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The thin line marks today, 29 September 2026.

National Gun Violence Awareness Day 2026

2026

5–7 June 2026

Confirmed

Dates confirmed from the organiser’s announcement on 15 September 2026.

Organiser: Everytown for Gun Safety (Wear Orange)

Read the organiser’s pageAdd this date to your calendar

Theme

No theme announced for 2026.

What changed

The twelfth year: National Gun Violence Awareness Day on Friday 5 June, with Wear Orange Weekend on 6 and 7 June and a national kick-off call the evening before.

Why the day exists

Violence & self-harm

1.25 milliondeaths a year from violence-related injuries

Deaths from violence-related injuries worldwide — worldwide, 2024. Source: World Health Organization, Injuries and violence (fact sheet) (2024).

“Of the 4.4 million injury-related deaths, unintentional injuries take the lives of 3.16 million people every year and violence-related injuries kill 1.25 million people every year.”

More figures for this hazard

How organisations mark it

  • Wear orange on the Friday and ask your school, workplace or congregation to do the same.
  • Find or host a Wear Orange Weekend event using the campaign's event map.
  • Use the campaign's social media toolkit so local posts carry the same message and hashtag.
  • Hold a remembrance for the people killed by gun violence in your own area, with their families leading it.
  • Run a secure firearm storage session with local partners so households know how to store guns and keep them out of reach.

Sources

  1. Everytown for Gun Safety (Wear Orange) — National Gun Violence Awareness Day 2026 — wearorange.org, read 15 September 2026.
  2. Wear Orange — Everytown for Gun Safety — wearorange.org, read 15 September 2026.
  3. About Wear Orange — Everytown for Gun Safety — wearorange.org, read 15 September 2026.
  4. Wear Orange 2025 social media toolkit (PDF) — Everytown for Gun Safety — www.everytown.org, read 15 September 2026.