NPR ran a fascinating piece on the multibillion-dollar industry that has grown up around school security. Bullet-proof whiteboards, drones, stop the bleed kits for classrooms—school districts are now among the biggest purchasers of such items. But experts say we can’t buy our way to safer schools, and point to intervention programs and stronger gun laws
As summer comes to a close (sigh), we want to highlight all of the trainings, workshops, and gun lock distributions YOU have helped us support over the past three months: Tabling and Gun Lock Distributions: Email us at info@coloradoceasefire.org if you’re interested in any of our free workshops, trainings, or gun lock distributions. We would
Officials say a decision is pending on whether to charge the parents of a 13-year-old Parkland, Wash. boy who allegedly threatened a school shooting online. Investigators seized 23 weapons, many unsecured, from the boy’s home. Washington State has secure-storage and minor firearms possession laws similar to Colorado’s, but which also include a ban on minors
The California Legislature passed SB 704 on Tuesday, which would require background checks on the purchase of industrially manufactured firearm barrels—essential to complete unserialized, untraceable 3D-printed ghost guns. Firearm barrels are the only parts of a functional firearm that cannot effectively be produced using a 3D printer. Currently, these barrels are unregulated and can be
Details continue to trickle out concerning yesterday’s shooting at Evergreen High School, in which two students were wounded and the shooter took his own life. Information regarding a motive, or where the shooter obtained the weapon he used, has yet to be released. Colorado Ceasefire issued the following statement yesterday on both the Evergreen and
More than 70% of Americans support prohibiting guns in bars, sports stadiums, and protests or rallies, places where alcohol is served or conflict may arise, according to a study by the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. The majority that supports restricting firearms in these locations even
The City of Baltimore’s lawsuit against a gun shop accused of illegally selling untraceable ‘ghost gun’ kits began Aug. 18. Baltimore accuses Hanover Armory of negligence, creating a public nuisance, and violating the Maryland Consumer Protection Act. The city says Hanover Armory sold Polymer80’s ghost gun kits, which include separate parts that can be assembled
As kids head back to school, one of the smartest things adults can do to keep kids, classrooms, and communities safe from gun violence is to raise awareness about secure gun storage. August 25–29, 2025, is SMART Week—a time when we work together to spread the word on the critical importance of secure gun storage
Concealed handgun permit holders are responsible for at least 2,817 deaths not involving self-defense since 2007, according to the Violence Policy Center’s (VPC) ongoing Concealed Carry Killers (concealedcarrykillers.org) project, an online resource that provides examples of non-self defense killings involving private citizens with permits to carry concealed handguns in public. This latest update comes as legislation
Over the past decade, firearm suicide rates increased over 40 percent for young people ages 10 to 24—more than most other age groups. And most of those suicides were accomplished with firearms, according to a new study from Everytown Research. In 2020, for the first time in nearly 20 years, the proportion of youth suicides
