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States United to Prevent Gun Violence, and its 31 affiliate state gun violence prevention organizations, are saddened and horrified by today's shooting at the Pulse Night Club in Orlando, FL. Saddened and horrified, but not shocked. We are no longer surprised when...
A shooting early this morning at a gay night club in Orlando, Pulse, is being called the deadliest shooting in U.S. history. Estimates are 50 killed, and more than another 50 injured. The shooter was killed in a shoot out with police. We will update as more...
What an amazing day! Our Rally in the Rotunda was a huge success! We filled the steps, the halls, and the whole Capitol with folks calling for expanding the PA background check system to cover the private sale of long guns. Newly sworn in Senator Tom Killion (R,...
Today CeaseFire Pennsylvania released separate reports about the positions on gun violence prevention of the candidates running for U.S. Senate and PA Attorney General. “People want to know where these candidates stand on gun violence prevention,” said CeaseFire...
Earlier today, the Toomey campaign released an ad praising his record on gun safety. The ad featured Nancy Grogan, who is identified as a gun violence prevention advocate. While the ad does not identify Ms. Grogan as such, she also serves on the board of...
This weekend in America, at least 80 people were killed and 150 were wounded by gunfire — a rate of more than one fatality per hour. In Kalamazoo, MI, late Saturday night, a man went on a shooting rampage that killed 6 and injured 2. This was called a random shooting....
We know the gun lobby and the NRA will attack anyone who doesn’t agree with them. Well, their newest target is Comcast. Yep. The cable company. Here’s what happened: The NRA has a big gun show in Harrisburg once a year. They sent 2 ads for the event to Comcast....
Today, President Obama is set to announce a significant package of Executive Actions to fight gun violence. CeaseFirePA is honored to have been invited to the White House for this announcement. From what we know so far, this is an aggressive package of executive...
