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...
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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...
Keystone Courage Award 2019
CeaseFirePA is proud to announce Fred Guttenberg as the recipient of our 2019 Keystone Courage Award. Mr. Guttenberg's daughter Jaime, was killed in the Parkland shooting on February 14, 2018. Mr. Guttenberg has become a vocal advocate for tougher gun laws,...