Action Alert Archives

  1. Action Alert: Tell Texas Governor he’s responsible for future Texas gun deaths 1 September 2019 – Last year, 2,490 Texans died due to gun incidents; the 2019 toll still rises.  Today, Governor Abbott signed a raft of ten bills that is guaranteed to make that number rise even higher.  This is against the backdrop of the very recent El Paso and... 9.5.2019 Actions Taken: 17 Continue »
  2. Action Alert: Reprimand Texas Rep who tweeted ‘guns are a god-given right’ after Odessa massacre Odessa, TX 1 September 2019 – Seven people are dead and approximately 17 others are injured – including an infant – after America’s latest mass murder enabled by gun proliferation, Texas’s weak laws on gun control, and the NRA. When gun law reform individuals and groups take to social... 9.2.2019 Actions Taken: 32 Continue »
  3. Action Alert: ‘Good guy with a gun’ myth is destroyed: tell your elected reps In an explosive Colorado Sun article, the myth of a ‘good guy with a gun’ who will stop school shootings is discredited forever:  tell your elected representatives they can never hide behind it ever again. The Colorado Sun reports on findings following a deadly school shooting in May:  “STEM... 8.29.2019 Actions Taken: 6 Continue »
  4. Action Alert: Watch this CBS video: The FBI wants your help to prevent gun violence August 2019 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reaching out:  it wants the public’s help to stop potential gun mass murders. Many killers have posted their plans and been encouraged by dark sites such as 8chan (the El Paso shooter posted his plans, weapon choices and ‘manifesto’ there). ... 8.27.2019 Actions Taken: 11 Continue »
  5. Action Alert: Take the NRA Survey and tell them how you feel August 2019 – The National Rifle Association has a new survey, which seems more like a PR exercise and fundraiser – you are asked to donate after taking it. The questions are of course loaded and not balanced as you would expect from the pro-gun lobbyists. For instance the... 8.25.2019 Actions Taken: 463 Continue »
  6. Action Alert: Support March for our Lives’ game-changing Peace Plan August 2019 – March for our Lives, the gun law reform campaign group, has launched a new manifesto. As Ladd Everett shared with One Pulse for America’s Facebook group yesterday, this is the deal: March For Our Lives released a revolutionary new gun control policy document today titled “A... 8.22.2019 Actions Taken: 87 Continue »
  7. Action Alert: Thank Albuquerque Mayor Keller for life-saving initiative Albuquerque, NM – The City of Albuquerque is pushing a new initiative to keep young people safe from guns. KRQE reports Mayor Tim Keller signed an administrative instruction banning firearms from all of the city’s community centers, multi-gen centers, and senior centers. He cited 27 gun offenses reported at... 8.20.2019 Actions Taken: 8 Continue »
  8. Action Alert: Send Condolences to El Paso Shooting Widower ACTION UPDATE:  17/8/19 hundreds attended the service, flowers and sympathy messages arrived from around the world. It’s things like this that remind me that most people are good at heart https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/16/us/el-paso-shooting-margie-reckard-funeral-trnd/index.html El Paso, August 2019 – Mr Antonio Basco invited all of El Paso to attend the  funeral for... 8.16.2019 Actions Taken: 3 Continue »
  9. Action Alert: Demand California Governor signs Act to Save Lives The California Legislature has passed AB 392: The California Act to Save Lives, perhaps recognizing that California’s police forces are out of control. When it comes to shooting suspects, innocent people, passers-by, California is in a league of its own. One Pulse wants its members to demand California Governor... 8.15.2019 Actions Taken: 3 Continue »
  10. Action Alert: Illinois mayor: cut militarized police raids after 12 year old shot A woman whose 12 year-old child was shot by police in a dawn raid is suing. On 26 May 2019, according to the lawsuit filed by Crystal Worship, the mother, some two dozen Country Club Hills and Richton Park, Illinois SWAT officers entered her home in May with exploding... 8.11.2019 Actions Taken: 23 Continue »
  11. Action Alert: Police who shot naked teen dead ‘justified’ claim lawyers 7 August, 2019; Oklahoma City – Attorneys representing  the two police officers who shot and killed a naked black teenager in May claimed the killing was justified in court papers today. Two officers claim they tased Isaiah Lewis, 17,  multiple times with no effect (NB – tasers can be... 8.9.2019 Actions Taken: 8 Continue »
  12. Action Alert: Texas: Stop your gun-happy police from killing more of us 1 August, Arlington, Texas – a homeless woman lying on the grass prompted people to call the police.  Sent to check on her welfare, police shot her while they were trying to shoot her dog. Apparently the homeless woman was passed out; she may simply have been sleeping.  Her... 8.7.2019 Actions Taken: 16 Continue »
  13. Action Alert: Recall Congress to vote on Gun Control Bills ASAP The number of gun murders and massacres so far this year is staggering, devastating and wholly unacceptable. Mitch McConnell must – immediately – recall Congress to address this and to hold votes on gun control bills he has been sitting on. USA Today explains the two bills in an... 8.5.2019 Actions Taken: 108 Continue »
  14. Action Alert: For El Paso Victims: Reinstate Domestic Terrorism Unit 2 August 2019 – 20 dead and 29 injured in El Paso, when a man – a young, disturbed white supremacist – opened fire with an AK-47 assault rifle in a crowded store.  His stated, published goal was to kill Hispanic people, and he said how he would do... 8.4.2019 Actions Taken: 41 Continue »
  15. Action Alert: Stand up to bigoted gunshop owner’s incitements to violence Murphy, North Carolina July 2019 – Steve ‘Doc’ Wacholz owner of ‘Cherokee Guns’ in Murphy, North Carolina paid for an inflammatory billboard and stickers advertising his gun shop.  Using (presumably without their permission) photos of Congresswomen, comparing them to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and calling them ‘idiots’... 8.1.2019 Actions Taken: 36 Continue »
  16. Action Alert: MASK activists murdered: send condolences Chicago 26 July – Chantell Grant and Andrea Stoudemire were volunteers for Mothers Against Senseless Killings and had been camped out on a Chicago street corner to prevent conflict.  They were shot dead, and police say they were specifically targeted. They were shot on Friday evening by the occupants... 7.31.2019 Actions Taken: 29 Continue »
  17. Action Alert: Gilroy Shooting: Support H.R. 1296 and people of Gilroy “My son had his whole life to live and he was only 6.” – Alberto Romeo, on the murder of his son at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California on Sunday, 28 July. Enjoying a family fun day out at the California festival, Stephen Romero aged six was one of... 7.30.2019 Actions Taken: 11 Continue »
  18. Action Alert: Detroit: Stop shooting dogs & start taking dog shootings seriously Detroit’s police seem too jaded by gun crime to care that two dogs were shot in their own backyard by neighbours – who then shot at the owners.  In fact, Detroit police seem to think shooting dogs is their right if not their sport:  they shot 54 dogs in... 7.24.2019 Actions Taken: 10 Continue »
  19. Action Alert: Fire officer who called for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to be shot A Gretna, Louisiana police officer has brought the controversial force further disgrace by calling for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to be shot: the officer must be fired. Newsweek reported “‘This vile idiot needs a round,” officer Charlie Rispoli wrote in a Facebook post referring to Ocasio-Cortez last week, according to a... 7.22.2019 Actions Taken: 172 Continue »
  20. Action Alert: Shooting of teen in Anaheim: suspend officer, disclose facts 5 July 2019, Anaheim, CA – Replica guns are cited in yet another shooting death of an unarmed person, as an officer shot a 17-year-old girl. NBC News reported that the ‘suspect’ , who family members identified as teen Hannah Williams, was shot in an incident on the Freeway,... 7.11.2019 Actions Taken: 11 Continue »
  21. Action Alert: Demand NJ Police suspended after shooting unarmed men 1 July 2019 – Celebrating America’s Independence from Tyranny seems premature in New Jersey after several police shot unarmed Fourth of July revellers who had fireworks. The Hudson County prosecutor’s office said a lieutenant and two officers were on patrol around 10:15 p.m. near the Arlington Gardens Housing Complex... 7.6.2019 Actions Taken: 17 Continue »
  22. Action Alert: Instagram: stop influencers glamorizing guns July 1776 – America’s founding fathers, fighting a war of independence with muskets, knew even then that the ability to wound or kill from a great distance should only be given to a well-regulated militia.  Even if it took minutes to load, fire and reload – and even if... 7.3.2019 Actions Taken: 16 Continue »
  23. Action Alert: Thureon smuggling case means time to examine NRA 1 July 2019 – A Wisconsin gun manufacturer and retailer pleaded guilty to illegally smuggling automatic weapons to Australia for years, putting paid to the NRA myth that gun manufacturers are ‘responsible’ people. Andy Lloyd Huebschmann of New Holstein pleaded guilty  to sending an Australian dealer pistols, rifles and... 7.1.2019 Actions Taken: 1 Continue »
  24. Action Alert: Capital Gazette Shooting Anniversary: Show your support One year ago, a gunman murdered five members of Maryland’s Capital Gazette newspaper. CNN reports that Maryland designated today, Friday 28 June, Friday Freedom of the Press Day in the state of Maryland. Staffers from the Capital Gazette and other Tribune Publishing papers dedicated a memorial garden in Annapolis... 6.28.2019 Actions Taken: 21 Continue »
  25. Action Alert: Demand freedom for shot woman who lost baby In a scene echoing something from dystopian Margaret Atwood novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, a woman is grieving her lost unborn child which died after she was shot several times in the stomach.  She’s grieving in prison, waiting to be put on trial for allegedly starting the fight which proved... 6.28.2019 Actions Taken: 19 Continue »
  26. Action Alert: Demand better training following Costco family shooting 18 June 2019 – A family relation says fatal shooting victim was non-verbal – and was not capable of starting a fight with an off-duty police officer at a Costco in Corona, California in which he lost his life. Kenneth French, 32, was killed by an unnamed Los Angeles... 6.25.2019 Actions Taken: 8 Continue »
  27. Action Alert: Ask White House to explain President’s snub to Pulse victims June 18 2019 – President Trump arrives in Orlando, and to a throng of followers he announces he will run for the presidency again in 2020.  Not far away, others have been commemorating the tragic shooting at Pulse nightclub three years ago.  The president failed to even acknowledge the... 6.23.2019 Actions Taken: 7 Continue »
  28. Action Alert: Join Senator Menendez in call to ban silencers 22 June 2019 – Gun silencers like the one used in the recent Virginia Beach shooting would be banned under legislation that U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey introduced Friday. According to the Associated Press, Democratic Senator Menendez unveiled the legislation at news conference in Trenton. He appeared... 6.23.2019 Actions Taken: 9 Continue »
  29. Action Alert: Demand freedom for wife who took husband’s guns for her safety On Thursday 20 June 2019, Courtney Irby left a divorce court where she was trying to separate from husband Joseph Irby:  he then allegedly tried to run her off the road with his car hitting hers, terrifying her (he’s in custody for it).   Fearing for her life, she reported... 6.22.2019 Actions Taken: 19 Continue »
  30. Action Alert: Oregon State Senator threatens to shoot troopers An Oregon state senator has threatened to shoot state troopers if they try to enforce the law and stop the stonewalling plaguing the senate. Senator Brian Boquist (R) threatened that any attempt to force him to attend the state senate and vote on a climate change package will see... 6.20.2019 Actions Taken: 11 Continue »
  31. Action Alert: Gun-threat police must be fired and charged On May 27, 2019, Phoenix Arizona police  threatened to shoot, assaulted, and endangered the lives of a family including small children.  We call for these police officers to be fully removed from the force immediately without pay; for law enforcement to arrest them promptly; and for prosecutors to prepare... 6.19.2019 Actions Taken: 15 Continue »
  32. Action Alert: Call for Firing of Principal who Threatened David Hogg On June 11, 2019, Parkland survivor David Hogg took to social media to promote the #WeNeedToKnow campaign, a collaboration between his group March For Our Lives and Brady United Against Gun Violence. The campaign is calling for federal funding for gun violence research by the Centers for Disease Control andNational... 6.14.2019 Actions Taken: 684 Continue »
  33. Action Alert: Tell Your Representative to Co-Sponsor Lucy McBath’s ERPO Bill On June 4, 2019, gun violence survivor and freshmen Congresswoman Lucy McBath of Georgia introduced H.R. 3076, the “Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act.” The bill would enact a national ERPO policy that allows family members and law enforcement to petition federal courts to temporarily seize firearms from individuals... 6.13.2019 Actions Taken: 16 Continue »
  34. Action Alert: Condemn Alabama AG for Shielding Officer(s) Who Killed E.J. Bradford In December 2018, One Pulse for America conducted a campaign calling for charges against the unidentified Hoover Police Department officer who shot and killed 21 year-old Army veteran E.J. Bradford during a mall shooting in Alabama. Bradford, an African-American, had legally drawn a gun to protect himself and others... 6.12.2019 Actions Taken: 37 Continue »
  35. Action Alert: Tell Virginia Leaders to Consider Gun Control During Special Session On May 31, 2019, an engineer resigned suddenly from his job at a municipal building in Virginia Beach. As they day ended, he opened fire in the parking lot and on three floors with a silenced .45-caliber handgun outfitted with high-capacity ammunition magazines. Twelve people were killed and four... 6.10.2019 Actions Taken: 16 Continue »
  36. Action Alert: Condemn Dallas Principal for Silencing Valedictorian on Gun Violence On June 3, 2019, Emmett J. Conrad High School held its senior graduation and the commencement speech was delivered by valedictorian Rooha Hagher.  But when Hagher addressed gun violence affecting young people—citing the names of Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, and Trayvon Martin—her principal Temesghen Asmerom ordered her mic cut... 6.6.2019 Actions Taken: 89 Continue »
  37. Action Alert: Help Defeat Recall of Aurora Survivor in Colorado House Update: On June 11, 2019, Kristi Burton Brown and the Colorado GOP dropped their planned recall of Aurora survivor Tom Sullivan! Brown claimed the decision was made “to focus on other essential efforts,” but she and CO GOP were under immense pressure and facing an increasingly powerful group of... 6.4.2019 Actions Taken: 48 Continue »
  38. Action Alert: Condemn Virginia Senator for Attacking VT Survivor Update: On July 8, 2019, during the special legislative session called by Governor Ralph Northam, Virginia Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment proposed consideration of a bill that would ban firearms from local government buildings. Virginia law bans guns in courthouses only and violations are misdemeanor offenses. Norment’s bill would... 6.3.2019 Actions Taken: 69 Continue »
  39. Action Alert: Call For Charges Against Parent(s) Who Enabled Death of 9 y/o Around 6:30 p.m. on May 25, 2019, an 11 year-old boy and his 9 year-old brother were playing with a gun at their home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  The gun accidentally discharged as the older brother was holding it and the round hit the 9 year-old, killing him on... 5.31.2019 Actions Taken: 193 Continue »
  40. Action Alert: Thank Salesforce for Ending Business with Assault Weapon Retailers On April 11, 2019, business software giant Salesforce quietly released an updated “Acceptable Use and External-Facing Services Policy” that bars customers from using its e-commerce technology to sell fully-automatic firearms and semiautomatic firearms that accept a detachable magazine and have features of an assault weapon (pistol grip(s), silencer, grenade... 5.30.2019 Actions Taken: 29 Continue »
  41. Action Alert: Call for Charges Against Campground Manager who Pulled Gun on Black Couple Update: On June 5, 2019, Ruby Nell Howell, 70, was arrested for pointed a loaded gun at the Richardsons and charged with threatening exhibit of a weapon! She has been released from jail on a $500 bond pending trial. The crime is  punishable by up to three months in... 5.29.2019 Actions Taken: 113 Continue »
  42. Action Alert: Tell Colorado DA to Keep Misogynistic Would-Be Mass Shooter in Jail 27 year-old Christopher Cleary, who threatened to shoot and kill “as many girls” as possible, nearly avoided jail time after pleading guilty to making a threat of terrorism. Hours before the second anniversary of the Women’s March in January 2019, Cleary posted a Facebook message from Utah detailing his... 5.23.2019 Actions Taken: 27 Continue »
  43. Action Alert: Tell DCCC to Stop Taking Money from Sig Sauer Lobbyist According to a Federal Election Commission filing, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)—which raises money to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives—accepted $26,250 in bundled contributions from gun lobbyist Michael Herson during the month of April 2019. Through his firm American Defense International, Herson lobbies for German gun-maker... 5.22.2019 Actions Taken: 35 Continue »
  44. Action Alert: Put Pre-Emption Repeal Back on Agenda in Nevada Senate On April 23, 2019, the Nevada Assembly voted 28-13 to approve AB 291,  a gun control bill introduced by Route 91 Harvest festival shooting survivor and Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui. AB 291 would ban bump stocks; lower the legal blood alcohol content for gun carriers in Nevada (so it’s in... 5.21.2019 Actions Taken: 10 Continue »
  45. Action Alert: Tell Apple & Google to Pull Video Game Targeting Reporters Update: In response to pressure placed on mobile hosts Google and Apple, TFG removed the “Breaking News” mission from its “Sniper 3D Assassin” game on May 20, 2019. Thanks to all those who have taken this action! The video game “Sniper 3D Assassin” is a mobile game app available... 5.20.2019 Actions Taken: 37 Continue »
  46. Action Alert: Tell Democratic Presidential Candidates to Offer Strong Plan on Gun Control In February 2019, the House of Representatives sent two modest (and tainted) gun control bills to the Senate for consideration. They have languished there ever since. It is the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates who are now setting the tone on gun control, competing with one another to see who... 5.17.2019 Actions Taken: 12 Continue »
  47. Action Alert: Submit Witness Slip in Support of Illinois Licensing Bill Update: SB 1966, the Fix FOID Act, passed the Illinois House Judiciary-Criminal Committee on May 21, 2019 and is headed to the full House for a vote. Thanks to all those who submitted a witness slip! On February 16, 2019, 45 year-old employee Gary Martin was called into a... 5.16.2019 Actions Taken: 15 Continue »
  48. Action Alert: Call for Charges Against Officer who Shot Unarmed Grandmother Officer Juan Delacruz of the Baytown Police Department was patrolling an apartment complex in the Houston, Texas suburb after 10:30 p.m. on May 13, 2019 when he saw a black resident with alleged outstanding warrants for criminal mischief and assault, 45 year-old Pamela Turner. Delacruz moved in to arrest... 5.15.2019 Actions Taken: 43 Continue »
  49. Action Alert: Tell Oregon Democrats to Put Gun Control Back on Calendar In the state of Oregon, Democrats control the governor’s seat, Senate and House. Governor Kate Brown promised strong action on gun control in her 2018 campaign and received the endorsement of Ceasefire Oregon and other gun violence prevention (GVP) organizations. Yet on May 13, 2019, Democrats agreed to kill... 5.14.2019 Actions Taken: 21 Continue »
  50. Action Alert: Call for Charges Against Officers who Shot 3 Children in the Head On April 26, 2019, plainclothes officers with the Hugo Police Department decided to arrest armed robbery suspect William Smith while he was parked at a food center with Olivia Hill and her four children, ages 1, 2, 4 and 5. Smith was suspected of robbing a Pizza Hut in Hugo,... 5.13.2019 Actions Taken: 44 Continue »