From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): 22 Senators, including our own Bob Casey, led by Sen. Chris Murphy, took the Senate floor to call for action on gun violence prevention. The Senators demanded votes on background check bills that passed the House earlier … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): The last few weeks have been filled with broken hearts and prayers, most recently for the victims and families devastated by the weekend shooting rampage in Odessa, Texas, that has left seven people dead and another … Continued
From Heeding God’s Call (http://www.heedinggodscall.org): As you may recognize, Heeding seeks to avoid the ugly ‘he said/he said’ media battle between the gun lobby, especially the NRA, and the large national gun violence prevention organizations. We hope to attract people … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/21/we-dont-have-live-march-our-lives-unveils-sweeping-plan-address-gun-violence-and Published on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 by Common Dreams “Created by survivors, so you don’t have to be one.” By Julia Conley, staff writer Parkland shooting victim and survivor David Hogg, center, joins Manuel Oliver and his … Continued
Updated Aug 16, 2019; Posted Aug 16, 2019 By Jan Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com Gov. Tom Wolf recognizes there is only so much his executive powers can do to reduce gun violence but on Friday he announced a wide ranging list of initiatives … Continued
From the Courage Campaign (https://www.couragecampaign.org/): Everyone should be able to go to a store, church, workplace, club, festival, anywhere without the fear of being killed. But this is no longer the reality for the United States. This country has an … Continued
From Repairers of the Breach (https://www.breachrepairers.org/): Scroll to end for link to the letter. If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the … Continued
From Every Town for Gun Safety (https://everytown.org/): Sign the petition at https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/forms/sign-the-petition-keep-firearms-out-of-the-hands-of-domestic-abusers-2: Pass laws that protect domestic violence survivors from gun violence across the country. Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. Right now, it’s far too easy for domestic abusers … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): In the wake of mass shootings like our nation suffered in El Paso and Dayton, there are calls for action by the public. But it often seems as if our elected officials are numb to those calls. … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): People of conscience have a choice. We can go numb, or we can demand action. Numbness was overtaking many as the news of El Paso, then Dayton, then Chicago flooded the media. The … Continued