Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Tuesday, 6/14, that a bipartisan group of senators are seeking to pass a gun safety bill before the July 4 Congressional recess, despite hang ups around red flag laws…
A key point in the Senate’s potential gun safety bill that will face GOP pushback is a provision to provide resources to help states create and administer red flag laws, which allow firearms to be removed from those deemed by a court to be a danger to themselves or others…
A new study by the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California-Davis reveals how California’s six-year-old red flag law is making an impact: It disarmed 58 people who were threatening a gun massacre…
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Wednesday, 6/15, on children and gun violence with witnesses from major cities including Chicago and Phoenix…
On Monday, 6/13, the Department of Education disbursed a $1.5 million School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV) grant to the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD)…
Ohio Governor Mike Dewine this week signed state legislation to make it easier for teachers to carry guns in school…
A conversation with Becky Pringle, the President of the National Education Association, revealed that the union will continue to ask for a ban on assault weapons and to raise the age limit for those who can purchase them…
The National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) will hold a series of webinars to highlight community response to mental health crises…
California would be the first state to require gun owners to buy liability insurance to cover the negligent or accidental use of their firearms, if lawmakers approve a measure announced Thursday, 6/16…
Governor Gavin Newsom announced a record $156 million in gun violence prevention grants provided as part of the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program (CalVIP)…