Friday Finds
Our weekly roundup of the latest gun violence prevention news
On Fridays, we highlight articles and videos from the gun violence prevention realm that might’ve been missed during your busy week.
TODAY June 5th is Gun Violence Awareness Day
“June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month, beginning with National Gun Violence Awareness Day tomorrow, June 5th — also known as #WearOrange Day — and continuing with #WearOrange Weekend, June 5-7.”
Victory for Gun Safety: Connecticut Becomes the 4th State in the Nation to Stop the Sale of DIY Machine Guns as Governor Lamont Signs Landmark Legislation
“This critical legislation prohibits the future sale of semi-automatic handguns designed in a way that allows them to be easily and quickly converted into fully automatic ‘DIY machine guns’ using an illegal ‘switch’ or auto sear.”
New York Takes Aim at the Next Generation of Ghost Guns
“The legislation represents a major shift in how policymakers are approaching the rapidly evolving ghost gun crisis.”
Brady Suing ATF
Gun control group sues ATF over records release
“Brady is demanding… that the court compel the ATF to release information related to what the agency calls Demand Letter 2s. These are letters ATF sends to gun dealers and other sellers that have been identified as selling at least 25 or more guns recovered at crime scenes in a calendar year.”
Brady, Democracy Forward Sue Trump-Vance Administration for Withholding Information about Gun Dealers Who Sell Weapons Used in Crimes
“Americans deserve to know about the sources of firearms that are driving crime in our communities and what ATF is doing, or not doing, about it….”
Northwell’s Firearm Safety Screening Tool to Become Available to Epic Health Systems Nationwide
“For Epic organizations who choose to adopt this simple, immediate intervention tool, the release will make it easier to implement prevention strategies while establishing consistent data collection to drive research and future approaches.”
VIDEO: Clinical Perspective on Safe Gun Storage
“Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions’ director of clinical programs and practice Katherine Hoops, and Johns Hopkins Children’s Center’s child life specialist Mollie Young discuss the role of clinicians in safe and secure gun storage, concrete data on why it is important, and a demo of how to properly store a firearm.”
For Black women in abusive relationships, gun‑control loopholes can engender deadly disparities
“Intimate partner homicide doesn’t affect all women equally. Black women have the nation’s highest rates of homicide by an intimate partner, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
The Enduring Cost of Gun Violence at School
“Shootings have adverse consequences not just on students’ health and education but on their long-term career prospects as well.”
Office of Public Witness’ May Advocacy Hour webinar addresses gun violence prevention
“The webinar, called God, Guns, and Building Safer Communities: Safe Storage, Extreme Risk Protection Orders, and Church-based Advocacy, took place on Thursday, May 28 via Zoom and brought in partners from Everytown for Gun Safety's Be SMART program and Johns Hopkins’ National ERPO Resource Center.”
Democrats Concede Gun Control Is No Longer Their Top Issue
“Strong Republican opposition and apathy to repeated shootings makes legislative action challenging.”
The Trump Administration Made a Big Show of Repealing a Biden-Era Gun Rule. It Never Amounted to Much Anyway.
“The Trace reviewed cases in which prosecutors charged people for dealing firearms without a license — the law the Biden rule was meant to interpret.”
VIDEO: Support group surprises 55 Chicago-area mothers with portraits of children lost to gun violence
“Organizers said the project aims to help families cope with trauma and grief while advancing the group’s mission of supporting parents affected by gun violence and turning survivors into advocates for change.”
VIDEO: Gun Violence Awareness Month 2026: “The Taken & The Left Behind” Exhibition at the Capitol
“June is Gun Violence Awareness Month. This year, I welcomed Peekskill-based artist Sharon Rubinstein to the Capitol for an exhibition of The Taken and the Left Behind, which highlights those who have been lost to gun violence and their survivors.”