New York native, hopeful skeptic. Mostly guns & public safety & democracy. Fmr advisor to @NewYorkStateAG. SVP for Law and Policy @everytown. Usual disclaimers.
Trump just shut down all the school mental health programs and neighborhood anti-violence programs funded by the 2022 gun bill. Millions of kids just lost their mental health worker or after school program.
It’s inhumane, illogical and illegal.
You need to hear this story.
A Dallas PD press conference about a local high school shooting was interrupted by breaking news of an even larger mass shooting at Florida State University.
Just another Thursday in America.
When the FBI searched Jan. 6 defendant Jeremy Brown's home, they discovered illegal grenades, a sawed-off shotgun and classified information he retained after leaving the army.
Today, DOJ says Donald Trump's pardon for Jan. 6 issues covers all of that.
NEW: The Justice Department now says Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons for Jan. 6 rioters covers unrelated gun charges some faced after the FBI searched their homes.
It’s moving to drop felony charges against Daniel Ball and Elias Costianes.
https://t.co/9IqdKWZ2pA
NOTABLE: DOJ determines that a Jan. 6 defendant who was convicted of a firearm offense based on a search of his home must return to prison because the firearm charge is NOT covered by Trump's pardon.
This was a point of contention among J6ers.
https://t.co/mg20t4DsHr
At least three lawsuits have now been filed in federal court in Washington, seeking to shut down DOGE until it complies with federal transparency rules related to governmental advisory entities.
New ATF data reveals a stark 784% increase in machine gun conversion device recoveries at crime scenes from 2017-2023. Glock pistols are uniquely easy to convert into machine guns with these devices and—unsurprisingly—remain the top crime guns in the nation.
https://t.co/lHJyUiZyQT
NEW: We just released our 2025 Gun Law Rankings and the data is clear—fewer people are killed with guns in states with stronger gun laws. In fact, states with the weakest gun safety laws have a gun violence rate 2.5 times higher than states with the strongest laws.
See how your state stacks up: https://t.co/2cZ4mFSYUZ
Thoughts and prayers were never enough.
I'm proud to have established the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and taken bold executive action to keep guns out of dangerous hands and dangerous weapons off our streets.
Congress, it's your turn to act.
A New Hampshire-based gun maker, KBC Capital, was found guilty and sentenced for illegally selling gun silencer parts. The company deceptively marketed silencers as “muzzle brakes” to get around registration and background check requirements.
https://t.co/rWrUyvd9UK
Multiple injuries have been reported after shots were fired at a Christian K-12 school in Madison, Wisconsin. It's heartbreaking to see yet another community devastated by gun violence. Schools should be sanctuaries of safety for our children.
https://t.co/jKnggkArVz
BREAKING: I just sued Glock to put the homemade machine gun industry out of business.
The days of an Austrian company putting profits ahead of the safety of American residents and law enforcement officers are over.
NEW: Uncovered internal documents from NRA president & former Rep. Bob Barr reveal the extent of the NRA’s years-long efforts to shield the gun industry from accountability, following 30+ lawsuits against gun makers in the late 1990s.
https://t.co/R3xaqhuu1A
Did you know that the gun industry makes $9 billion a year, “are you good with that?” Follow @StudentsDemand to know what you can do to hold them accountable #killerbusiness
The gun industry has a perverse interest in preserving gun violence. Today @StudentsDemand launched a new campaign to empower young people—who have grown up experiencing lockdowns and daily gun violence—to expose the gun industry’s #KillerBusiness for what it is.
The gun industry rakes in $9 billion each year while we pay the price. Despite fueling a public health crisis that is the leading cause of death for American children and teens—the gun industry continues to fly under the radar and skirt accountability for the harm, death and trauma its products cause. Are you good with that?
https://t.co/6x5oFGtUjE
The gun industry’s #KillerBusiness remains one of the most protected industries in America—with broad immunity from legal accountability that almost no other industry has—while guns are the leading cause of death for American children and teens.
@StudentsDemand’s bold new campaign asks: Are you good with that?
https://t.co/6x5oFGtUjE