From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): In the space of just one week, 400 CeaseFirePA supporters from 142 PA House districts signed a petition urging Speaker of the House Mark Rozzi to prioritize lifesaving gun violence prevention bills in the new General Assembly … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): We hear it all the time from opponents of gun safety: “we don’t need new gun laws, we just need to enforce the laws already on the books.” So, you might be surprised to hear that Congressman … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): As Pennsylvania kicks off the 2023 legislative session, we do so under a new governor for the first time in nearly a decade. Governor-elect Josh Shapiro has pledged bold, bipartisan leadership — and we’re going to need … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): More Pennsylvanians were killed with a gun in 2020 than ever before. Harrisburg’s response last week: advancing a bill (HB 979) to allow the NRA to sue cities for trying to end the blood running in their … Continued
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): Last Friday, participants on a Zoom call watched in horror as a Florida woman was killed on camera, shot in the head by her own toddler. The child had found a loaded gun, kept in the apartment … 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
The Pennsylvania Council of Churches presents Faithful Advocacy for Reducing Gun Violence: Principles and Practices, a program designed to educate people of faith about what they can do to become advocates for gun safety in their communities. Participants will walk … Continued
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