From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): With a new Speaker of the House in Harrisburg, we have a key opportunity to motivate legislative leadership to protect Pennsylvanians from gun violence. Speaker Mark Rozzi is a staunch advocate for survivors of abuse and violence. … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): We see the tiniest of cracks in the wall of opposition we’ve experienced for decades. Light is finally shining through. Ten Senate Democrats and ten Senate Republicans met to broker a bipartisan framework for gun reform. This … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): 34 years ago, Pennsylvania Treasurer Budd Dwyer ended his life on live television with a gun. More than three decades have passed, and the catastrophe that ended Budd Dwyer’s life has happened tens of thousands more times. … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): If you can’t prevent a gun suicide before it happens, it almost always ends in death. But, family members whose loved one is in crisis lack a critical tool to remove the firearm while the individual gets … Continued
This op-ed appeared online at https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2021/02/we-are-not-anti-gun-we-value-life-opinion.html and in print on February 18. The Rev. Sandra L. Strauss On an extremely hot summer evening in 2017, the deafening sound of gunshots and the sound of squealing wheels jolted my husband and … Continued
During this pandemic, fear has driven record numbers of Pennsylvanians who may never have owned a gun to purchase their first gun. What most people don’t realize is that nearly two-thirds of firearm deaths in the US are suicides, averaging … Continued