In California, newly inaugurated governor Gavin Newsom is moving quickly to strengthen the state’s already robust gun safety laws. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Amanda Wilcox of the California Chapters of the Brady Campaign applauded the governor’s commitment to keeping guns out of dangerous hands and expressed confidence that he will sign further legislation into law.

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear a Second Amendment case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York, for the first time in nearly a decade. The Brady Center, which has been the leading legal voice in the gun safety movement for 30 years, made clear that “the stakes for this case are nothing less than life or death.” Jonathan Lowy, VP, Litigation at the Brady Center, spoke with Bloomberg News about the importance of the case and what it might mean going forward.

An Iowa school district is planning on introducing a mandatory gun safety course for two middle schools focused on hunting and survival skills. Brady VP Kyleanne Hunter spoke with Fox News about the issues with the program, noting that middle schoolers aren’t able to tell the difference between a loaded and unloaded gun and that the responsibility for safe storage rests with the adults.

China’s largest news agency Xinhua published a “year-ender” analysis of the state of gun violence in America. Among experts quoted in the article was Brady Vice President for Programs Kyleanne Hunter on the historical role of the NRA in blocking meaningful gun reform.