May13
Over 300 supporters of gun violence prevention gathered this past Saturday, May 11th, in Morrisville’s Williamson Park to call for commonsense gun laws. Before the rally, around 200 supporters marched from the Lower Trenton Bridge, chanting, "Increase the peace! End the violence!” and...
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May01
U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Pete King (R-NY) announced Tuesday, April 30th, that more than 100 Representatives have co-sponsored H.R. 1565, a bipartisan compromise to expand the current background check system to all commercial sales. H.R. 1565 expands the existing background check system...
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Apr30
Please watch this amazing video courtesy of Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Some of our nation’s favorite cartoonists are calling on Congress to continue the fight for public safety and “take action to enact common sense gun laws that will prevent violence and save lives.” The film...
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Apr29
Senators Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) proposal for moderate gun violence prevention lacked the necessary votes to pass the senate earlier this month, yet, as the Bloomberg View wrote yesterday, “Their proposal didn’t die.” The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire...
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Apr09
Jessica Parks, Philadelphia Inquirer Shivering in a black wool coat, Shira Goodman scanned the small crowd assembled at an Ambler park, listened to the gun-control speeches by local activists and lawmakers, and awaited her turn at the microphone. Aside from the cold - particularly biting for mi...
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Apr09
Allison Steele and Amy Worden, Philadelphia Inquirer On a day when Connecticut and Maryland legislators ushered in historic new gun laws, a bipartisan lineup of Pennsylvania legislators and law enforcement officials put forth a bill that would slap an added mandatory two-year prison term on anyo...
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Apr09
Phil Goldsmith, The Public Notebook Blog When a National Rifle Association( NRA) sponsored task force recently unveiled a proposal to train select school personnel to carry firearms, it copied the “now you see it, now you don’t “shell game trick that carnies would play at carni...
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Mar12
CeaseFirePA, a coalition of Pennsylvanians, mayors, police chiefs, faith leaders, and community organizations, today applauded the action of the Senate Judiciary Committee in voting out a bill to require background checks for every gun sale. "Now, we must call on our Senators to vote for this bil...
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Feb27
ALLENTOWN, Feb. 27, 2013 -- CeaseFirePA, a coalition of Pennsylvanians, mayors, police chiefs, faith leaders, and community organizations, today proudly stood with Mayors Against Illegal Guns to call on our federal leaders to support the Fix Background Checks Act. Shira Goodman, CeaseFirePA Execu...
Read MoreEditorial, The Philadelphia Inquirer For all the compelling pleas for gun-control legislation after the mass shooting at a New England elementary school — including the one at the emotional core of President Obama’s State of the Union address this week — Harrisburg’s firs...
Read More“Out of the mouths of babes, comes gems of wisdom” –Catheri...
Read More >In Delaware on May 8th, Governor Jack Markell signed the “most signific...
Read More >Across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, energized groups of citizens are gat...
Read More >Here's an Op-Ed in the Scranton Times Tribune on Senator Joe Manchin III offe...
Read More >As reported in the Delco Times this morning, a wife and mother from Parkside,...
Read More >Four months after the massacre at Newtown, and over three thousand gun relate...
Read More >Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) is hosting Legs Against Arms VII, ...
Read More >Panelists will include Colin Goddard, a survivor of the VA Tech shootings who...
Read More >Please join us today at 10:30 a.m. at 1628 JFK Blvd. Governor Rendell and May...
Read More >Wednesday, March 27th, 2013, 6-8:30 pm Gun Violence in America - A Public He...
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