Everytown for Gun Safety

2022 was a year marked by progress in the wake of tragedy with Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund leading the way in accomplishing the most significant federal progress in a generation. In the days and weeks after the tragic mass shooting in uvalde, Texas, Everytown, moms demand Action and students demand Action volunteers organized hundreds of mobilization and public awareness efforts across the country urging the senate to take Action, from school walkouts, to major rallies on capitol hill, to hyper-local community activations, and more. Those efforts culminated in the passage of the bipartisan safer communities act, the first major piece of federal Gun Safety legislation to become law in nearly 30 years. The bill passed over the objection of the nra and marked a historic victory.the massive victory in congress was met with a historic year at the ballot box at all levels of government, including key victories in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania, once again proving Gun Safety is the issue to run and win on at the federal, state and local level. Everytown Action Fund awarded a record-breaking 5,000 Gun sense candidate distinctions across all 50 states and Washington, d.c. and as moms demand Action volunteers go from advocating for good policy to writing it, all told, during the 2021-2022 election cycle, more than 275 volunteers ran for office, and a record-breaking 158 volunteers won their races. During august's ninth annual training conference, Gun sense university, we hosted our largest gathering ever: more than 2,500 moms demand Action and students demand Action volunteers and Gun violence survivors came together virtually and in person to learn, share, celebrate successes and prepare for the work ahead. We also presented our annual Gun sense lawmaker of the year awards to federal, state and local level Gun sense champions.additionally, thanks to hard fought advocacy of Everytown, alongside moms demand Action and students demand Action volunteers, state lawmakers and governors enacted at least 51 Gun Safety bills, invested $860 million in Gun violence prevention and local violence intervention and prevention programs, and rejected dozens of extreme Gun lobby-backed bills to weaken Gun laws.firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens, and Gun violence continued to shatter families and communities, but every step of the way, Everytown worked with policymakers, the media and the public to underscore the urgency of Action on Gun Safety.