Good news prevails amid gun control inaction and setbacks
Frequently lost amid gun control inaction and setbacks are gun control wins mounting up in the states, incredible perseverance of gun control organizations to gain momentum for meaningful federal legislative change, and evolving corporate policies designed to discourage gun violence.
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 […]
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 […]
Voices of Survivors Podcast
In this podcast, Amber Starr Currie interviews fellow survivors of violent crime as they share what it’s like to watch the worst moments of their lives become headlines, and what it’s like to try to put those lives back together after the earth has cracked in half and everything they’ve ever known has fallen in.