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Teens Buying Ghost Guns Online, with Deadly Consequences 07.13.23Springfield, VA (WaPo) – The families of the two teens, with the help of the anti-gun-violence group Everytown for Gun Safety, are now suing the distributor of the parts Burkard used to make his ghost gun, 80P Builder of Florida,… Continue
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Victory for Survivors: Civil Lawsuits on Behalf of Nearly 50 Victims of Highland Park Fourth of July Mass Shooting Returned to State Court
Judge rules in favor of plaintiffs and overrules Smith & Wesson’s effort to move litigation to federal court HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. – This week, in a…
Victory for Gun Safety: NRA-Backed Plaintiffs Drop Suit Against Fairfax County Over Common-Sense Gun Safety Law Prohibiting Guns in Parks and Other Sensitive Places
Fairfax, VA – Late last week, in a victory for gun safety in the courts, NRA-backed plaintiffs challenging Fairfax County’s common-sense gun safety ordinance restricting…
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Federal Court Strikes Down Key Portions of West Virginia’s “Guns in Parking Lots” Law, Ruling that Provisions Violate Constitution
After Lawsuit Brought by Everytown Law on Behalf of West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Court Rules that Barring Property Owners…
The Volunteer Moms Poring Over Archives to Prove Clarence Thomas Wrong
In 2018, after a teenage gunman murdered 14 students and three faculty members at a high school in Parkland, Florida, Jennifer Birch, fearing for the…
Everytown Law and University of Memphis School of Law Announce First-of-its-Kind Law School Clinical Partnership to Provide Legal Assistance to Pediatric Victims of Gun Violence
MEMPHIS – Today, Everytown Law, the largest and most experienced team of litigators in the U.S. working full-time on advancing gun violence prevention in the…
Attorneys for survivors of Buffalo shooting and family of victim file lawsuits against shooter’s parents, gun companies and social media companies
Buffalo, NY (CNN) – Attorneys representing survivors and a family member of one of the victims who died in the racist mass…
Buffalo Mass Shooting Witnesses Sue Gun Industry, Others for Trauma
Buffalo, NY (WaPo) – In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, survivors of last year’s Buffalo mass shooting alleged that members of the gun industry,…
Buffalo Shooting Witnesses File Lawsuit Over Trauma They Endured
Buffalo, NY (PBS) – Last year, a white gunman killed ten people in a racist shooting at a grocery store in a predominantly Black area…
Victory for Gun Safety: Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Rebuffs Gun Lobby’s Challenge to Biden Administration’s Ghost Gun Rule, Everytown for Gun Safety Responds
NEW YORK – Today, in yet another set-back for the gun industry and in a victory for gun safety, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals…
Everytown for Gun Safety Submits Amicus Brief in United States v. Rahimi
NEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country, submitted an amicus brief in the U.S.
Witnesses of Buffalo mass shooting file rare lawsuit against social media and gun companies
16 people who witnessed a gunman open fire at a Tops grocery store — but avoided critical injuries — sued Tuesday over the trauma they…
Everytown Law and Civil Rights Attorneys Announce Two New Lawsuits in Buffalo Mass Shooting Case Against Magazine-Lock Manufacturer, Gun Seller, Body Armor Company, Social Media Companies and Shooter’s Parents
Plaintiffs Include Family of Celestine Chaney, Who Was Murdered at Tops Friendly Market, In Addition to 16 Tops Friendly Market Employees and Patrons NEW YORK…
Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Stay Decision of the Northern District of Texas That Invalidated ATF’s Ghost Guns Rule, Everytown Submits Amicus Brief in Support
NEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots network, Moms Demand Action and its legal arm Everytown Law, released the following statements in…
Westforth Sports, Long-time Dealer of Crime Guns, To Close After Lawsuit Exposed Persistent Violations of Federal and State Gun Laws
In Critical Win for Gun Industry Accountability, Indiana Gun Store Will Cease Operations Amidst Efforts by the City of Chicago, Everytown Law and Mayer Brown…
City of Philadelphia, Everytown Law Announce Lawsuit Against Gun Shops That Facilitate Illegal Straw Purchasing of Firearms
The lawsuit alleges that several firearms vendors have engaged in illegal straw purchasing transactions which have supplied Philadelphia’s crime gun market and perpetuated gun violence…
Everytown Law Announces Lawsuit Against Ghost Gun Website 80P Builder for Selling 18-year-old Weapon Involved in 2021 Fatal Shooting of Virginia Teenagers
Case Highlights Deadly Risks of No-Background-Check, No-Age-Verification Online Sales of Ghost Gun Building Kits to Teens Fairfax, VA – Everytown Law, along with Weiner, Spivey…
United States Supreme Court Grants Cert in United States v. Rahimi, Everytown Law Responds
New York, NY – Today, the United States Supreme Court announced that it has granted certiorari in…
Everytown Law Statement on Seventh Circuit Oral Arguments in Challenge to Illinois’ Law Restricting Assault Weapons and Large-Capacity Magazines
New York – Everytown Law, the nation’s largest team of gun violence prevention litigators, released the following statement following the conclusion of oral arguments in…
No Decision Yet on Rahimi Cert Petition From the U.S. Supreme Court, Everytown Law Responds
New York, NY – Today, the United States Supreme Court released the order list from its June 22 conference and the…
Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action and Everytown Law Recognize the 1-Year Mark of the Bruen Decision
New York – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots arms Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, and its litigation arm Everytown Law,…
LAPD Found 700 ‘Ghost Guns’ — Now It Is Getting $5 Million
California (LA Times) – In 2020, over the course of numerous investigations, the Los Angeles Police Department recovered more than 700 “ghost guns” — weapons…
L.A. City Attorney Wins $5M Settlement From Biggest U.S. Ghost Gun Manufacturer
California (LA Daily News) – The nation’s largest manufacturer of ghost gun kits must pay millions of dollars in penalties and must conduct customer background…
Federal District Court Rules to Block Key Parts of New Jersey’s Firearm Safety Law, Everytown Law Responds
New York – Everytown Law, the nation’s largest team of gun violence prevention litigators, released the following statement in response to the federal district court’s…
District Court Strikes Down Federal Law Restricting Handgun Sales to Young Adults, Everytown Law Responds
New York – Everytown Law, the nation’s largest team of gun violence prevention litigators, released the following statement in response to today’s decision by the…
Brady, Everytown for Gun Safety and GIFFORDS File Amicus Brief to Reverse Fifth Circuit’s Dangerous Cargill Decision
Washington, D.C. – Today, three of the nation’s leading gun violence prevention organizations– Brady, Everytown for Gun Safety, and GIFFORDS Law Center–filed an amicus…
Gun Violence Prevention, Domestic Violence Groups File Amicus Brief to Overturn Rahimi Decision
Washington, D.C. – Today, a coalition of gun violence prevention and domestic violence prevention groups filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court…
Gun Violence Prevention, Domestic Violence Groups File Amicus Brief to Overturn Rahimi Decision
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, a coalition of gun violence prevention and domestic violence prevention groups filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court…
Two Children, a Burst of Gunfire and the Year That Came After
Uvalde, TX (NYT) – The better part of a year had elapsed since a gunman entered the classroom where Noah Orona and Mayah Zamora were…
Everytown Law Announces Longtime Gun Safety Attorney Jonathan Lowy to Serve as Special Litigation Advisor
New York – Everytown Law, the largest group of litigators in the country dedicated to advancing gun violence prevention in the courts, today announced that…
ATF Moves to Revoke License of Gunmaker Tied to Jimenez Arms
(The Trace) – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is revoking the federal firearms license of JA Industries, a Nevada-based gunmaker that declared…
New Era at ATF? Agency Shuts Down Cheap Gun Manufacturer in Win for Control Groups
(USA Today) – The nation’s gun regulatory agency took the rare step of revoking the license of an American gun manufacturer, a win for a…
Extreme Court Decision Greenlights Polymer80 Ghost Gun Sales Nationwide — Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action, Mayors Against Illegal Guns Responds
Recent Everytown Analysis Found Polymer80 Was a Top Producer of Recovered Crime Guns Across 31 Cities Nationwide New York — Everytown…
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY IN THE COURTS: Federal Court Upholds Ordinance Requiring Gun Stores to Provide Life-Saving Information on Gun Safety and Suicide Prevention
New York – Everytown Law, the largest group of litigators in the country dedicated to advancing gun violence prevention in the courts, announced a win…
Everytown Law Statement On Second Circuit Court Hearing Oral Arguments In Challenge To New York’s Gun Safety Law Under The Supreme Court’s Bruen Decision
On Friday, the U.S. Solicitor General Petitioned the Supreme Court to Consider and Uphold the Federal Law Keeping Guns out of the Hands…
Everytown Law Applauds Federal Court of Appeals Decision Upholding Florida’s Minimum Age Law
Everytown Law Filed Amicus Briefs in the Eleventh Circuit and District Court in Support of Florida’s Law Ruling Marks Third Legal Victory for Gun Safety…
City Of Kansas City And Everytown Law Announce Settlement Agreement With Kansas City Area Gun Store To Prevent Illegal Gun Purchases
Kansas City, MO — Today, the City of Kansas City and Everytown Law announced an agreement to settle the City’s lawsuit against a local gun…
Oregon Appeals Court Strikes Down Dangerous ‘second Amendment Sanctuary’ Ordinance That Undermines Public Safety Laws; First-Of-Its-Kind Decision Sets An Important Precedent For Similar Laws Across The Country
New York – Everytown Law announced that today, in a first-of-its-kind ruling and major setback for the “constitutional sheriffs” movement, the Oregon Court of Appeals…
‘Please Hurry’: 10-Year-Old’s Courageous 911 Call the Day of Uvalde Shooting
Texas (ABC News) – Thirty minutes into the deadly siege on her classroom in south Texas, a 10-year-old student did something extraordinary: She picked up…
Suit Settled Over Sale of Texas School Shooter’s Ammo
Houston, TX (AP) – The families of those killed and injured in a 2018 Texas high school shooting have settled a lawsuit they had filed against a Tennessee-based online…
Santa Fe Shooting Victims’ Families Reach Settlement With Ammo Company That Sold Bullets to Gunman
Houston, TX (HPM) – Families of the victims of the Santa Fe High school shooting in 2018 have settled with an online ammunition store that…
Santa Fe High School Shooting Victims’ Families, Survivors Settle With Ammunition Seller
Houston, TX (USA TODAY) – Survivors and families of the victims of a mass shooting at a Texas high school settled a lawsuit with companies that sold and shipped…
Everytown Law Announces Settlement Agreement Between Santa Fe High School Shooting Survivors And Online Ammunition Seller Luckygunner
As Part of First-of-its-Kind Agreement, Luckygunner Will Maintain Age Verification System For All Ammunition Sales Santa Fe, TX — Today, Everytown Law announced that the…
Supreme Court Allows New York’s Gun Safety Law to Remain in Effect, Everytown Law Responds
New York – Everytown Law, the nation’s largest team of gun violence prevention litigators, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s order…
Uvalde Mom Sues Police, Gunmaker in School Massacre
Washington (AP) — The last conversation Sandra Torres had with her 10-year-old daughter was about her nervous excitement over whether she’d make the all-star softball…
Sandra Torres, Mother Of Uvalde Shooting Victim Eliahna Torres, Sues Gun Manufacturer Daniel Defense, Gun Shop Oasis Outback, And State And Local Law Enforcement For Roles In Robb Elementary School Mass Shooting
Everytown Law Along with LM Law Group is Representing Sandra Torres, Whose 10-year-old Daughter, Eliahna Torres, was Murdered Along with Most of Her Fourth Grade…
Highland Park Shooting Victims Say They Are Fighting Back as They Cope Day by Day
Chicago, IL (WBEZ) — Lauren Bennett, who was shot twice, is among a group suing a gunmaker over the shooting. “Anything that could help prevent…
Highland Park Shooting Victims, Families Are Suing Gunmaker Smith & Wesson, Others
Chicago, IL (WBEZ) — The nearly dozen suits, filed in Lake County, claims the shooting was “predictable and preventable.” They add to the over 100…
Victims of Highland Park Shooting Sue Gun Maker and Retailers
The New York Times — Survivors and families of victims of the Fourth of July shooting in Highland Park, Ill., have filed lawsuits against Smith…