Meet the new boss; as deadly as the old boss.
The Washington Post recently reported that the United States Supreme Court conservative majority led by Justice Clarence Thomas has given shooters the right to use a device called a bump stock that allows firearms to function as machine guns. In the June 14, 2024 Supreme Court decision in Garland v Cargill, the conservative majority ruled […]
Survivors Of Gun Violence Demand Justice and an End to Firearm Industry Immunity
“The gun industry stole our daughter’s life and the gun industry immunity law bankrupted us. Senator Graham played a massive role in the blood-letting. The killer used an AR-15. He shot our daughter six times. There was not enough of her left to put in a coffin. She was slaughtered along with 11 others in […]
It’s time for gun dealers to take ethical and legal responsibility
Don’t let the NRA call the shots. Please donate to Survivors Empowered to continue our tireless efforts to support gun violence survivors and help legislative and regulatory change to stop the carnage. By donating, you send a message to the NRA at its upcoming convention that it’s time to stop the Kool-Aid drinking and embrace […]
Love Canal type of Superfund needed to help taxpayers bearing the brunt of gun violence costs
By Sandy and Lonnie PhillipsFounders of Survivors Empowered When toxic chemicals in Love Canal near New York’s Niagara Falls were detected by nearby residents in the 1960s, it set in motion the ultimate evacuation of 950 families and led to establishment of a Taxpayer Superfund in 1980 by the federal government. Resulting taxes on chemical […]
Guns trigger more than half of nation’s suicides:
Reducing access to firearms reduces rate of suicide ‘Firearms most lethal suicide method by far in the U.S.’ By Sandy and Lonnie PhillipsFounders of Survivors Empowered A Reuters.com headline tells a grim tale of this nation’s firearm suicides: “Firearms most lethal suicide method by far in the U.S.” A Rutgers Gun Violence Research report points […]
How many mass murders would occur without guns?
Never-ending gun rights fiction drives gun fanatics’ friction Even supporters of gun rights can’t make the math of gun-related mass murders work to their benefit. A 2019 article in the National Review, a conservative magazine strongly supportive of gun rights, shows the incredible weakness of their own arguments. Notes the article: “We’re focusing on the […]
US firearm violence costs $557 billion annually
Comparable to 2.6 percent of US Gross Domestic Product Citing a Harvard Medical School research study published in the journal JAMA, Time Magazine reported that gun violence costs the U.S. some $557 billion annually, or 2.6% of gross domestic product. The Time article notes: “Gun violence that causes tens of thousands of U.S. deaths each […]
Get Guns out of Hospitals
Among the many choices for would-be killers, hospitals are a particularly vulnerable target. That’s why Survivors Empowered is advocating for regulations to eliminate guns in hospitals. A similar initiative is being pursued by the hospitality industry, requiring gun owners to secure their weapons in a hotel gun safe upon entry. While these efforts can only […]
Survivors Empowered Applauds Jessi’s Law
Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, Leader in the Gun Violence Survivors Movement, Applaud Colorado’s New Law Repealing Gun Industry Immunity DENVER, Colo, April 28, 2023 —Today, Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, parents of Jessica Redfield Ghawi, one of twelve people fatally shot in the Aurora Theater massacre of 2012, were with Colorado Governor Polis to witness the […]
San Diego Coalition Gains Reforms and Allies
Before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted at a meeting in January 2022 to require that gun owners safely store their weapons and to ban the possession or distribution of the parts used to make unregistered and untraceable “ghost guns,” Carol Landale spoke in favor of the legislation. Five months later, Therese Hymer […]