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None of our work would be possible without the millions of supporters that
make up our movement. Whether you donated this Giving Tuesday, spent your
weekends volunteering, or took action online—this critical work is helping
us build a future free from gun violence. Thank you!
From the Field: Moms Demand Action
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November's elections were a huge victory for the gun safety movement: 96
Moms Demand Action volunteers won their races for public office!
In Virginia, where MAGA Republicans were aiming for a trifecta, we not
only held a Gun Sense Majority in the Senate, but we flipped the House of
Delegates to secure a Gun Sense Majority in both chambers—including
electing nine Moms Demand Action volunteers.
The seismic change our country needs cannot be achieved in one election
cycle, but the work our volunteers do every day is helping us chip away at
the gun industry's power.
We're organizing year-round to end gun violence and defeat the gun lobby.
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From the Field: Students Demand Action
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On 50+ college campuses across the country, students have been making
their voices heard by calling on their colleges and universities to divest
from the gun industry.
Students at Miami University in Ohio, Indiana University Bloomington,
Vanderbilt in Tennessee, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
have all used tabling to educate students about their divestment campaign
and get petition signatures. At UC Davis in California, students doubled
their petition signatures in just one month through tabling and expanding
conversations on campus.
Divestment sends a message to the gun industry that we won't accept their
dangerous practices. [ [link removed] ]Find your school and join the movement of
students, alumni, staff, and community members calling on their schools to
divest.
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Research Corner
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Nearly one child in America gains access to a loaded firearm and
unintentionally shoots themself or someone else every day (an average of
350 children a year). The victims of shootings by children
are—tragically—most often also children.
Everytown Research's #NotAnAccident report provides a deeper understanding
of where, when, and how unintentional child shootings occur—and the steps
we can take to prevent them.
[ [link removed] ]Read more of our findings in the Preventable Tragedies report.
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Everytown in the News
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Every firearm is dangerous and capable of taking life. But every day, the
gun industry works to create increasingly deadly weapons and
modifications.
New reporting from Rolling Stone details the gun industry's Killer
Business and toxic marketing: "The mass murder in Lewiston was a tragedy,
but not an accident. It is a choice. And it's one that the gun industry
made, and has doubled down on—pushing tens of millions of massacre-ready
weapons on the American public."
[ [link removed] ]Read more from Rolling Stone: "Mass Murder Is a Choice. The Gun
Industry Made It."
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Good News!
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Last month, more than 90 young Black leaders from community organizations
and HBCUs across the country joined us in Atlanta for our first Young
Black Changemakers Summit.
Black American kids and teens are bearing the brunt of the gun violence
crisis: They are 17 times more likely to be victims of gun homicide than
their white peers. They're also leading the way when it comes to finding
solutions—and they need a seat at the table where decisions about gun
violence prevention policies are being made.
[ [link removed] ]These incredible changemakers are building on the legacy of Black
leaders who came before them to help us achieve a future free from gun
violence.
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Courts & Litigation
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Last month, a coalition of hundreds of domestic violence survivors,
advocates, and community partners rallied on the steps of the U.S. Supreme
Court to demand the court protect survivors of domestic violence—not
abusers.
We gathered as the court began hearing oral arguments in U.S. v. Rahimi: a
critical case that will determine whether domestic abusers subject to
restraining orders have the constitutional right to possess a gun.
We cannot afford to let people with dangerous, abusive histories have
access to guns—survivors' lives are on the line. [ [link removed] ]Learn more about
what's at stake in this life-or-death Supreme Court decision.
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Take Action
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Be SMART is now on Instagram! The Be SMART campaign works to prevent
suicides, school shootings, and unintentional shootings by children and
teens by promoting secure firearm storage.
[ [link removed] ]Follow the Be SMART account on Instagram to learn more about the
importance of secure gun storage, the work Be SMART volunteers are doing
nationwide to deliver this critical message, and how you can get involved!
Then, urge your friends and family members to do the same.
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