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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 3h
Toddlers bringing loaded guns into their daycares is beyond outrageous, but it’s what can happen when the responsibility of owning a gun is not taken seriously.
abcnews.com
Toddler found with loaded handgun at daycare, parents expected to face charges: Police
Two parents are expected to face charges after a toddler was found with a loaded, holstered handgun inside a Michigan daycare facility, officials said.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 6h
When you realize Moms are gonna flip the House in November.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 8h
We agree: The world IS a better place with you in it! 💜
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 10h
September may be coming to an end, but we can work to prevent our country’s devastating gun suicide crisis year-round. Among the most effective ways to save young lives is to ensure guns are always stored securely — unloaded, locked, and separate from ammunition.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 29/09/2026
Memphis is among the cities deeply impacted by the Trump administration’s cuts to community violence intervention funding — programs that are proven to reduce gun violence. Programs like Heal 901 are continuing their critical work, but they could save many more lives with more resources.
thetrace.org
‘No One Is Born a Killer’
As the National Guard prowls city streets and federal funding for violence interruption dries up, a small but mighty team in Memphis works to stop teen gun violence before it happens.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 29/09/2026
VICTORY IN CALIFORNIA! @governor.ca.gov signed The Firearm Printing Prevention Act into law, making California the second state in the nation to require 3D printers sold in California to incorporate technology that identifies and blocks attempts to print guns and illegal gun parts.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 29/09/2026
Lawmakers fail us every day that they refuse to take action on America’s preventable gun violence crisis. It’s time to put them out of a job and replace them with leaders who have shown they’re up to the task: Gun Sense Candidates. Find Gun Sense Candidates on your ballot: gunsensevoter.org
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 28/09/2026
Three people were killed and four others were wounded when an argument over a cell phone escalated into gun violence in a Detroit home on Sunday. The presence of guns can turn everyday disagreements deadly.
wxyz.com
Mass shooting in Detroit tied to 'cellphone' dispute, community details violence
Three people are dead and four others were injured after a fight turned deadly at a home on Detroit's west side near Prest Street and Eaton Avenue.
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Angela Ferrell-Zabala (she/her) @ferrellzabala.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nevada @studentsdemandaction.org leader Allan Jimenez Rodriguez's message to young Latinx folks who want to get involved in our movement? “Our fight isn't a sprint; it's a marathon. Don't let that discourage you from getting involved. Your story deserves to be told just as much as anyone else.”
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 28/09/2026
A 13-year-old student armed with a handgun and a large knife shot and wounded a special education teacher just outside Highland Middle School in Hobbs, New Mexico on Friday. The student had been inside for morning classes prior to the shooting.
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 28/09/2026
The outcome of the midterm elections this November will determine if Congress can put a check on the Trump administration's lawlessness and stop them from gutting our gun safety laws. Take @padilla.senate.gov's advice: Make sure you're registered to vote. Text REGISTER to 644-33.
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 26/09/2026
🗳️ Don’t forfeit your vote! Now’s the time to make sure you’re ready to vote for Gun Sense Candidates who will take action to protect our communities from gun violence. Text REGISTER to 644-33 or go here to register to vote or to check your voter registration: etwn.us/3TSr6xY
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 26/09/2026
Research shows that limiting access to lethal means of suicide saves lives — including by reducing access to guns. As John Hopkins’ Paul Nestadt said, “That’s the one that will save the most lives.”
kffhealthnews.org
It’s Hard To Predict Who Will Be Suicidal. It’s Easier To Ensure People Can’t Shoot Themselves. - KFF Health News
Some mental health experts favor suicide prevention steps that are applied broadly, with protections that aren’t tied to an individual’s specific risk.
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Be SMART for Kids @besmartforkids.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Kids are, by nature, curious, so when they see things, they grab things,” said a local police lieutenant after a 2-year-old child gained access to a gun in an Idaho home and discharged it, killing the toddler. Now, a 19-year-old is facing charges because he failed to secure his gun.
kivitv.com
Nampa toddler's accidental shooting death leads to manslaughter charge, gun safety warning
A 2-year-old's accidental shooting death at a Nampa mobile home park is drawing attention to gun safety after prosecutors charged a 19-year-old with involuntary manslaughter and injury to a child.
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Be SMART for Kids @besmartforkids.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🔒 Thousands of homes in Anne Arundel County, Maryland are safer thanks to free gun locks distributed through a partnership between the Health Department and public libraries. Secure storage saves lives, and making gun locks free and accessible helps make that possible!
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A milestone in community safety: Over 12,000 free gun locks distributed in Anne Arundel County
Every day in Anne Arundel County, we work to build a safer, healthier and stronger community. Sometimes, that work takes the form of community health or educational programs. Other times, it looks lik...
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 27/09/2026
Our volunteers are offering resources and support to students and the community after gunfire struck an elementary school bus in Kansas City, Kansas. “No child, no bus driver, no community members should ever experience the terror of gun violence like that,” said volunteer leader David Carttar.
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Group offers counseling after bullet hits Kansas school bus
A fatal shooting that involved a school bus is leaving Kansas City parents worried for their children's safety.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 26/09/2026
“All of our kids are afraid to go to school.” A Montana elementary school has moved recess indoors, adjusted the daily schedule, and increased police presence because a man who lives across the street has been brandishing a firearm.
montanafreepress.org
Billings man with gun resumes ‘patrolling’ near elementary school
Gabriel Metcalf lives directly across the busy, four-lane Broadwater Avenue from Broadwater Elementary School. Many parents, school officials and law enforcement officers watching his current actions ...
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 26/09/2026
More than 40 Moms Demand Action volunteers are running for Congress this November, including in eight of the most competitive seats that will determine whether we can flip the House. But, we need your help! Grab you friends and neighbors and host a phonebanking party! Here's how: etwn.us/4d8UKWm
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 25/09/2026
A 17-year-old senior and star athlete was shot and killed just outside of his Houston school, where he gathered with friends this morning. Officials have not yet identified the student nor named any suspects. Guns are the leading killer of children and teens in this country. We are failing them.
khou.com
Family identifies Westbury High School senior killed in shooting near campus
Houston police are responding to a shooting on Chimney Rock Road near Westbury High School.
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 25/09/2026
“We’re just in a very dark period of time where we even have to think about that.” A staggering 15 states have laws that explicitly authorize arming teachers — despite no evidence that these policies are effective in preventing gun violence in schools. Our teachers and kids deserve better.
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 25/09/2026
Last week, the Trump Administration claimed a life-saving federal law that stops people under 21 from buying handguns from licensed dealers is unconstitutional and can’t be enforced. What could go wrong? @miatretta.bsky.social breaks it down.
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Angela Ferrell-Zabala (she/her) @ferrellzabala.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Voting is not just our civic duty — it’s one small way we can honor the brave advocates who fought tirelessly so we could make our voices heard. Register to vote and make your voice heard on November 3: Text REGISTER to 644-33. gunsensevoter.org/register-to-vote
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 25/09/2026
Jamie, a Kentucky @momsdemandaction.org volunteer and @everytown.org survivor fellow, knows better than most that a gun leaves no room for a second chance. His older brother, Johnny, died by gun suicide when Jamie was just 13. “I blamed myself for decades.”
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 25/09/2026
HEARTBREAKING: Four-year-old Caleb Flax was sleeping in his Charlotte, North Carolina home when someone from outside fired into the home, killing Caleb. A woman in the home was wounded. A child’s bed should be where they sleep peacefully without the threat of gun violence. Caleb deserved better.
wcnc.com
Charlotte community remembers 4-year-old Caleb Flax with vigil, balloon release.
Caleb Flax was shot and killed while sleeping inside his northwest Charlotte home. Days later, the school community that loved him gathered in his honor.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 24/09/2026
When 18-20 year olds commit gun homicides at over triple the rate of people 21 and older, the DOJ should be doing everything to prevent this violence. This decision will make it worse.
usatoday.com
DOJ says it's unconstitutional to impose handgun sales ban on adults under 21
For over 50 years, federal law prohibited handgun sales to those aged 18 to 20. A September 18th DOJ opinion has declared that law unconstitutional.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 24/09/2026
This fall, the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to state assault weapons bans. The challengers are arguing that decisions about which weapons Americans can own should be made “by the people,” not judges. But, they’re asking judges to make the decision for them? Make it make sense.
slate.com
We Found the Most Galling Argument of the Upcoming Supreme Court Term
This fall, the Supreme Court will entertain a Second Amendment challenge to the prohibition of assault weapons in Viramontes v. Cook County.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 24/09/2026
With less than 50 days until Election Day, we are going all in for Gun Sense Candidates! Join us for our movement call this Tuesday at 8pm ET to hear what we're doing to flip Congress and to learn about what else is top of mind for gun violence prevention advocates this year. RSVP: etwn.us/4hc5KVn
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 23/09/2026
Across the country, Moms Demand Action volunteers are making our voices heard in support of Gun Sense Candidates. It’s going to take all of us to elect them. Text ELECT to 644-33 to join a Week of Action event in your community! etwn.us/4xFRDwe
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 23/09/2026
Make no mistake: Speaker Johnson is defending extremist YouTuber-turned-congressional candidate Brandon Herrera — and his vile hate speech — in a desperate attempt to maintain the MAGA majority. It’s clear there is no bottom for the Speaker.
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 23/09/2026
Speaker Johnson shrugged off Republican congressional candidate Brandon Herrera’s use of vulgar, racist, sexist, antisemitic rhetoric: “He’s a very thoughtful guy.”
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 22/09/2026
Monica Hicks was driving in Cypress, Texas with her five children when a 47-year-old man opened fire on her car, killing her 5-year-old daughter, Zah'layah Walter. Officials said the shooting was motivated by road rage, but Monica said there was no such incident. The man is facing murder charges.
abc13.com
Man charged with capital murder after 5-year-old shot and killed in northwest Harris Co., HCSO says
Less than 24 hours after a 5-year-old was killed in a shooting in northwest Harris County, 47-year-old Jeremy Porter has been charged with capital murder, the sheriff's office said.
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 22/09/2026
Sophie Lee, a 27-year-old Black trans woman, was senselessly shot and killed this month in Baltimore. Sophie was involved with Baltimore Safe Haven, an organization that provides support services to the LGBTQ+ community. buff.ly/0AePRsn
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Students Demand Action @studentsdemandaction.org · 19/09/2026
This #LatinxHeritageMonth, we honor the Latinx leaders fighting to ensure their communities can live free from fear of gun violence. Leaders like Lisa are critical in the fight to #EndGunViolence. Together, we’ll create a future that’s safe for ALL communities. 🧡
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 22/09/2026
“Abandoning protections that target the highest-risk age group for handgun violence isn’t just an unconscionable surrender of public safety — it is a dangerous dereliction of duty.” - Eric Tirschwell, executive director, Everytown Law
apnews.com
Ban on selling handguns to young adults under 21 is unconstitutional, Justice Department says
The Justice Department says federal law banning licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults under age 21 is unconstitutional and can't be enforced.
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Be SMART for Kids @besmartforkids.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yet another child’s life has been cut short because two teens were able to access a firearm. Eleven-year-old Cristian Oliva Calderon was shot when a gun the teens were “playing with” discharged over the weekend. His family said Cristian has succumbed to his injuries.
wdrbwave.com
11-year-old boy dies after weekend shooting in Louisville’s Watterson Park neighborhood, family says
LMPD said the shooting happened at a mobile home community just after 7 p.m. Saturday.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 22/09/2026
What does it say about our country when even the most vulnerable among us are not safe from the threat of gun violence? Senior centers should be beacons of safety, community, and care — not places where the elderly and their caretakers have to fear being shot.
latimes.com
Gunman opens fire at senior living facility in South L.A., wounding 3
A shooting at an assisted-living facility in South L.A. on Monday morning left three victims wounded and a gunman in custody, Los Angeles police said.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 22/09/2026
Our volunteers showed up IN FORCE at events nationwide last week to get out the vote for Gun Sense Candidates who are committed to making our communities safer. 📍 300+ events 📞 1,000+ volunteers taking action 📬 210,000 voter contacts in just ONE week!
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 19/09/2026
This is what leadership looks like. Despite historic 50-year-lows in homicides and violent crime in Baltimore, Mayor Scott knows that just one life impacted by gun violence is one too many. Everyone in our communities deserves to live free from the threat of senseless gun violence.
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 20/09/2026
Frank Rue is a longtime hunter and gun owner. Chris Marvin is a fourth-generation Army veteran and not a gun owner. The first episode of our new original series, American Gun Owner, follows Frank and Chris as they explore the phenomenon that is gun culture in America: etwn.us/4xYEFe1
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 21/09/2026
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was shot and wounded by federal agents while in Austin, TX yesterday. No one should have to fear getting shot while simply going about their day. Our hearts are with Wilber and his loved ones in the aftermath of yet another devastating use of force by federal agents.
abcnews.com
ICE officer shoots and injures delivery driver in Austin
A man was shot and injured in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement incident in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, according to officials.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 21/09/2026
Bari, a NC @momsdemandaction.org volunteer, Army veteran father died by gun suicide to gun 25 years ago. “Since 2001, the rate of veteran firearm suicide has increased by 65%. After risking their lives for our country, our veterans deserve to have the support they need when they come back home.”
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 17/09/2026
3D-printed firearms are the new frontier of ghost guns. @Miatretta.bsky.social — who was 15 when she was shot and wounded by a classmate armed with a ghost gun that was built from a kit ordered online — explains why 3D-printed firearms are becoming increasingly common.
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 18/09/2026
If you’re not old enough to buy a beer, you shouldn’t be able to buy a handgun. But today, Trump’s Department of Justice released a dangerous opinion claiming that the life-saving federal law that stops people under 21 from buying handguns is unconstitutional and shouldn’t be enforced.
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 19/09/2026
Veterans are three times more likely than non-veterans to die by gun suicide. We cannot address this urgent public health crisis without addressing the unique role that easy access to guns plays in veteran suicide.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 20/09/2026
Help us take back the House of Representatives from home — text PHONES to 644-33.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 19/09/2026
@studentsdemandaction.org leader @miatretta.bsky.social knows the pain of gun violence. She was wounded in the Saugus High School shooting in 2019. Her best friend, Dominic, was killed. Listen as Mia and her mother Tiffany recount their journey to healing:
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Episode 25: Fighting Back on Giving Up with Mia and Tiffany Tretta
Mia Tretta was a freshman when she was shot with a ghost gun by a fellow student at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California on November 14, 2019. Her mother, Tiffany, vividly remembers what…
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 18/09/2026
Survivors are the heart of our movement, and with that comes the opportunity to connect to find support, community, and healing. Sign up for the next cohort of @everytown.org Survivor Network Support Groups. Registration closes this Monday, September 23:
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 18/09/2026
Being followed home and targeted by a gunman is the stuff of nightmares. But in America, it’s an all-too-common reality. We don’t have to live like this.
abcnews.com
Mom, 5-year-old shot by gunman following them in another car: Police
A mother and her 5-year-old were shot and wounded in their car when a gunman followed the family on the way home, authorities in Florida said.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 17/09/2026
Our volunteers are majority makers. More than 40 of our volunteers are running for Congress this year. Help them flip the House — text ELECT to 644-33!
gunsensevoter.org
What the 2026 Midterms Mean for Gun Safety - Gun Sense Voter
The safety of our communities is on the line. We're working to flip the U.S. House and legislative chambers in five battleground states.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 16/09/2026
As a reminder, here’s what’s at stake in the midterm elections: 📣 Gun safety laws 🗳️ Voting rights 🏥 Reproductive rights 🚸 Our children’s futures 🗽 Democracy …and so much more.
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