March Madness, Advocacy Days, gun industry accountability, and more!

Get the rundown on what our movement was up to last month: [–]( Hi– There's a lot going on in every corner of the gun violence prevention movement: We're organizing in communities across the country to help end our deadly gun violence crisis. Catch up on the work we've been up to in March below. From the Field: Moms Demand Action [( Volunteers across the country were busy last month! Our grassroots network held Advocacy Days in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Maine, Missouri, and Rhode Island, where volunteers met with lawmakers to demand action on gun safety. This month, local chapters in Alabama, Illinois, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and North Carolina are planning days of action to make their communities safer. [Join our movement by finding an event near you.]( From the Field: Students Demand Action [( With all eyes on the March Madness tournaments this month, students are sounding the alarm on the real madness: Colleges and universities are invested in the #1 killer of kids and teens—guns. Gun makers have raked in billions at our expense, and it's time for universities to get up off the bench and stand up to the gun industry. So this March, [student leaders are organizing]( on campuses across the country to urge their colleges to divest from the gun industry. Text MADNESS to 644-33 to sign your campus' or alma mater's petition. Courts & Litigation [( Last month, Everytown Law and the City of Chicago announced a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against Glock, the manufacturer of the most popular handguns in the United States, alleging that Glock is facilitating the spread of illegal machine guns on the streets of Chicago. The lawsuit claims that Glock endangers Chicagoans by manufacturing and selling semi-automatic pistols that can easily be converted to illegal machine guns with a cheap, small device commonly known as a "Glock switch." This case is the first to use Illinois's new Firearms Industry Responsibility Act, which was passed and signed into law last year to hold gun companies accountable for endangering the public. [Read more in the Washington Post: "Chicago sues gunmaker Glock over firearm conversions to machine guns."]( Take Action [( This November, gun safety is on the ballot. Gun Sense Champions are running in communities across the country, and your vote is more critical than ever. Our new Gun Sense Voter site gives you the tools you need to be an educated gun sense voter and resources to take action. [Explore the site to find gun sense candidates near you and commit to vote in this year's elections.]( Everytown in the News [( A new Everytown report details an investigation of seven major online ammunition retailers, finding that none appeared to verify a purchaser's age—nor whether they could legally purchase ammunition. Federal law prohibits licensed dealers from selling long gun or handgun ammunition to anyone they know or have reasonable cause to believe is under 18 or 21 years old, respectively. But these online retailers appear to make it far too easy for teens to buy ammunition. [Read more about it in USA Today,]( or [explore the full report on our Smoking Gun website.]( Research Corner [( From 2002 to 2021, nearly 87,000 veterans died by gun suicide. This is 16 times the number of service members killed in action over the same period. Everytown's new research analyzes this alarming trend and shines a light on the role guns play in this preventable crisis. [Read more in Those Who Serve: Addressing Firearm Suicide Among Military Veterans.]( If you or someone you know is in crisis, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline provides 24/7 connection to free, confidential support anywhere in the US. Call or text 988. Good News! [( The federal laws that gun dealers must follow are outdated, making them dangerous and easily exploitable by firearms traffickers. So we've been demanding Congress hold gun dealers to a higher standard by passing the Federal Firearms Licensee Act—and we're making progress. In March, two new co-sponsors in the House signed onto this critical bill! Together, our movement can help hold the gun industry accountable for perpetuating this deadly crisis. [Urge your U.S. Representative to co-sponsor this legislation.]( Thanks for taking action. This work is only possible because of supporters like you. 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