Taking a stand against gun violence
Thoughts and Prayers are not enough.
We need action.
Spring 2021 Keystone Courage Award Presentation
Join CeaseFirePA in honoring Senator Bob Casey with our Spring 2021 Keystone Courage Award for his gun safety advocacy.
Featured Resource
Common Agenda to End gun violence
CeaseFirePA is leading a coalition of nearly 100 groups across Pennsylvania to combat gun violence with a trio of evidence-based policy solutions. Read more to learn and get involved.
Find Your State Legislators
See who you need to contact to make your voice heard about common sense gun laws.
Latest Updates
Gov. Wolf’s new data sharing agreement could help track down nearly one-third of PA crime guns
Investing in People & Places: How Jobs Prevent Violence
Interview with Seamus McGraw, PA Hunter & Author of New Book on Mass Shootings
“It’s time for gun owners like me to start standing up for a common sense approach to gun laws in order to create a responsible gun culture.”
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PA Budget Invests $30 Million In Safer Communities
CeaseFirePA applauds $30 million investment in violence prevention programs as part of Pennsylvania state budget.
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"In past years, he's averaged three funeral services a month. For the last two years, he’s been presiding over five a week. All of them for gunshot victims.
“It doesn’t look like there’s no end in sight,” said Muhammad.
... For funeral directors across the city, the unrelenting gun violence has meant more business, but also more emotional and physical stress as they guide family after family through a process rooted in the pain and grief that comes with losing a loved one."
“It doesn’t look like there’s no end in sight,” said Muhammad.
... For funeral directors across the city, the unrelenting gun violence has meant more business, but also more emotional and physical stress as they guide family after family through a process rooted in the pain and grief that comes with losing a loved one."
One imam is running out of space to bury Muslims. Others worry about their mental health as funeral directors confront tragically unprecedented demand.
'Guns are inherently dangerous, and just because we’re gun experts doesn’t mean that we’re immune from the bad things that guns can do,” Busse said. “Like if you take a thousand people and give them all cars, eventually there’s going to be a car accident.”'
The former executive started to question some of the political positions he’d accepted all his life — and to feel complicit in the country's tragedies.