Americans are fed up with living in fear while lawmakers sit on their hands. Congress has the power to keep these weapons of war out of our communities — but only if we demand it. Text BAN to 644-33 to tell your members of Congress to support an assault weapons ban — lives are on the line.

Loudoun @momsdemand.bsky.social tabled and walked in today's @afspnational.bsky.social Out of the Darkness walk in Ashburn. Thank you for supporting our survivor communities 🧡

Images like this are hard to look at, but we cannot look away, Governor Walz. Minnesota lawmakers must do everything they can to prevent another parent from experiencing this same panic, fear, and devastation. Please, #DontLookAway, @governorwalz.mn.gov

When lawmakers refuse to take action on gun violence, we replace them with those who will. Join us for a Weekend of Action and help turn out the vote for Gun Sense Candidates. 📲 Text ELECT to 644-33 to get involved today. Every door knocked, every call made, every vote counts.

You read that right—a FIRST GRADER is facing a YEAR-LONG suspension for bringing a gun to school. No mention of who the gun belonged to or how the child gained access to it.

Nearly 26,000 people in the US die by firearm suicide each year—but it doesn’t have to be this way. Policies and practices that create space between someone in crisis and a firearm can save lives.

📢 Ready to take action for a safer future? Now’s our moment to help elect Gun Sense Candidates in Virginia! 💪🗳️ 📞 Just an hour of your time can make a real difference. Choose a phone bank shift that fits your schedule—we’ll send everything you need to make calls from home! Text PHONES to 644-33!

This is just the Trump Administration's latest attempt to demonize the trans community and distract from the real crisis that takes thousands of American lives a year: Gun violence. buff.ly/kT9y1om

HORRIFIC: Nerissa Lee, assistant principal of Lincoln Middle School in Berwyn, Ill, was sitting in a car with her mother at the school when her husband opened fire on her car, killing both Nerissa and her mother. The man then turned the gun on himself.

Three police officers were shot and killed and two others were wounded while serving a warrant in York County, Pennsylvania. Our hearts are with the officers' families. Easy access to deadly weapons means even law enforcement officers are outgunned and put at greater risk. 6abc.com/post/serious...

A week after the Evergreen High School shooting, Colorado Students Demand Action leaders rallied with hundreds of their classmates at the state capitol. Together, they called on lawmakers to protect kids, NOT guns! Join our movement to #EndGunViolence: https://studentsdemandaction.org/get-involved/

It's alarming that the FBI director, at the helm of our nation’s security, would need to be reminded about one of the most heinous mass shootings carried out by a white supremacist against Black Americans in modern American history.

Mass gun violence has devastated Minneapolis once again, this time targeting homeless encampments where a total of 13 people were wounded—five critically. The shootings took place as the city is still reeling from two other mass shootings that left three people dead and over two dozen more wounded.

Our safety is on the ballot on November 4, which is why it’s more important than ever to make sure you are registered to vote. This #NationalVoterRegistrationDay, use our simple tool to get registered for the first time, or to confirm your registration by texting the word register to 644-33.

Twelve years ago today, 15 people were shot—12 fatally—when a gunman opened fire inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, DC. It was the deadliest mass shooting in DC’s history. Today and every day, we remember the victims and survivors, and honor their lives with action.

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🧡 This Latinx Heritage Month, we honor the strength, resilience, and rich cultural legacy of Latinx communities across the country. 🧵

Strong gun safety laws save lives, full stop. This #SuicidePrevention Awareness Month, learn more from @everytown.bsky.social about policies that help mitigate the risk of suicide: everytownresearch.org/firearm-suicide

The California Senate passed #AB1127 — a bill that will stop the future sale of pistols that can easily be converted into fully automatic weapons. The bill’s passage means CA is one step closer to making history as the first state to take on the gun industry’s role in the spread of DIY machine guns.

“Only in America does an assassination share a split screen with a school shooting. What would shatter any other nation has become our daily broadcast… At the end of the day, this isn’t about ideology." John Feinblatt, president, @everytown.bsky.social

We have failed this young man and an entire generation of young people who have been forced to endure the trauma of gun violence at their schools, time and time again. Text READY to 644-33 if you're ready to do something about it.

Communities across America are reeling from more horrific school shootings and threats of violence. During times like these, it’s natural to feel hopeless, but we simply cannot give up the fight. Text READY to 644-33 to volunteer with a Moms Demand Action chapter in your area.

Gun violence in our schools is a result of craven politicians who put the interests of gun lobby over the lives of our children and young people. Text READY to 644-33 to join the millions of people in America demanding action.

AGAIN: Two students were shot and critically wounded by another teen at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado today. Gun violence is not inevitable. It is a choice by craven politicians who put the interests of the gun industry ahead of our children's lives.

Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk has died from the injuries he sustained in a shooting at Utah Valley University today. Gun violence doesn’t care about ideology. No one is truly safe on our campuses, in our elementary or high schools— anywhere—in a country awash in easily accessible guns.

Debates shouldn't be settled at our colleges and universities with gun violence. Our hearts are with the Utah Valley University community and all impacted by yet another shooting at an American school.

Gun suicide claims the lives of nearly 26,000 people in America every year, but there is hope. One of the most effective, life-saving interventions for someone in crisis is disrupting their access to a gun.

“... the school security industry is now worth as much as $4 billion, and it's projected to keep growing.” Hardening schools won’t stop gun violence—it just turns classrooms into fortresses. Real safety comes from common-sense gun laws that prevent violence before it enters our schools.

Trump: “If a man has a little fight with the wife they say, ‘this was a crime, see?’” Every month, more than 70 women are shot and killed by an intimate partner in the US. Easy access to guns fuels this crisis.

Today on #988Day, we are joining our partners in the #SuicidePrevention space to spread awareness about the 988 lifeline, which provides 24/7, support for mental health, substance use, and more for you and your loved ones. Learn more about how you can get involved: 988DayToolkit.org.

Barb Smith is painfully aware that access to a gun in a time of crisis can be deadly. Her beloved brother, John, took his life with a gun when he was just 20 years old. 🧵 #SuicidePrevention

Malia Kimbrell's daughter, 9-year-old Vivian, was among the 23 people—mostly children—who were shot when a gunman opened fire with an assault weapon at Annunciation Catholic Church last week. Two children died. Vivian was shot twice in the back and once in the arm. 🧵

On this day in 2018, 26-year-old Botham Jean was eating ice cream in his living room when he was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer in Dallas, Texas after they wrongfully entered his apartment. The officer was convicted of his murder the following year. 🧵

🔔 NEW: We’re pleased to join @ferrellzabala.bsky.social in announcing #TrainSMART — Everytown Support Fund’s groundbreaking firearms training program created by veterans who understand the training, safety, and responsibility required to own and operate firearms. 🧵

One year ago today, a student opened fire inside Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. Armed with an AR-15 and high-capacity magazines, he shot and killed two students and two teachers and wounded seven others. 🧵

Gun suicide is a public health crisis that claims the lives of nearly 26,000 people in America each year. Too many people are dying preventable deaths because the most lethal method of suicide—guns—are far too easy to access in times of suicidal crisis.

Adelita Grijalva is an unwavering gun sense champion who will put the safety of Arizonans ahead of the gun industry’s bottom line. We're proud to endorse Adelita in the Special Election for AZ’s 7th congressional district, and we’re eager to work with her in Congress to pass gun safety legislation.

Trump wants us to arm teachers. If more guns made people safer, then America would be one of the safest countries in the world—but it's not. Not even close.

@governorwalz.mn.gov has called for a special session to ban assault weapons in honor of the victims of the Annunciation Catholic School shooting. This is what leadership looks like. Now it’s time for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to get it done.

Yesterday, Donald Trump suggested that arming teachers as a solution to gun violence in our schools is a concept that “a lot of people like.” Teachers disagree, and for good reason. There is no evidence that arming teachers prevents gun violence in our schools. 🧵

Trump spoke about arming teachers today, claiming that it’s “something that a lot of people like." This is not what teachers sign up for—they are trained to teach, not to be the first line of defense against a shooter. Forcing more guns into schools does not make us safer. https://etwn.us/3IxMC2M

Leah is right: Kids shouldn’t have to live in fear of assault weapons ravaging their schools and communities. That’s why she and our volunteers nationwide are fighting for an assault weapons ban—in Minnesota AND at the federal level—to protect every every community in every state.

UPDATE: Doctors found a bullet fragment embedded in the neck of 10-year-old Weston Halsne, who went viral for recounting how his friend jumped on top of him to shield him during the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church.

Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy: “It’s time for us to love our children most, and do our work.” Governor Walz just called for a special session to ban assault weapons. Now it's time for Minnesota lawmakers to come together and get it done—and for Congress to follow their lead.

Childhood pranks like this should not be a death sentence. This is the result of the gun lobby’s deadly “shoot first, ask questions later” vision for America.

Childhood pranks like this should not be a death sentence. This is the result of the gun lobby’s “shoot first, ask questions later” vision for America.

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Throughout the month, we will be calling attention to the heartbreaking gun suicide crisis, which accounts for nearly six out of every ten gun deaths in the U.S. #SPAM

Stop pretending that you care about our lives. If this administration was all-in on mental health, why did they cut $1 billion in school mental health grants that helped hire psychologists and counselors and improved mental health support a few months ago?

Drew Crecente’s world was turned upside down after his beloved daughter, Jen, was tragically killed in a horrific act of domestic gun violence. Today, Drew spreads awareness about the prevalence and dangers of teen dating violence in Jen’s memory through his nonprofit charity, Jennifer Ann’s Group.

Six years ago today, seven people were killed and 25 others were wounded when a gunman armed with an AR-15 and high capacity magazines opened fire at random in the Midland and Odessa communities of Texas. Yet another community devastated by a gunman with an assault weapon.