The father faces charges, including second-degree murder for negligently allowing his troubled son access to firearms. www.courthousenews.com/police-warne...

Thank you to my colleagues Mike Thompson, Shontel Brown, Jahana Hayes, Steven Horsford, Jill Tokuda, Debbie Dingell, Brendan Boyle, Nanette Barragan, Marcy Kaptur and Melanie Stansbury for standing with me as I fight hard to be the next U.S. Senator from Illinois.

The deadline to submit signatures to get me on the ballot is coming fast! If you live in #AZ06 and haven't already, take a moment to sign my petition online. Want to help collect signatures yourself? Sign-up on my website! 🔗 joannamendoza.com/volunteer 🔗 joannamendoza.com/petition

In my latest Substack, I share the exact dangers of a deadly gun bill poised to be considered by the Senate, including the perspective of Parkland survivor and Team ENOUGH co-founder Aalayah Eastmond. Read more ⬇️ and use our link to contact your Senators.

Mexico's Defence Minister has confirmed that a U.S. Army plant was the source of 47% of .50 caliber rifle rounds seized by police over the past decade, after an investigation by ICIJ and its media partners revealed how cartels are using the ammunition in attacks. buff.ly/tH0MTSl

ICIJ’s reporters @isacotas.bsky.social and Ben Dooley joined CNN this week to talk about their investigation into Mexican cartels’ access to U.S.-made military ammo, which has been used to attack Mexican civilians and police. Read the story: www.icij.org/news/2026/02...

Gun violence is not isolated to large urban cities. Dishonest attempts to frame the problem of gun homicides as an exclusively urban issue—and gun suicides as mostly a rural America issue—are costing lives. https://ampr.gs/4qwlfst

Story from @fairrionam.bsky.social on research linking ghost gun recoveries and suicide in California. It's a first-of-its-kind finding that drew on data we obtained and published at the Gun Violence Data Hub www.thetrace.org/2026/02/ghos...

Veterans are three times more likely to die by gun suicide than non-veterans, and this move removes a critical safeguard that has been in place for three decades.

Ghost gun recoveries are linked to firearm suicide, according to a new study of data from California and the CDC.

The state alleges that he made the unregistered guns using a 3-D printer.

Night Floor update: We're doing HB 2320, regulating the 3-D printing of firearms. Fun Story: When I worked at the State Department in 2013, I played a small role in the first federal action against 3-D printed guns, working in the bureau that regulated arms sales, including IP for guns. #waleg

Omaha's ban on bump stocks and ghost guns survives court challenge

For years, researchers have been sounding the alarm on the deadly connection between firearms and suicide risk. A new study indicates ghost guns could be worsening the crisis. Read more: thetr.ac/fiovJ

Earlier this week, I introduced AB 2047 to require firearm detection and blocking technology on 3D printers sold in California. This legislation addresses the growing threat of 3D-printed ghost guns with proactive, upstream safeguards. @momsdemandaction.org bauer-kahan.asmdc.org/press-releas...

“Ghost guns are not just a law enforcement problem, they are a public health problem.” A new analysis of California gun recoveries and CDC data found that there’s a link between ghost guns, unserialized weapons assembled from kits, and suicide. It’s the first of its kind.

“Preventable tragedy.” Lock up guns and keep them away from children, safety advocates say after a 6-year-old was able to get hold of a gun in Montgomery County and was killed.

A 6-year-old boy found an unsecured, loaded gun inside a Maryland home and discharged it, killing him. Police have not yet said how the child accessed the gun or to whom it belongs.

The responsibility to lock up guns belongs to the adults who own them. Storing guns unloaded, locked, and separate from ammunition saves lives. Learn more from @besmartforkids.bsky.social about how to securely store firearms to keep kids safe:

@marnivonwilpert.bsky.social is a tenacious leader who knows how to win in a competitive district, and she will defeat Darrell Issa this fall. When she does, Marni will take immediate action to put an end to gun violence in America. Choose your fighter, #CA-48. Elect Marni von Wilpert to Congress.

California set a new standard by investing $107M in community violence intervention groups, but this is only a fraction of what’s needed to keep up historic drops in gun violence across the state. CA leaders must expand the funding needed to save lives and keep up the momentum.

Our children don't have to die this way. These tragedies are preventable by securing guns in homes and vehicles, stored unloaded, locked, and separate from ammunition.

We're announcing $107 million in grants to 42 communities across California to prevent gun violence. That brings our total investments to more than $350 million since 2018. Violent crime in California is now down 12%. Gun violence is preventable — and we're proving it.

Every Virginian ought to be able to hold firearms manufacturers and dealers responsible for irresponsible behavior--just like any other industry. Proud to pass HB 21 to make Virginia safe.

This doesn’t have to be our normal. We released a comprehensive analysis of gun violence in 2025 using EveryShot—our AI tool that tracks incidents of gun violence across the country in near-real time based on public media reports.

Convicted felon in Arizona "manufactured, assembled, stockpiled and sold weapons and accessories ranging from scoped rifles and suppressors to semiautomatic shotguns and. . . a fully automatic AR-15, according to prosecutors." Reporting on gun case from Courthouse News

Convicted felon in Arizona "manufactured, assembled, stockpiled and sold weapons and accessories ranging from scoped rifles and suppressors to semiautomatic shotguns and. . . a fully automatic AR-15, according to prosecutors." Reporting on gun case from Courthouse News

"Gun violence exposure, experienced directly or indirectly, is associated with increased chronic pain in the U.S. adult population."

I know how to beat the gun lobby - because @bradypac.bsky.social and I already have. Together, we passed California’s first ban on untraceable ghost guns and together we’ll take that fight to Congress to confront the gun violence epidemic with bold action, not just thoughts and prayers.

After the tragic accidental shooting of a 6-year-old boy in Montgomery County, the executive director of Moms Demand Action explains how to keep you and your kids safe.

Every day, a child under 18 gains access to a gun and unintentionally shoots themselves or someone else. This shouldn’t be happening. Keeping guns securely stored prevents them from falling into the wrong hands. https://bit.ly/46Yc1hA

I've worked 13 yrs-since my neighbor killed 26 in Sandy Hook- to #KeepKidsSafe. Please read my 1st #GetWithThePOgram Substack piece on my thoughts on whether or not we should be adapting children to a gun-saturated culture or working to reduce that saturation. pomurray1.substack.com/p/if-77-of-s...

A federal law barring individuals indicted for a felony from traveling across state lines with a firearm is constitutional as applied to an Arizona man, the Fourth Circuit said Friday.

HB 2570 strengthens oversight of gun dealers, closes the private-sale loophole, requires background checks on all transfers, limits bulk purchases, and builds modern crime-gun tracing systems—targeting traffickers and reckless sellers, not responsible gun owners. Let’s get it done, Arizona Moms!

They called on lawmakers to pass HB 2570, a comprehensive bill to stop illegal gun trafficking fueling violence across Arizona. Sponsored by Rep. Aaron Márquez, with a Senate companion forthcoming from Sen. Flavio Bravo, HB 2570 tackles the broken gun supply chain endangering communities statewide.

A police widow is frustrated after an Arizona lawmaker gutted a bipartisan gun destruction bill days before a committee vote, abandoning legislation that had widespread bipartisan support.

“This bill could be the difference between life and death for survivors, and I know this evidence-based tool will have the power to save Colorado lives.” - Majority Leader Monica Duran Learn more ⬇️ www.cohousedems.com/news/duran-b...

✅ Bolstering protections for victims of domestic violence Majority Leader Monica Duran's bipartisan legislation passed the House Judiciary Committee. The Colorado Mandatory Lethality Assessment Act would support survivors of domestic violence and keep Colorado communities safe.

Finally, here he is with Chicago’s Father Pfleger in 2015 confronting notoriously bad dealer Chuck’s Guns in Riverdale, IL—Chicago’s top source of crime guns (now closed 🙌). 1 in 15 gun crimes committed in Chicago were with a Chuck’s gun. This was the first action I ever organized @bradyunited.org.

This bill adds LaPorte and Porter County to the Indiana Crime Guns Taskforce. This is an exciting milestone for our district and brings us one step closer to implementing stronger measures to enhance safety in the Region.

The Research Society for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms is working to address critical gaps in firearm violence prevention research and funding. healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/02...

Vote Yes for a Safe Massachusetts is working to protect our state's 2024 gun safety law. Last October, a pro gun group filed a petition to repeal this lifesaving law in its entirety. The question will be on the Massachusetts 2026 ballot in November #GunSafetyNow

‼️#NMLeg2026 Important bills to protect our elections. SB261-limits possession of firearms at or near polling places. SB264-measures against federal interference in the conduct of #NewMexico elections. Tell House Government Committee members to vote YES. Contact info www.nmlegis.gov/Committee/St...

A bill under consideration in the Ohio House attempts to combat suicide by expanding the options for gun owners to safely store their weapons outside the home during a mental health crisis.https://www.wowktv.com/news/ohio-bill-would-allow-alternative-storage-for-guns-during-mental-health-crisis/

A bill adding Porter and LaPorte counties to the Indiana Crime Guns Task Force passed unanimously out of the House Courts and Criminal Code committee Wednesday without amendments.

Today marks Del. Bennett-Parker’s, D-Alexandria, last day as a House representative. She will be moving over to the state Senate after winning a special election to represent the 39th Senate district. @vcucns.bsky.social #virginiageneralassembly #capitolhill

HB 969, which would establish a VA Gun Violence Prevention Center, just passed the House on a party-line vote. Just one of many gun control proposals being voted on in the House this morning. @vcucns.bsky.social #generalassembly #vacapital #liveupdates #breakingnews

Gun violence prevention leaders Amber Goodwin, Greg Jackson, & Cleopatra Cowley have been lighting our path for years. And now they’re taking the fight to a new arena: local office. I’m proud to know Amber, Greg, & Cleopatra, and I can’t wait to see all that they accomplish once elected to office.