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CeaseFirePA joined Mothers in Charge, March For Our Lives, and other groups from across Philadelphia to remember those killed by violence and to call on our elected officials to take action to prevent more loss of life due to the easy access to guns. Enough is enough....
Once again gun violence has shattered our country, this time in El Paso Texas. Today, families went to the mall to go back to school shopping and were met with a barrage of gunfire. Our hearts break for the families whose lives are changed forever. CeaseFirePA...
A gun store in North Carolina has erected a hate-filled billboard inviting violence against four Congresswomen, seeming to build on the racist, anti-Islamic rhetoric invoked by President Trump. We’ve seen tragedies rooted in hateful prejudices unfold in a Pittsburgh...
CeaseFirePA and Education Law Center Issue Join Statement on Bill Arming More School Personnel July 2 -- CeaseFirePA and the Education Law Center were very disappointed that Governor Wolf today signed Senate Bill 621 into law. We stand with thousands of Pennsylvania...
Tell Governor Wolf to VETO SB 621!
Guns do not belong where our children learn.
CeaseFirePA joins with POWER, Mothers In Charge, the Father’s Day Rally Committee, Operation Save Our City, and Heading God’s Call to End Gun Violence to call on our leaders to take action.
Shira Goodman, executive director, CeaseFirePA, addressed several questions raised by members throughout the hearing. Regarding Rep. Ecker's question on whether other family members may have access to a gun in a household, she noted a lot of times for other reasons a...
Today CeaseFirePA brought student activists from March For Our Lives to the Captial to lobby for Extreme Risk Protection Order legislation and other common sense gun safety bills. The students hailed from across the Commonwealth including Cumberland, Philadelphia,...
Over the weekend, we saw a dangerous wave of gun violence across the country. According to the Gun Violence Archive, the United States had 278 shootings that left 95 people dead and 229 injured. This doesn't even count suicides. Pennsylvania experienced 16 shootings...
