Gun violence prevention groups across the state gathered on Thurs., Feb. 6 to learn about pending legislation and reach out to their representatives to advocate for critical gun reform. More than 100 attendees met with more than 25 legislators or their staffs, including this meeting with Aaron Silverstein from Rep. Lisa Feret’s office (2nd from
Two new gun bills are in front of committees soon, others have been introduced, and Colorado Ceasefire is asking you to let your legislators know how you’d like them to vote. HB25-1133 Requirements for Sale of Firearms Ammunition (Reps. Monica Duran and Lindsay Gilchrist, Sen. Kyle Mullica) requires that ammunition sold at retail must be
Last month, the VPC released its annual analysis of state-by-state gun death using new data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As in previous years, the states with the highest rates of gun death are also the states with the weakest gun laws. Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, New Mexico and Alaska take
A U.S. District Court in Mississippi dismissed a machine gun possession charge, citing the Bruen decision and saying the law runs afoul of American history and tradition regarding the right to keep and bear arms. It is the second such decision in recent months. U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves, a 2010 Obama appointee, agreed
h/t New York Times Birmingham, Ala., coming off a record year for homicides, tried a new solution to prevent gun violence: blocking off streets in trouble-prone (read minority) neighborhoods. But the New York Times reports that so far the measure is just making a bad situation worse. “Struggling schools, high levels of poverty and unemployment
President Trump signed his first pro-gun related Executive Order on Feb. 7, directing newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi to examine within 30 days all “orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies” to determine any “ongoing infringements” of the Second Amendment, and present a plan to him on
