From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): It all started with a gun purchase on Black Friday and ended with four dead and nine injured. A fifteen-year-old showed many signs that he struggled with violent thoughts. He then went on a shooting spree last … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): Senate Republicans took less than 30 seconds to dismiss each solution offered to gun violence. NO discussion of Senator Fontana’s suicide preventing Extreme Risk Protection Orders. NO argument against Senator Santarsiero’s Universal Background Checks NO debate on … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): “16, he’s a baby. He’s a baby,” said Philadelphia Committeemember Angela Smith at a vigil for Ahjaon Jackson, fatally shot by ten bullets in front of his twin sister last week. “But how do we not know … Continued
From Everytown for Gun Safety (https://www.everytown.org/): The dating partner loophole allows certain unmarried domestic abusers to legally pass a background check and purchase a gun — even though dating partners are just as likely as a spouse to kill their partner. This … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Safety Alliance (https://www.pasafetyalliance.org/): According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 1,654 Pennsylvanians died due to gun violence in 2018. This is a rate of 12.5 deaths per 100,00 people in the Commonwealth. Of those 1,654 … Continued
From the Anti-Defamation League (https://www.adl.org/): Three years ago on this day (October 27)), a heavily armed white supremacist with a heart full of hatred entered the Tree of Life synagogue building in Pittsburgh and began the deadliest antisemitic attack in … Continued
From Everytown for Gun Safety (https://www.everytown.org/): Sign Everytown for Gun Safety’s petition at https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/petitions/sign-tell-the-senate-to-pass-life-saving-background-checks-legislation Gun sales have surged to unprecedented levels throughout the pandemic, while gun violence continues to ravage our communities. To make matters worse, a loophole in our … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): A Pennsylvania Senate committee recently voted out legislation on whether to let out-of-state organizations sue Pennsylvania towns for trying to prevent gun violence—AND have citizens like us pick up the tab. Go to https://ceasefirepa.salsalabs.org/pasenatepunitivepreempt/index.html to tell your … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): Plea from a grieving mother…On the last day of 2020, my son Hans walked into a gun store in the Philadelphia suburbs and legally purchased his first firearm. Two hours later, he was dead by suicide. He … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): When Joshua Mitchell was chased down and shot to death in front of his girlfriend in 2017, the murderer, a Phoenixville man, turned out to be a convicted felon who’d stolen the gun from a nearby home … Continued