Two
gun safety groups in Maine are getting more than $ 3 million from a nonprofit backed by former New York City Mayor Bloomberg in preparation for a big gun control measure on the November ballot.
Not exact matches
Representatives of two
gun control advocacy
groups, Moms Demand Action for
Gun Sense in America and Everytown for
Gun Safety, plan to speak at more than 20 pride events around the country this weekend, according to a statement from the
groups.
According to the New York Times, black students have never been responsible for mass shootings that drove the national conversation about
gun safety and minority schools have never been the targets of such attacks, leaving civil rights
groups wondering why black students would be the focus when seeking to address an issue that plagues white, male students.
As President Donald Trump addresses the National Rifle Association this week, a leading
gun -
safety group is looking to make an example out of suburban Republicans.
«That normalizes the carrying of
guns on all American streets,» said John Feinblatt, the president of Everytown for
Gun Safety, a
group that advocates
gun control measures.
Both
groups are meeting with legislators, urging them to pass
gun control, school
safety and mental health measures in the remaining weeks of the annual legislative session.
Anne Musial is a 39 - year - old
gun owner in Austin and a board member with Texas
Gun Sense, a
gun -
safety group.
Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland organized the March for Our Lives in DC, on March 24 with the support of Everytown for
Gun Safety, a
gun law reform advocacy
group.
«It's too early to read the tea leaves in DC, but we know the public wants action,» John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for
Gun Safety, a
gun control advocacy
group, said.
Survivors of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School organized the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC, on March 24, with the support of Everytown for
Gun Safety, a
gun law reform advocacy
group.
«States like New York with strong
gun laws are proof that deaths can be prevented with common - sense
gun safety measures,» said Peter Ambler, the
group's executive director.
«The mass shooting in Parkland, Florida — the 18th at a school this year alone — lays bare the all - too - tragic reality that all face: we are not doing enough to keep violent weapons out of the hands of those who are a threat and danger to public
safety,» said Gounardes, referring to a statistic on school shootings by the Everytown
gun control
group that has been disputed as inaccurate.
He supported the bipartisan
gun control and school
safety legislation that passed after Sandy Hook but recently told a
gun rights
group that he regretted his vote.
Berman was once a senior adviser to Everytown for
Gun Safety, the
gun control
group established by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Liuni noted that the
gun rights
groups included many police officers, veterans and responsible, law abiding
gun owners who sought to make society safer through
gun safety education and advocacy.
«He won't own up to the backroom deals he is making with
groups like the Family Institute of Connecticut and the Connecticut Citizens Defense League that want to ban gay marriage and repeal our
gun safety laws,» Connecticut Democrats said in a fundraising email.
Putnam said he couldn't have signed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public
Safety Act as it was, though he added that if he were to be elected Governor, the self - proclaimed «NRA sellout» would enforce the law that has led to a lawsuit from the
gun group, and a ritual defenestration of House Speaker Richard Corcoran for pushing the
gun control bill through.
At 9 a.m.,
gun control advocates from Moms Demand Action for
Gun Sense in America's city chapter deliver postcards to a district office of Rep. Michael Grimm, as part of a campaign organized by the
group and the organization Everytown for
Gun Safety; 7308 13th Ave., Brooklyn.
Everytown for Gun
Safety, a
group backed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has launched an ad campaign urging Georgia's Republican governor to veto legislation allowing
guns on college campuses.
Everytown for
Gun Safety, the
gun violence prevention
group with ties to former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is endorsing Clinton for president today, arguing that she is the most likely candidate to take action to toughen the nation's
gun laws.
Sources said the task force will have working
groups in three main areas:
gun control, school
safety, and mental health.
In recent years, Jackson has also worked closely with community
groups to reduce the number of
guns on city streets and advocating for stronger
gun safety legislation.
Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg says he will match donations to Everytown for
Gun Safety, a
gun control advocacy
group he founded, after the national debate over
gun laws was reignited by the Las Vegas shooting.
The deal that the McAuliffe administration hammered out with GOP legislative leaders and the NRA caught
gun -
safety groups off guard.
On my way, I messaged my friend Lea — essential oil
safety advocate and founder of the Using Essential Oils Safely Facebook
group — to ask what «big
guns» she might suggest if the culture came back positive.
The Hollywood Reporter says industry insiders have told them
gun control advocacy
group Everytown For
Gun Safety have made badges for stars to wear to the event to show their support for calls to change
gun laws.
In a pre-emptive move against a school
safety proposal from the National Rifle Association that is expected to include a call for more people trained and approved to carry
guns at schools, a coalition of civil rights
groups unveiled its own
safety plan Thursday.
Everytown for
Gun Safety, a
gun - control - advocacy
group, analyzed FBI data on mass shootings from 2009 to 2016 and found that in 54 percent of cases, the victims included the shooter's current or former spouse or intimate partner, or another family member — and 16 percent of attackers between 2009 and 2015 had previously been charged with domestic violence.
On 20 February 2018, as a
group of students from the Parkland, Florida mass shooting attack traveled to their state capitol to lobby for tighter
gun safety measures, far right conspiracy blogs pushed increasingly hysterical claims that at least one of the survivors of the massacre was a «deep state» pawn.
The march — organized by the Stoneman Douglas student
group #NeverAgain and the
gun control advocacy
group Everytown for
Gun Safety — is the culmination of a monthlong effort to honor the victims of the shooting, and to push for an end to
gun violence.
The Women's March, Everytown for
Gun Safety and the
gun violence prevention
group founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords provided heavy support for the march, opening the youths up to criticism that they are just pawns of left - wing organizations that have been fighting
guns for years.
Kinsell - Meier, who lives in Highland, said she's «liked» the
gun -
safety advocacy
group's Facebook page for years, but after the Feb. 14 school...
Everytown for
Gun Safety, a
gun control advocacy
group, is helping the students plan and coordinate the event.
Citing mass shootings in Parkland, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, the anti-
gun violence
group founded by former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords launched an ad campaign Tuesday against Gov. Rick Scott «for repeatedly siding with the
gun lobby over public
safety.»
They have also partnered with well - funded liberal
groups such as Everytown for
Gun Safety, the
gun control advocacy
group founded by former New York mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg.
The cover was revealed two days before the students and their allies rally in Washington for the March for Our Lives, a demonstration organized by the student
group #NeverAgain and the
gun control organization Everytown for
Gun Safety.
A prominent coordinator of Saturday's rallies was Everytown for
Gun Safety, a
gun - control
group founded by billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.