This week, the Netflix documentary “All the Empty Rooms” won the 2026 Best Documentary Short Film Academy Award. The film reflects on the lasting damage of gun violence in the United States by showing the preserved bedrooms of four children killed in school shootings. One of the featured rooms is of Jackie Cazaras, killed in
In a major win for gun violence prevention advocates, a slate of more than 20 bills has landed on the desk of Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger. The measures include a ban on the sale of assault weapons and high capacity magazines, making Virginia the 11th state in the nation to enact such a ban, alongside
DENVER, CO – (February 4, 2026) The Colorado Safe Futures Fund (CSFF) announced $770,000 in inaugural grants to 18 Colorado organizations working to prevent firearm-related injuries and deaths, including Colorado Ceasefire Outreach. Firearms are the third leading cause of injury-related death among Colorado adults and the leading cause of death for youth ages 1-17, making firearm harm one of Colorado’s most urgent public health challenges. Data shows: In response to
Gun violence prevention groups across the state gathered on Feb. 26 to advocate for gun reform. More than 100 people, including dozens of students, joined Ceasefire and other groups to learn about the bills being considered this year. Advocates then went to the state Capitol, where we scheduled more than 30 meetings with state legislators
In what promises to be a landmark case, a Barrow County, Georgia jury took only two hours to find Colin Gray, 55, guilty of charges including second-degree murder and cruelty to children in connection with the September 2024 mass shooting at Apalachee High School. His son is charged with the shooting itself but has not
The Georgia conviction of an alleged shooter’s father this week frustrates some Evergreen High School parents, who, nearly six months after the shootings there, say they are still searching for answers. Some parents say the bare investigative summary released by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has done little to satisfy them, and have requested the
New data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that states with the highest rates of overall gun death in the nation are those with weaker gun violence prevention laws and higher rates of gun ownership, according to a new Violence Policy Center (VPC) analysis. The state with the highest gun
Check out this USA Today editorial by Kris Brown, President of Brady: United Against Gun Violence, on the safe gun storage shown by series heroine Sidney Prescott. In the film, Prescott (Neve Campbell) is seen locking up a gun in a safe. “These depictions matter,” Brown writes. “When the first Scream film was released in
Photo by Jay Rembert on Unsplash DENVER, FEBRUARY 24, 2026 — Colorado Ceasefire, Colorado’s oldest grassroots gun violence prevention organization, is reminding gun owners that not securely storing guns can lead to criminal charges—and, much more tragically, to acts of gun violence that shatter lives and communities. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office recently announced that
This is a summary of firearms bills introduced in the 2026 Colorado General Assembly. The list will be continually updated through this year’s session. Colorado Ceasefire’s position on each bill is indicated. You may find the email address of the prime sponsors of each bill by clicking on their name. The Colorado Legislature passed nine
