Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Gun safety advocates and officials are warning that a new generation of untraceable weapons could soon eclipse the ‘ghost guns’ that have challenged law enforcement in recent years. At a summit in New York City last week, policymakers, academics, 3D-printing industry leaders, and law enforcement expressed fears that
Missouri Guns & Ammo SNAP benefits and health care may be in limbo with the ongoing federal shutdown, but sales of America’s deadliest weapons must go on! After relentless lobbying by the gun industry and Republican politicians, silencers, short-barreled rifles, and vintage machine-guns produced before 1986—often called ‘gangster weapons’—will resume. Sales of these items had
Colorado Ceasefire helped pass the Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms Waiver (Donna’s Law), to help people in crisis stay safe until they find help. But your donations are needed to help get the program up and running! Please find out more at https://www.donnaslawforco.com/.
Three U.S. representatives have introduced the National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025, legislation to establish a coordinated national gun violence research program focused on the causes, consequences, and prevention of gun-related injuries and deaths. U.S. Representatives Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Don Beyer (VA-08), and Maxwell Forst (FL-10) introduced the bill Sept. 30, calling it a
Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash Another great piece from Rolling Stone and The Trace explores how the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) teamed up with the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) to fight gun suicide—but may have found itself used for public relations purposes. With guns involved in more than half of suicide
Photo by Marcel Strauß on Unsplash) By Dave Iverson, Colorado Ceasefire Board member After a mass shooting event, we often hear that America doesn’t have a gun problem, we have a mental health problem. The facts are more nuanced. People with mental illness who commit gun violence capture an inordinate amount of media attention, and
A new Everytown for Gun Safety report brings chilling news about Intimate Partner Homicide-Suicide: From 2014 to 2020, more than 5,450 women were killed by an intimate partner. In one in three of these instances, the perpetrator then died by suicide themself. A firearm was used in 85 percent of all incidents of IPHS, killing
This week, Colorado Ceasefire Outreach is holding workshops with North High School students, discussing how gun violence shows up in their lives and what they can do to make their communities safer. We expect to reach around 180 kids with the gun violence prevention message. Find out how you can request a workshop at your
Issue 13 of Vital City (A New York City-focused online journal) digs into the gun crisis from the supply side—how many guns are out there in the U.S., why, and what can be done about it? It’s a thorough and outstanding package, well worth the read, which includes examinations of gun culture, the evolution of
NPR Great piece from National Public Radio about gun violence in America—including political gun violence. The good news: gun homicides overall are down since the pandemic, but school shootings and political violence are both up. As always, suicide is the leading cause of gun deaths in the U.S., and most mass-shooting incidents stem from a
