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Following Four-Year Mark of King Soopers Mass Shooting, Colorado House Passes Monumental Gun Violence Prevention Bill

DENVER — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots network, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements after the Colorado House passed a gun violence prevention bill intended to help prevent mass shootings. Senate Bill 3 will create a permit to purchase a system for obtaining military style semiautomatic firearms capable of accepting detachable magazines and prohibiting rapid-fire conversion devices in Colorado. Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers advocated tirelessly for this critical bill, which now heads back to the State Senate for concurrence, the last stop before heading to Governor Jared Polis’ desk…

California Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Remember Monterey Park Shooting 

MONTEREY PARK, CA. — The California chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, issued the following statements today to mark one year since the mass shooting at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, in which 11 people were shot and killed and nine others were wounded after an all-day Lunar New Year Festival. “One year ago, a celebration dedicated to a new beginning was tainted by a gun that shattered our Asian American and Pacific Islander community,” said Mia Livas Porter, a volunteer with the California chapter of Moms Demand…

Standing With Gun Violence Survivors and Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Signs Law to Help Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Domestic Abusers

Action Follows U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments in United States v. Rahimi  LANSING, Mich. — Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks released the following statements today after Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a critical gun violence prevention bill that will prohibit people convicted of domestic violence misdemeanor offenses in Michigan from purchasing or possessing firearms. This is the fifth gun safety bill Governor Whitmer has signed this year.   Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers and Michigan survivors of domestic violence and gun violence have been advocating to protect survivors from abusers armed with guns for…