Tamaqua, December 21, 2018 -- CeaseFirePA, the Education Law Center, Public Citizens for Children and Youth, and the Public Interest Law Center filed an amicus brief today in support of the Tamaqua Education Association's challenge to the Tamaqua Area School...
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Want to Make It on to Our Nice List?
We wanted to give you a quick year end look at our naughty list. These are the people who did everything in their power to stand in the way of gun violence prevention and efforts to make our communities safer. They deserve way worse than a lump of coal. It's not so...
Sandy Hook Anniversary Vigils and Events
As we remember those tragically taken from us by gun violence in Newtown, CT in 2012, Pennsylvanians will come together across the Commonwealth to commemorate victims and call for action. Here is a list of events in PA this week: #EndGunViolence in America Sponsored...
Pittsburgh Week of Action
Over the course of this week, there are a series of events in the Pittsburgh area that focus on bringing the community together regarding different aspects of gun violence. We hope that you will join us. Thursday, December 13 Hope Tree Dedication 11 AM Blue Slide Park...
Quinton Jefferson Honors CeaseFirePA with My Cleats My Cause
NFL linebacker and Pittsburgh native Quinton Jefferson has chosen to honor those he has lost to gun violence and support CeaseFirePA through the My Cleats My Cause campaign. Jefferson had a cleat designed with the initials of those he has lost to gun violence. There...
CNN: Trump Administration Plans Bump Stock Rule
CNN has reported that the Trump Administration plans to announce a final bump stock ban in the coming days.Bump stocks are devices that allow shooters to readily convert semi-automatic weapons so that they simulate the firing rates of automatic weapons. Following the...
Auditor General DePasquale Releases Gun Safety Special Report
On Tuesday, November 27th CeaseFirePA stood with Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale as he announced a new special report on Firearm Safety This special report highlights the steps Pennsylvania can take to reduce gun deaths and make PA safer. To prepare the...
Governor Wolf, CeaseFirePA, and Advocates Celebrate Signing of Act 79
On Tuesday, November 14th, Governor Wolf thanked CeaseFirePA and other advocates for their work on the passage of Act 79 during a ceremonial bill signing. The new law requires an individual served with a protection from abuse order to surrender their firearms within...
We Put Gun Violence On the Ballot and It Won
Together, we put gun violence prevention front and center, and the people of Pennsylvania proved this is a voting issue. The results will have a major impact on gun violence prevention policy at the state and federal levels. Reelecting Governor Tom Wolf and Senator...
Congressman tells Student Pittsburgh tragedy could have occurred with a knife
On Sunday at the Pittsburgh Community interfaith service for the Tree of Life shooting victims and survivors, a young constituent had a troubling interaction with her Congressman, Keith Rothfus. Here's Kaylee explaining what happened. Kaylee — who attended Tree of...