[ [link removed] ]Securely stored guns save lives
We're heartbroken from the loss of two students who were shot and killed
and the nine others who were injured at Brown University on Saturday—and
we're standing with the Providence community, which has been shattered
by this tragic act of gun violence. This weekend was another devastating
reminder: Unfettered access to guns is threatening our safety,
traumatizing our communities, and taking our loved ones from us too
soon.

Hi John-

When firearms are too easily accessible, they can fall into the hands of
those who shouldn't have them, like someone in a crisis, someone intending
to harm others or commit a crime, or a child who could harm themselves or
others unintentionally.

But something as simple as properly securing firearms can save lives and
help prevent crime, school shootings, unintentional shootings, or deter
someone from attempting suicide. But only 46% of gun owners report
securely storing all of their firearms. It's time we changed that.

Storing firearms securely is one solution to our gun violence crisis that
everyone can get behind—which is why our movement has been hard at work
this year, fighting to change the culture and laws around secure gun
storage.

Here are just a few things our movement accomplished this year in the
fight to keep firearms securely stored and out of the hands of people who
shouldn't have them:

* In Hawai'i, we pressured lawmakers into upgrading the state's
decades-old secure storage law, enhancing it to become one of the
strongest in the nation.
* Everytown Research marked 10 years of tracking unintentional shootings
by children—vital research that helps inform our movement's
evidence-based solutions to gun violence.
* In Montana, we secured historic funding for suicide prevention
efforts, including a statewide campaign on secure storage, by working
with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
* We celebrated 10 years of Be SMART, a nationwide campaign educating
communities about secure storage practices!
* Moms and Students Demand Action volunteers helped pass secure storage
resolutions in cities and school districts all over the country—from
Missouri to Virginia to Maine.

From school board meetings to statehouses, our movement is working to stop
the preventable tragedies that can happen when guns aren't stored safely.
But there's so much more we want to accomplish in 2026 and beyond.
[ [link removed] ]John, will you pledge to join us next year to prevent gun
violence?

 

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Thanks for being with us,

Everytown for Gun Safety





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