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Everytown Law

U.S. left / gun-control advocacy

Owned byOperates under Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded and primarily bankrolled by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg

FundingPrimarily donor-funded; Michael Bloomberg has historically supplied roughly one-third of total revenue (approximately $38 million of $69.5 million in 2018). Additional donations come from philanthropic foundations and individual donors.

On the administrationbroadly critical

Background

Everytown for Gun Safety was founded in April 2014 when Bloomberg merged two earlier groups — Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America — with a stated goal of matching the NRA's political influence. Bloomberg pledged roughly $50 million at launch and has continued as the organization's dominant funder. Everytown Law emerged as the organization's dedicated legal division, eventually billing itself as the largest gun-safety litigation team in the country. It files lawsuits, submits amicus briefs, and provides free representation to clients in cases it believes could set favorable precedents on gun regulation. The organization has drawn criticism from fact-checkers — including the Washington Post — for publishing school-shooting statistics that used an unusually broad definition, leading to counts critics called misleading. A 2025 internal controversy arose when gun-violence survivors publicly criticized Everytown for launching a firearm-training program they said contradicted the group's core mission. On the legal and policy front, Everytown Law has consistently challenged Second Amendment expansions in court and has been an active opponent of Trump administration moves to scale back ATF enforcement, ease restrictions on silencers and short-barreled rifles, and reduce background-check requirements.

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Profile compiled 2026-09-21; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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