Following the tragic weekend of gun violence, Pennsylvanians are mourning the victims as well as rising up to take a stand against hate and all forms of gun violence. The clear connection between hate and the access to firearms must be addressed by our elected...
General Interest
It’s Time to Start Defining Mass Shootings as Acts of Domestic Terrorism
In 2015, radical Islamist terrorists (one American, one Pakistani) killed 14 people and injured 22 people in a shooting in San Bernardino, California. This attack was designated a terrorist attack. In 2016, an American gunman killed at least 49 people and...
Tragedy Strikes El Paso
Once again gun violence has shattered our country, this time in El Paso Texas. Today, families went to the mall to go back to school shopping and were met with a barrage of gunfire. Our hearts break for the families whose lives are changed forever. CeaseFirePA...
We Must Disarm Hate
A gun store in North Carolina has erected a hate-filled billboard inviting violence against four Congresswomen, seeming to build on the racist, anti-Islamic rhetoric invoked by President Trump. We’ve seen tragedies rooted in hateful prejudices unfold in a Pittsburgh...
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...
Southeast PA Hospitals Highlight Gun Violence as a Top Priority
18 hospitals in the Southeastern Pennsylvania region found that gun violence is one of the main issues they must focus on.
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
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...
Governor Wolf, Please Keep Guns Out of Our Schools
Tell Governor Wolf to VETO SB 621!
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.