Squirrel Hill Stands Against Gun Violence teamed up with CeaseFire PA for a webinar on white supremacy and the intersections between racism, anti-Semitism and guns. Rob Conroy from CeaseFire moderated a panel including Drs. Kathleen Blee and Waverly Duck, experts on white supremacy and racism, and Dr. Carolyn Ban, one of the co-founders of Squirrel Hill Stands. Watch the video below.
We have been busy meeting with legislators, but less busy letting you all know about it. We meet with legislators to move them to support gun safety legislation, but also to work on strategy with our
President Biden has announced a package of executive orders which include 1) a requirement for background checks for all purchasers of "ghost guns", homemade firearms often assembled from kits and lac
Earlier today, the House of Representatives passed two important gun safety bills. HR8, the Background Checks Expansion Bill, if enacted into law, will require a background check for all firearm sales