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This year is just getting started, but we're already making progress on
gun safety. Here's what the gun violence prevention movement has been up
to:

From the Field: Moms Demand Action

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37 states gaveled in legislative sessions, and our network of volunteers
is already countering the gun lobby by demanding lawmakers across the
country take action on gun safety.

From Advocacy Days to phone banks, Moms Demand Action is making your
community safer. [ [link removed] ]Join us: Find an event near you.

From the Field: Students Demand Action

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Guns are the number one killer of kids, teens and college-aged people in
America—but while kids were dying in their communities, the gun industry
spent the past week partying in Las Vegas at their annual trade show,
SHOT Show.

This year, SHOT Show fell on the same week as National Gun Violence
Survivors Week. The contrast is stark: while some of us were honoring
the suffering and resilience of survivors, the other side was
celebrating getting rich at the expense of survivors' pain and public
safety.

Students Demand Action showed up in Las Vegas to demand the gun industry
be held accountable for our nation's gun violence epidemic. On the
opening day of SHOT Show, we came together in full force to tell the gun
industry one thing: We refuse to let them make billions of dollars at
the expense of our lives.

Gun manufacturers have flooded our communities with guns and faced no
consequences. [ [link removed] ]We're demanding they change their deadly practices:
Sign the petition to join us.

Courts & Litigation

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Bump stocks help rifles fire bullets faster, effectively turning assault
weapons into machine guns. These deadly devices were used by a gunman to
kill 60 people and wound at least 411 more in Las Vegas in 2017. In the
years following that devastating shooting, a federal rule banned bump
stocks, and many states enacted laws to regulate them.

But an upcoming Supreme Court case, Garland v. Cargill, may undo this
progress. If the Supreme Court upholds a lower court's extreme decision,
most Americans would find their protections against bump stocks have
completely disappeared, with as many as 36 states impacted immediately.
People will be able to effectively turn their semi-automatic weapons
into machine guns once again.

[ [link removed] ]Join the Courts Advocacy Team to stay updated on this case and our
work to push back against the gun lobby's agenda.

Take Action

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Our volunteers are going all out to make sure we elect Gun Sense
Champions up and down the ballot, because 2024 is a life-or-death
election year for gun safety. We can ensure that gun lobby-backed
extremists are defeated in November and build on our gun safety progress
across the country. Our hard-fought wins and future legislative progress
are on the line: [ [link removed] ]Pledge now to vote in the 2024 elections.

Everytown in the News

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When a person is in crisis and considering harming themselves or others,
family members and law enforcement are often the first people to see the
warning signs. Extreme Risk laws allow loved ones or law enforcement to
intervene by petitioning a court for an order to temporarily prevent
someone in crisis from accessing guns.

21 states and D.C. have Extreme Risk laws in place—and we're seeing
evidence that these laws are being put to work: In New York, civil court
judges approved more than 4,200 Extreme Risk Protection Orders, up from
529 in 2021.

[ [link removed] ]Read more in the Washington Post: "New York's use of red-flag laws
to seize guns has skyrocketed." Then, [ [link removed] ]learn more about Extreme Risk
laws in your state.

Research Corner

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Updated 2024 Gun Law Rankings were released this month—and it's clear
that gun laws save lives: states that have passed the strongest gun
safety policies have the lowest gun death rates.

Based on an analysis of state gun laws and gun death rates, nearly
300,000 lives could be saved over the next decade if every state had the
same gun death rates as the eight states with the strongest gun laws.

[ [link removed] ]Check out the rankings to see how your state stacks up.

Good News!

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Wayne LaPierre, the CEO of the NRA, announced his resignation after
three decades of driving the NRA's embrace of far-right extremism.
LaPierre and his NRA cronies are standing trial on allegations that they
improperly diverted millions of dollars to benefit themselves.
LaPierre's unceremonious resignation is just the latest sign that the
NRA is locked in a doom spiral that shows no sign of letting up. His
legacy will be one of corruption, greed, and immeasurable harm to public
safety.

Our volunteers worked tirelessly over the last decade to make this
happen—it's a testament to our movement.

Thank you for your support—we couldn't do any of this work without you.

Everytown for Gun Safety


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