Pres & Founder, Global Action on Gun Violence.https://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3mm2d4xjgo225Inspiring, engaging event in LA for @actiononguns.bsky.social with Manny Oliver at his extraordinary Guac show. Hopeful we can end our gun violence crisis. @changetheref.bsky.social17 May 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2d4xjgo225https://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3mhisrnhhak2eMajor breaking news: The region’s top human rights court just held how human rights law requires countries and companies to prevent gun trafficking. Under the ruling, U.S. gun policy and industry practices violate human rights law. Read why that’s a big deal. https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathanlowy/p/the-world-is-watching-the-inter-american?r=2iyn2q&utm_medium=ios20 Mar 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhisrnhhak2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3mggeddnpcc2gHow should courts decide if someone who enjoys the occasional gummy be allowed to have a gun? Based on risk to public, or what the laws were in 1791? Check out my Substack on where SCOTUS went wrong: https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathanlowy/p/guns-gummies-and-the-framers-how?r=2iyn2q&utm_medium=ios06 Mar 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mggeddnpcc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3mg5skalfkc2qThis is how the cartels get guns: US gun dealers supply traffickers, often in obviously illegal straw sales. This trafficker was sold 44 firearms for $23,334.25 and “his purchases frequently involved multiple, identical firearms of the same model and caliber.” https://westorlandonews.com/central-florida-man-pleaded-guilty-to-firearms-trafficking/03 Mar 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5skalfkc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3mfwfqkpjd22yMost gun dealers are careful and don’t sell to traffickers, but about 5% of dealers sell about 90% of crime guns. Negligent U.S. gun dealers => cartel violence in Mexico. We need to stop the Iron River at its U.S. gun industry source. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/iron-river-mexico-cartel-violence-trafficked-firearms-us28 Feb 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwfqkpjd22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3mdo26vux5k2oThe killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, as tragic as they are, can bring us together around our fundamental values and rights. Check out my post on Substack: https://substack.com/@jonathanlowy/note/p-186251690?r=2iyn2q&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action30 Jan 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdo26vux5k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3mais2uibws24U.S. gun policies is an international issue. Most crime guns in Canada are trafficked from the U.S. Bad actors in the gun industry enable and profit from it. We need @actiononguns. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/world/americas/canada-gun-violence-us.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share Excellebt reporting from @onishinyt @nytimes21 Dec 2025 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mais2uibws24https://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3lp5z56gn2k2lI’ve spent 25+ years fighting for victims of gun violence. On Thur, June 12 at 3PM ET, I’ll be speaking with the C-Suite Network CEO Tricia Benn about how legal strategy and executive leadership can drive real, global change. Join the conversation -- pages.c-suitenetwork.com/csuite-success14 May 2025 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5z56gn2k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3lmmqc2pudk2eGood summary of Mexico’s gun lawsuit in the Supreme Court. The gun industry must stop supplying the cartels’ crime gun pipeline. https://youtu.be/R1PrdE9_bmU?si=8YMyM9w4dCIycM3_ via @YouTube @actiononguns.bsky.social12 Apr 2025 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmmqc2pudk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3lllz4m2nlc2lhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/haiti-gangs-guns-smuggling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare great reporting by @dadams7308.bsky.social Frances Robles @nytimes.com. The U.S. crime gun pipeline that arms Haiti gangs must be stopped at its source: the gun industry.30 Mar 2025 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lllz4m2nlc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3ljmprob4sk2gAn important day, as the Supreme Court heard its first gun industry liability suit ever in @actiononguns.bsky.social Mexico lawsuit against gun manufacturers. What a great legal team, with masterful arguments by Cate Stetson of @hoganlovells.bsky.social05 Mar 2025 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljmprob4sk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3lhmmsudf7c2tIt took 3 days for Sweden to decide to take action to prevent (a rare) mass slaughter of its people. Mass shootings in the U.S. have increased over 20 years to now more than one a day. 🦗🦗🦗We need ⁦‪@actiononguns‬⁩07 Feb 2025 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhmmsudf7c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3lhll5hwn6c22What an inspiring, energizing evening of activism & art at the 1st ⁦‪Global Action on Gun Violence @actiononguns.bsky.social fundraiser, with Manny Oliver, Patricia Oliver, and @changetheref.bsky.social, at Woolly Mammoth Theater. Gratitude to GAGV’s amazing team & supporters. See Guac!!!!07 Feb 2025 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhll5hwn6c22https://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3lh7dozjens2sMexican President Sheinbaum rejects “White House's slander against the Mexican government of having alliances with criminal organizations…If such an alliance exists anywhere, it is in the United States armories that sell high-powered weapons to these criminal groups.”02 Feb 2025 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh7dozjens2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3ldwqwbwbzs2chttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/damming-the-iron-river-mexico-legal-battle-to-stop-gun-trafficking-from-us-60-minutes-transcript/23 Dec 2024 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldwqwbwbzs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3ldqyjefigs2vOn Sunday, December 22, CBS 60 Minutes will air a segment on Mexico's gun lawsuits, for which @actiononguns is co-counsel. I was among those interviewed. Watch and spread the word! https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-iron-river-sunday-on-60-minutes/20 Dec 2024 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldqyjefigs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3ldhg7khwl22rNo other country simply tolerates the repeated slaughter of its people without doing anything to prevent the next massacre. We don’t need to live — or die - / like this. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/abundant-life-school-shooting-madison-live-updates-rcna18440416 Dec 2024 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldhg7khwl22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jlowy.bsky.social/post/3lb6a4oycs22mPowerful images of lives cut short by US refusal to do what every other country does to prevent gun violence. Great journalism www.cbsnews.com/rooms/ https://www.cbsnews.com/rooms/17 Nov 2024 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:efnnhsvjhll5fn2iftoneo2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb6a4oycs22m