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AGAIN!?

AGAIN!?

This weekend, we were reminded that mass shootings are not an anomaly of American life-  they are a fixture.  With shootings in Gilroy, California, Brownsville, New York, and right here in our own state in West Philadelphia all taking place within a single...

AG Shapiro launches Track and Trace

AG Shapiro launches Track and Trace

PA Attorney General Josh Shapiro just announced the launch of a Track and Trace initiative in PA. The goals are to encourage more jurisdictions to join E-trace and data share, get more dealers using electronic records, a working group of local, state and federal...

Governor Wolf has Signed SB 621

Governor Wolf has Signed SB 621

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...

We Can’t Let Our Lawmakers Go On Vacation

We Can’t Let Our Lawmakers Go On Vacation

CeaseFirePA joins with POWER, Mothers In Charge, the Father’s Day Rally Committee, Operation Save Our City, and Heading God’s Call to End Gun Violence to call on our leaders to take action.

CeaseFirePA testifies on Marijuana and Firearms

CeaseFirePA testifies on Marijuana and Firearms

Shira Goodman, executive director, CeaseFirePA, addressed several questions raised by members throughout the hearing. Regarding Rep. Ecker's question on whether other family members may have access to a gun in a household, she noted a lot of times for other reasons a...

March For Our Lives and CeaseFirePA Lobby for ERPO

March For Our Lives and CeaseFirePA Lobby for ERPO

Today CeaseFirePA brought student activists from March For Our Lives to the Captial to lobby for Extreme Risk Protection Order legislation and other common sense gun safety bills. The students hailed from across the Commonwealth including Cumberland, Philadelphia,...

Wear Orange Events

Wear Orange Events

This weekend kicks off Wear Orange Week. Gun Violence Prevention groups from all over the Commonwealth will be hosting events. 

Facing the truth about gun violence in PA