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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...
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.
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.
Gun homicides dropped 38% over the last two years. Gov. Shapiro’s budget proposal will help expand community violence intervention programs that is saving lives.
Bills to ban ghost guns, stop the proliferation of machine-gun switches and strengthen background check system advanced.
CeaseFirePA applauds Philadelphia’s lawsuit holding two of the largest manufacturers of ghost guns accountable.
More than half of Pittsburgh youth have lost a family member to the gun violence epidemic.
Today, CeaseFirePA Action, the Commonwealth’s leading gun violence prevention advocacy organization, endorsed a slate of candidates capable of achieving a gun safety majority in the Pennsylvania General Assembly that will put Pennsylvanians’ lives first.
Today, 19 children and two teachers were killed in Uvalde, Texas in a 90% Hispanic school. It was the 27th school shooting and the 212th mass shooting so far in the 144 days of 2022. Eleven days ago, 10 were murdered at a Black supermarket. In those 11 days, an estimated 22 Pennsylvanians were murdered with firearms. Countless more were injured.
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