ATLANTA – The Georgia chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement in response to a shooting in Midtown Atlanta over the weekend. While details are still emerging, reporting shows the gunfire erupted around 2:30 a.m. Sunday during a fight inside the nightclub. When officers arrived, they found six people shot, including two who were pronounced dead at the scene by medical crews. Mari Creighton, 21, and Nakyris M. Ridley, 20, were killed. Investigators believe there was one shooter targeti ..read more

ATLANTA, GA – Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots network, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements in response to a mass shooting at Benjamin E. Mays High School in Southwest Atlanta where four students were shot and injured. While details are still emerging, reports indicate that the shots were fired from an “unknown vehicle” at the lower campus parking lot.   “Here we are again. Another day in America where students have to face the nightmares of gun violence at school,” said Sophie Chang, a volunteer with Northview High School Stude ..read more

ATLANTA, GA – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety launched the updated “Gun Law Rankings” for 2024, an online tool and website that ranks all 50 states based on the strength of their gun laws and catalogs gun safety laws state by state. This year, Everytown’s state gun law rankings also shows whether states’ rankings increased or decreased over the past year, reflecting progress made by passing common-sense gun safety policies or setbacks as a result of enacting dangerous measures backed by the gun lobby. Everytown’s analysis found that Georgia ranks 46th in the nation for its weak gun laws. While ..read more

In November, approximately 90 people from across the country gathered in Atlanta, Georgia for Everytown’s inaugural Young Black Changemakers Summit, a workshop and networking experience. The cohort, composed of Black leaders, many of us active with Students Demand Action, and other young changemakers in our communities, interviewed to be selected to attend the Summit, which was held from Friday, Nov. 10 through Sunday, Nov. 12.  At the opening mixer on Friday evening, participants and panelists gathered for a cocktail-attire reception to connect and begin fostering the warm atmosphere th ..read more

With Georgia’s legislative session just months away and following the devastating mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, common-sense gun reform is top of mind for many. Yet instead of taking active steps towards protecting constituents, just last week, Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones called for the state to use the funding to arm, claiming despite research, that this is a way Georgia can be “proactive” to prevent shootings. “If more guns in more places made us safer, we’d be safe already – but we’re not. I know my classmates and I wouldn’t feel safer knowing our teachers are carrying deadly ..read more

NEW YORK – The Halloween holiday weekend marked yet another deadly weekend in the U.S. as gun violence killed and wounded hundreds of people across the country. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were at least 12 mass shootings this weekend in which at least 11 people were shot and killed and 76 others wounded. This number doesn’t include the many other shootings that occurred in cities across the country, highlighting the importance of addressing city gun violence. These shootings follow a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, which killed 18 people and wounded 13 in the deadliest mass ..read more

ATLANTA — Yesterday in Atlanta, ahead of the 10th annual national Cities United convening, the Everytown Community Safety Fund hosted a pre-institute convening with all 50 current Everytown Support Fund Grantees and the Atlanta micro-cohort in attendance. The pre-institute was an opportunity for community violence intervention leaders to learn from each other and celebrate this year’s accomplishments. The gathering drew 90 in attendance for panels featuring guest speakers including James Timpson, the managing director of local capacity-building partner the Roca Impact Institute, Jordan Murphy ..read more

CAMDEN COUNTY, Georgia. — The Georgia chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statements in response to the shooting of Leonard Cure, a Black man in Georgia who was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy after he had pulled him over in Georgia’s Camden County early on Monday morning. Reports show that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is now examining the shooting. Cure was exonerated in 2020 after spending 16 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a violent crime. “I am o ..read more

Everytown Will Also Provide Strategic Support Including Peer Convening, Capacity-Building Training, Data and Research Access and Support from Everytown’s Volunteer Networks ATLANTA — Today, the Everytown Community Safety Fund (CSF), part of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, announced $100,000 in funding for the Interrupting Violence with Youth and Young Adults (IVYY) Project at Grady Health System hospital-based violence intervention program in Atlanta to sustain their work and better position them to access federal funding. The grant is part of Everytown Community Safety Fund’s ..read more

This Presidents Day weekend marked another deadly holiday weekend in the United States following a string of shootings across the country. Among those killed were a police officer in Philadelphia, a Catholic bishop in Los Angeles, and a baby in Chicago. A woman in Florida was unintentionally shot and wounded by her granddaughter while driving, nine young people were shot and wounded outside of a gas station in Georgia, five people were shot, including one fatally, at a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. In Memphis, 11 people were shot, including one fatally, three people were killed in Chicago ..read more