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Parents need to stand up to NRA
Concerned citizens just need to stand up and show our politicians what it looks like to not cower to the NRA bully. — Carin Gordon, Walla Walla, WA Letter To The Editor Union-Bulletin…
March 7, 2013
NY Mom Makes Her Voice Heard On Gun Safety And Challenges You To Do The Same
(watch video content) by Off The Sidelines | March 07, 2013 The sheer horror of the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings last year served as a real wake up call for so…
March 6, 2013
Remembering Sandy Hook on the way to Congress
Neil Heslin, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, shares a voicemail message of Jesse wishing him a Happy Birthday. (watch video content) Gun-control advocates coming through Baltimore on bikes Monday By Dan Rodricks…
March 6, 2013
New Money Will Be Used to ‘Punish’ Pro-Gun Lawmakers in 2014
Shannon Watts, front row, at right, and other Moms Demanding Action, meet with Sen. Feinstein on Valentine’s Day 2013. Flush with new cash, PACs and activist groups set sights on 2014 candidates…
March 6, 2013
Let’s Make Guns as Cool as Smoking Cigarettes
“Patch In” columnist Heather Borden Herve draws parallels between the public awareness campaign about dangers of smoking and the concurrent push for tougher gun legislation — and suggests what you can do to help. Story and…
March 6, 2013
Rally urges Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake to back gun checks
Photo by Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star TUCSON VICTIMS, GROUPS GATHER AT HIS TUCSON OFFICE by Veronica M. Cruz, Arizona Daily Star Survivors of the Jan. 8, 2011, shooting and members of anti-gun violence organizations gathered Tuesday…
March 5, 2013
Is Drunk Driving the Key to Ending Gun Violence?
It’s difficult to imagine a time when driving drunk carried no social stigma; in the future, we could say the same about purchases without background checks, unlocked guns around children and guns in the hands of the mentally ill.
March 5, 2013
Local Moms Help Lead National Gun Control Movement
On Dec. 13, gun control wasn’t really an issue for me. On Dec. 14, everything really changed. — Dara Sicherman, Moms Demand Action Dara Sicherman stands near her Clinton Hill home. (Photo by Natalia V. Osipova)…
March 5, 2013
Kristen Jordan Shamus: Safer America is one with smarter gun laws
In Michigan, the number of people who died from bullets exceeded the number who died in traffic crashes in 2009, according to research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free…
March 5, 2013
We demand common-sense gun regulations, by Melissa Brooks
Maybe we can start by agreeing that a two-minute background check that won’t hurt anyone and might even save someone is a good and sensible regulation.This is widely supported by gun owners, National Rifle Association members and even the NRA…
