How Did Your Legislator Vote?
The PA House recently voted on three critical gun safety bills: Universal Background Checks (passed), Extreme Risk Protection Orders (failed), and a Ban on Machine Gun Conversion Devices (failed). Now, our legislators need to hear what we think of their votes.
How Did Your Legislator Vote?
The PA House recently voted on three critical gun safety bills: Universal Background Checks (passed), Extreme Risk Protection Orders (failed), and a Ban on Machine Gun Conversion Devices (failed). Now, our legislators need to hear what we think of their votes.
The Issues
Gun Violence in Pennsylvania
In every part of the Commonwealth, people are losing their lives to gun violence. We breakdown this uniquely American catastrophe.
Community Violence
Gun violence is part of the fabric of daily life for too many Pennsylvanians. Everyone then struggles to thrive. Here’s why.
Firearm Suicide
Just 5% of suicide attempts are with a gun but they are so deadly it still accounts for the lives of 900 Pennsylvanians. The connection is clear.
Mass Shootings
PA schools, stores, malls and other public spaces were terrorized by 34 mass shootings in 2020–one every 10 days. Weak laws make them more likely.
Domestic Violence
Women are five times more likely to be killed by an abusive partner if the abuser has access to a gun. No one should live with that threat.
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Regardless of the obstacles and setbacks, together we can make sure everyone is safe.
Behind most gun deaths is a system that’s designed to be deadly
Our new project reveals – through the firsthand accounts of gun violence survivors – how gun deaths are the result of gaps in PA’s firearm safety system. Watch the stories of Pennsylvanians who have suffered loss because of our system that is Deadly by Design.
Latest Updates
In a welcome ‘three-peat’, 2025 Commonwealth gun deaths fall again, now half of COVID peak.
Philadelphia, PA — CeaseFirePA Education Fund’s new analysis of data from the Gun Violence Archive for 2025 shows that...
New Report: Most of PA Crime Guns Bought at Small Number of Licensed Firearm Dealers
Brady, CeaseFirePA urge Pennsylvania leaders to leverage state-based gun dealer inspections to curb flow of guns into criminal markets and address dangerous reduction by the Trump administration of investigating and prosecuting gun trafficking
PA Budget Makes Another Downpayment to End Gun Violence
CeaseFirePA today applauded the passage and signing of Pennsylvania’s 2025-26 state budget, which delivers an increase funding for community violence intervention (CVI) programs.
“Gun violence is a preventable catastrophe waiting to be stopped. We are turning our belief in a safer world into action and honoring those already lost to this crisis. Together, our advocacy will save a life.”
Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Executive Director
A Common Agenda to End Gun Violence
The Pennsylvania Senate hasn’t held a single hearing on evidence-based solutions. Your voice could change that.
Take a Stand
We’ll never stop fighting for a safe, gun violence-free Pennsylvania.
If you share that goal, power our efforts today.
