Colorado Ceasefire Outreach has received a grant from The Colorado Health Foundation for our internship program, partnering with CU Boulder’s Game Changers. Game Changers are a group of 35 young people who combine youth voices with the science of violence prevention to inspire their peers to take collective action. Their efforts bridge science, arts, and
The Colorado Permit-to-Purchase Coalition, including Colorado Ceasefire and other national and local gun violence prevention groups, has launched a new awareness campaign about the effectiveness of Permit-to-Purchase laws. Such laws, in effect in 11 other states, have been proven to reduce gun homicides, suicides, and mass shootings. They require prospective firearm purchasers to obtain a
A new Colorado Public Radio report on last year’s Evergreen High School Shooting closely examines Colorado’s safe storage law, and whether Jefferson County authorities were vigorous enough in determining how the shooter got the weapon he used to shoot and critically injure two students before taking his own life. The piece says that Colorado’s law,
Element 5/Unsplash Colorado Ceasefire usually doesn’t offer recommendations on non-gun-violence-related measures, but in this case we feel it is important for our friends and allies to know we are urging a NO vote on the ballot initiative Amendment 83. This proposed constitutional amendment would add a constitutional ‘right’ to hunt, fish and trap into our
Photo by Thomas Park on Unsplash Colorado’s Gun Violence Prevention for Parents & Guardians of K-12 Students (House Bill 25‑1250) requires school districts to post secure firearm storage information on their websites and provide it to parents and guardians at the start of each school year. Colorado Ceasefire is a member of the Colorado Coalition
Extreme Risk Protection Orders, often known as ‘red flag’ laws, save lives—but only when people know how to act on early warning signs. The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions will soon release two new guides equipping clinicians and clergy, often the first to notice signs of crisis, with practical tools to help remove
Denver officials have told the City Council that no ShotSpotter replacement is lined up for when the current gunshot detection technology contract expires in December. The city isn’t planning on purchasing new gunshot detection technology or equipment next year. ShotSpotter microphones ‘listen’ for nearby gunshots and alert the police automatically. Officials said that once the
From left: Ceasefire Executive Director Laney Sheffel; Catie Fowler of the CO Office of the Attorney General; Eileen McCarron of Ceasefire Legislative Action; CO Sen. Tom Sullivan; and Harold Fields of the Denver Black Reparations Council. Last week’s screening of the documentary ‘The Great Divide,’ at Sie FilmCenter, attracted more than 100 gun violence prevention
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and for all the attention mass shootings and gun murders receive, the vast majority of gun deaths are suicides. Though gun homicides have fallen for the fourth consecutive year, CDC data shows that firearm suicides reached an all-time high in 2025. Notably, youth suicide rates have dramatically increased, especially
Giorgio Trovato/Unsplash The Atlantic has a well-reported piece on how pro-gun political-action committees dramatically increase contributions to their preferred U.S. House candidates in the districts where fatal school shootings occur. The piece cites a Stanford University study that found such spending did not happen after other incidents of mass gun violence, or after nonfatal school
