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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…
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…
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…
City of Philadelphia Announces 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…
Philly Is Suing Three Local Gun Stores for Allegedly Selling Firearms to ‘Straw Purchasers’
Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia Inquirer) – Philadelphia is suing three local gun shops that city officials allege have knowingly…
Philadelphia Sues Gun Vendors It Alleges Engaged in Straw Purchases
Philadelphia, PA (CBS) – Philadelphia is suing several firearms vendors it claims “recklessly and repeatedly engaged” in straw purchasing transactions, the city said Tuesday.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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” —…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Highland Park Survivors Sue Gun Manufacturer Smith & Wesson, Online Distributor Bud’s Gun Shop, Retailer Red Dot Arms, Shooter, and Shooter’s Father for Roles In City Of Highland Park Fourth of July Parade Mass Shooting
Survivors Represented by Romanucci & Blandin LLC, Everytown Law, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; Additional Survivors to File Further Lawsuits…
Highland Park Fourth of July Massacre: First Lawsuits Filed, Say Attack ‘Predictable and Preventable’
(Chicago Sun Times) — Families of three people killed in the Highland Park Fourth of July parade massacre and dozens who were wounded filed…
Everytown Law Calls on Federal Trade Commission to Investigate Manufacturer of Assault Weapon Used in Uvalde Mass Shooting for Potentially Unlawful Marketing Practices
Letter: Daniel Defense Dangerously Markets its Assault Weapons to Susceptible Teens and Young Men Everytown, Along with Brady and…
California Court Rules Saugus High School Shooting Survivor’s Suit Against Ghost Gun Kit Seller Can Move to Trial
Ruling Marks First Case Against Ghost Gun Kit Seller to Advance to Trial Stage Los Angeles, CA – Everytown…
Everytown Law Launches New Litigation Center to Defend Gun Safety Laws
Expanded Team Will Provide Litigation Expertise and Legal Resources to State and Local Governments Defending Gun Safety Laws in Wake of Supreme Court’s Second…
Missouri Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Nullification Law to Proceed
The Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Represented by Everytown Law, Filed an Amicus Brief in Support of the Challenge Jefferson City, MO…
Victory: Facing Lawsuit, ATF Issues Notice of License Revocation to Manufacturer Tied to Gun Trafficking
After Jimenez Arms Declared Bankruptcy Amid Lawsuits from Kansas City and Gun Violence Survivors Alleging it Repeatedly Broke Federal Firearms Law, Its Owner was…
Gun Safety Groups and Advocates File Amicus Brief in Support of New York’s Landmark Gun Industry Accountability Law
Brief: Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) Expressly Allows States to Enact Statutes Regulating Sale, Marketing of Firearms Filing Comes as…
Texas Supreme Court Rules Online Ammunition Seller Must Face Lawsuit From Victims of Santa Fe High School Mass Shooting
Ruling Comes Days After Families of Sandy Hook School Mass Shooting Victims Reach $73 Million Settlement with Gun Manufacturer Santa…