CeaseFirePA Action announces endorsements for the 2026 General Election on Tuesday, November 3.
Kelly Rubinsohn
DOJ Greenlights Sale of Handguns to Teens Puts Pennsylvanians at Risk
Legal opinion has no force of law–Governor Shapiro and Attorney General Sunday must pledge to enforce protections.
Community violence prevention leaders share how they reduce shootings, push Legislators in Harrisburg for more secure life-saving funds
Over 150 faith leaders, doctors, survivors, and community leaders called for $92 million in funding for programs that have resulted in historic declines in gun homicides
Governor Shapiro Proposed 2026-2027 Budget Grows Investments in Community Violence Prevention Programs
(Harrisburg, Pa.) — Today, Governor Josh Shapiro proposed a state budget that grows investments in life-saving community violence prevention programs, which have contributed to an 46.5% decrease in gun homicides since their 2022 peak. The budget proposal calls for a...
New Video Shares Alex Umble’s Story: How Pennsylvania’s Failure to Enact Extreme Risk Protection Orders Costs Lives
Lacrosse, depression and the worst day in a mother’s life—and how it could be avoided.
In a welcome ‘three-peat’, 2025 Commonwealth gun deaths fall again, now half of COVID peak.
Philadelphia, PA — CeaseFirePA Education Fund’s new analysis of data from the Gun Violence Archive for 2025 shows that gun homicides in Pennsylvania fell 46.5% since their 2022 peak. In 2025, 495 people died in Pennsylvania from gun homicides — a 15% decline from...
New Report: Most of PA Crime Guns Bought at Small Number of Licensed Firearm Dealers
Brady, CeaseFirePA urge Pennsylvania leaders to leverage state-based gun dealer inspections to curb flow of guns into criminal markets and address dangerous reduction by the Trump administration of investigating and prosecuting gun trafficking
PA Budget Makes Another Downpayment to End Gun Violence
CeaseFirePA today applauded the passage and signing of Pennsylvania’s 2025-26 state budget, which delivers an increase funding for community violence intervention (CVI) programs.
PA House passes universal background checks, other lifesaving bills fail
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives today passed a bill closing loopholes in the state’s background check law, while measures to create Extreme Risk Protection Orders and ban untraceable firearms and “Glock switches” failed.
House Judiciary Committee Votes to Advance Life-Saving Gun Safety Bills
The legislation includes bans on machine-gun converters, as well as strengthening background checks and establishing Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs).
