abusers and other people … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Safety Alliance (https://www.pasafetyalliance.org/): Our friends at CeaseFirePA, and us here at PSA, want you to connect with your legislators and tell them how you feel. CeaseFirePA has created a convenient, easy to use webpage where you can … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Safety Alliance (https://www.pasafetyalliance.org/): PSA has created a petition aimed at the Pennsylvania Legislature, asking them to help put an end to gun violence in our state. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 1,654 Pennsylvanians … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): CeaseFirePA’s Executive Director, Adam Garber, highlighted 3 policies that CeaseFirePA is advocating for that we believe will reduce homicides, suicides, and violence in our communities. Those 3 policies are: Background checks, Extreme Risk Protection Orders, and Required Lost & … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): More than 100 kids have been shot in Philadelphia this year. They were playing on their porches and playgrounds. Gun violence with pistols and assault weapons is ushering in a surge of gun violence unseen in a … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): After a pair of mass shootings a year ago, State Senate Judiciary Chairwoman Lisa Baker gave Pennsylvania her word to hold “a series of public hearings intended as a prelude to action.”¹ The hearings came and went. … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): A year ago we watched in horror as a gunman used a AK-47 style rifle to kill 23 people and injure 23 others in El Paso, Texas. The next day a different killer used a modified assault … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Safety Alliance (https://www.pasafetyalliance.org/): Pennsylvania has some of the highest rates of gun violence in the country. Policy solutions exist that work and that are supported by a majority of Pennsylvanians, but for too long, our leaders have … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): In moments of crisis, people often turn to guns. It may be to end their life or to hurt those around them. Delaying those impulses by establishing a short waiting period for gun purchases can disrupt the … Continued