In 2025, California continued to strengthen its commitment to gun safety through a series of targeted firearm-related laws signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. These measures address youth access to firearms, emerging weapon technologies, responsible purchasing practices, and protections for schools, workplaces, and houses of worship. Together, this legislation marks important progress while underscoring the need for continued action in the year ahead to further prevent gun violence and build safer communities.

Dear Members of Congress, We the undersigned 1,025 organizations write to express our horror, outrage and deep grief about the news that federal agents have executed a human being in broad daylight on the streets of Minneapolis.

WAVEs Gun Safety Working Action Group achieved a meaningful, community-focused win by helping spark a new model for local gun safety engagement.

After three decades of congressional inaction on gun safety, President Biden signed a bill last week that marks a modest step in the right direction. This comes a month after the mass murder of children and teachers in Uvalde, Texas, and several weeks after a hate-fueled mass shooting in Buffalo, New York...

Knowing this day was coming hasn’t made the news any easier to bear. WAVE was founded three weeks after the 2016 election because we knew a Trump presidency amounted to an attack on our values and ethics, including 50 years of precedent established by Roe v. Wade...