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Addressing Gun Violence Through Executive Action

President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris are the leaders that we need to address the plague of gun violence in our country. Learn how the new executive branch of the federal government can take swift steps to make meaningful progress.

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We have a plan to end gun violence.

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Everytown-endorsed Gun Sense Candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock won in the Georgia, securing a Gun Sense Majority in the U.S. Senate.

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NRA Filing for Bankruptcy, Attempting to Reincorporate in Texas in Order to Escape Culpability for Years of Illegal Self Dealing

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Guns in Public

Public safety laws should be implemented to prevent people who pose a threat to public safety from carrying guns in public.

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ACLU and Everytown Speak Out on Prohibiting Guns at Public Protests

Protesters seen all over Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. Rioters broke windows and breached the Capitol building in an attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election. Police used buttons and tear gas grenades to eventually disperse the crowd. Rioters used metal bars and tear gas as well against the police.

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Gun violence touches every town in America. For too long, change has been thwarted by the gun lobby and by leaders who refuse to take common-sense steps that will save lives.

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Armed and Dangerous: How the Gun Lobby Enshrines Guns as Tools of the Extreme Right

This Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund report examines the toxic mix of conspiracy theories, the common denominator of guns, and far-right extremism in America.

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There is a person just like you behind every gun violence statistic.

The stories on Moments That Survive honor those who have felt the impact of gun violence. These are the moments and memories that survive.

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Did you know?

The US gun homicide rate is 25 times higher than that of other high-income countries.

Grinshteyn, E. and Hemenway, D. “Violent Death Rates in the US Compared to Those of the Other High-income Countries, 2015.” Preventive Medicine. (2019). https://bit.ly/3kyfsSs

Last updated: 1.7.2021