From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): It’s a gut punch. An unimaginable horror. More than 80 people were killed or injured in two brutal mass shootings over the weekend. [1] Too many lives have been ended or forever altered. Too many mothers, … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): Gilroy. El Paso. Dayton. My heart is breaking again and again. These communities have been attacked by gun violence and white supremacist terrorism. We must do everything in our power to ensure the safety, … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): This weekend saw mass shootings in California, New York, and Pennsylvania. The victims and locations of these events look different. But the trauma and pain that came from them are the same. Right now, the PA State Legislature … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Gun violence is a public health epidemic, one that is killing an absurd and increasing number of people every year. Rather than tolerate shooting after shooting — ignoring the toll of mass shootings, … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): We know we’ve been asking a lot this last week as we tried to defeat SB 621, the bill to arm more school personnel and to open the door to arming teachers. But yesterday both the State … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Gun violence is a public health epidemic, one that is killing an absurd and increasing number of people every year. Rather than tolerate shooting after shooting — ignoring the toll of mass shootings, … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): You have to keep your eyes on Harrisburg — the Senate Local Government Committee is about to run the dangerous “Sue Our Cities Bill,” SB 531. This bill lets the greedy gun lobby sue Pa towns and … Continued
From Heeding God’s Call (http://www.heedinggodscall.org): Philadelphia: Anyone waking this morning (March 15) seeing top new reports saw two very different, but intimately related, reports: First a horrific one from New Zealand of a monstrous massacre of praying innocents at two … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): After the U.S. House passed universal background checks recently, [1] it is now the U.S. Senate’s turn to vote on it. But Senate Majority Leader McConnell won’t call that vote unless he is forced to. Go … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): Last week, the House of Representatives voted for HR 8, a comprehensive background check bill. We were inspired to see some of the new members getting the job done. Now we need to make sure the Senate … Continued