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CeaseFirePA and Education Law Center Issue Join Statement on Bill Arming More School Personnel July 2 -- CeaseFirePA and the Education Law Center were very disappointed that Governor Wolf today signed Senate Bill 621 into law. We stand with thousands of Pennsylvania...
The PA Senate, not content to focus on finalizing a budget this week, has decided to take up the issue of allowing teachers and other nonsecurity personnel to be armed in our public schools. No one thinks this is a good idea -- not teachers, not parents, not students,...
CeaseFirePA To Send Eagles Offensive Line Members Gun Locks Philadelphia, December 28, 2016 -- CeaseFirePA announced tonight that it is sending gun locks to the Eagles offensive line members who are receiving shotguns as gifts from quarterback Carson Wentz....
As part of its series on essays from the two candidates for U.S. Senate - incumbent Senator Pat Toomey and challenger Katie McGinty -- the Philadelphia Inquirer today published essays from the candidates focused on this question: "What measures would you support at...
CeaseFire Pennsylvania believes that Pennsylvania can and should lead the way as our nation works to reduce gun violence and gun tragedies. Accordingly, we aim to support candidates who will be leaders on the issue of gun violence prevention. This year’s United...
Our flags seem to be lowered more often than they are flying at full height. Every day, we lose 91 people to gun violence -- whether homicide, suicide, unintentional shootings, or shootings by law enforcement. We don’t lower the flag every day, but we could. And maybe...
Philadelphia, June 27, 2016 – The issue of gun violence and how we can reduce its toll has taken center stage in the national debate since the horrific mass shooting in Orlando on June 12. Last week, CeaseFire Pennsylvania, a group that advocates for commonsense...
Last night, the Senate failed to take action to expand background checks for firearms sales or to close the terror gap. In fact, all four proposals being considered failed to gain the needed 60 votes to advance to a floor vote. This was disappointing -- infuriating...
BIG NEWS FOLKS! Things are Moving Quickly in Washington, and it’s actually possible that if we make our voices heard, we may get important commonsense laws passed by the Senate. Senator Murphy's filibuster had the desired effect -- we are getting votes on key gun...
Yesterday, the nation watched into the late hours as senator after senator joined Connecticut's Chris Murphy to call upon their colleagues for universal background checks and to prevent suspected terrorists from legally acquiring guns. I'm asking everyone who reads...
