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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).
York City Council Passes Machine Gun Converter Ban
York City Council voted on Tuesday night to ban machine gun converters, such as Glock switches. These inexpensive, easily obtained devices can turn a handgun into a machine gun capable of firing up to 800 rounds per minute.
PA House Approves Increase in Funding for Violence Prevention Programs
CeaseFirePA calls for Senate to return and support the increase
Over 140 Organizations and Leaders Across Pennsylvania Call for $101.5 Million Investment in Community Violence Prevention
A coalition of more than 140 organizations, faith leaders, health professionals, educators, local elected officials, violence prevention practitioners and others from across Pennsylvania have signed and delivered a joint letter urging the state legislature to...
More Than 50 Democratic Lawmakers Called for $100 Million Investment in Violence Prevention Programs During Capitol Press Conference
Democratic members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives sent a letter to their chamber’s leadership calling for a $101.5 million investment in violence prevention initiatives.
