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Moms Demand Action plans bus ride to protest AZ gun law
By Darren DaRonco, Arizona Daily Star A group of moms is taking its strollers to the streets today to protest a state law prohibiting cities from banning firearms on public transportation. Tucson Moms Demand Action,…
July 31, 2013
Gun Advocates Have Started Descending on Starbucks En Masse
It is time for Starbucks to walk the talk as a company that claims to be committed to corporate responsibility, and to take the safety of our children and families as seriously as mothers do. -Shannon Watts,…
July 30, 2013
Moms Demand Corporate Responsibility: Starbucks, loaded guns and lattes
By Shannon Watts and Kate Beck, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America via CNN.com As mothers, we wonder why the company is willing to put children and families in…
July 29, 2013
Moms Demand Action As Starbucks Approves Armed Rallies Inside Their Stores
Mon., July 29, 2013: We are concerned and angry that management at Starbucks headquarters is approving plans for armed gun advocates to rally in its stores across the country, including a meeting this past weekend inside a Sioux Falls…
July 25, 2013
Moms Agree: New Gun Bill Raises Safety Concerns
By Gavin Off and Sarah Ellis, Charlotte Observer Members of Moms Demand Action, a group that formed after the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., last year, are hoping McCrory vetoes the bill. Suzanne Rallis Conway, regional manager for Moms…
July 25, 2013
Letter to the Editor: A congressman’s ‘no’ vote on a gun bill
by Kristin Wald, Moms Demand Action New Jersey Last Wednesday, Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen, who represents New Jersey’s 11th District, including parts of Montclair, voted against preventing those individuals on the federal terrorist watch list from obtaining guns and firearms.
July 22, 2013
Moms Demand Corporate Responsibility: Eight Financial Firms Dump all Gun Stocks, 14 More Cut Holdings
Moms and women oversee nearly 80 percent of household spending; Moms Demand Action is going to make sure they spend and invest those dollars at businesses and institutions that respect and support the safety of our children and families. By…
July 21, 2013
Empathy: Turning Outward to Change the World (At Least a Little Bit)
When it comes to traumatic events, the only thing that can stem the tide of violence is empathy. We have to allow ourselves to feel the pain of parents who have lost children to violence. By Sheela Raja, PhD…
July 20, 2013
American Moms Honor the Victims of the Aurora Mass Shooting One Year Later
By Shannon Watts, Founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America Moms also are not going to be cowed into silence…
July 19, 2013
Moms Demand Action NJ Calls On Congressman to Explain Vote Against Closing the “Terror Gap”
By Louis C. Hochman, NJ.com Gun control advocates in New Jersey are criticizing Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen for voting against a measure to close the so-called “terror gap.” Frelinghuysen joined 26 other Republicans and two Democrats Wednesday in…
July 18, 2013
Moms Demand Action Helps Cook County, IL Approve Stricter Firearms Storage Rules
Marjorie Fujara, a pediatrician at Cook County’s Stroger Hospital who also is head of the Moms Demand Action group, said she thinks tougher regulations are needed to keep kids away from firearms. She said children as young as 3 are…
July 17, 2013
Moms Demand Action Taking on a Starbucks’ Gun Policy – WXIN July 17th, 2013
By Jake Miller, Fox59 Indianapolis [responsive_youtube mGvA8yhdAUU] An Indianapolis mom is asking a popular coffee chain to change their gun policy. Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is calling…
July 17, 2013
Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts Discusses the Need for Common Sense Gun Laws on MSNBC
[responsive_youtube yw7cQR21RkA] Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America Founder Shannon Watts discusses Trayvon Martin, Sybrina Fulton, and the urgent need for common-sense gun laws in America on MSNBC…
July 16, 2013
Moms Demand Action Challenges Starbucks Policy on Guns
[responsive_youtube 0NRYmsrOPLw] By Nicole Pence – WTHR.com ZIONSVILLE – An Indiana woman is leading a charge to keep guns out a popular coffee shop. Indiana law allows Hoosiers to legally carry a gun if they…
July 15, 2013
What if George Zimmerman had not had a gun?
By Nina Vinik (Image via WIKIMEDIA COMMONS) A Kel-Tec PF-9 9mm pistol, the same model used by George Zimmerman in the shooting of Florida…
July 14, 2013
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America Founder Shannon Watts on Disrupt with Karen Finney – July 14th, 2013
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America Founder Shannon Watts discusses Trayvon Martin and the future of the movement for common-sense gun laws in the U.S. on MSNBC’s Disrupt with Karen Finney.
July 13, 2013
Today, We Are All Trayvon Martin’s Mother
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America’s Official Statement on the Trayvon Martin Verdict Today, we are all Trayvon Martin’s mother. Trayvon, a 17-year- old victim of gun violence, was sadly one of the children and teens shot…
July 11, 2013
Starbucks Shooting Sparks Health Debate: Smoking Guns vs. Smoking Cigarettes
By Rick Anderson, Seattle Weekly Despite the recent wounding of a customer and a new campaign by an anti-gun group, Starbucks isn’t giving up on its controversial policy to permit the open carry of guns in its U.S.
July 11, 2013
Coffee Please, But No Guns
by Jennifer Harper, The Washington Times A Sig Sauer with that non-fat vanilla latte? Uh, no, says the Indiana-based grass-roots group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, which has launched a…
July 8, 2013
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America Launches Campaign Pressuring Starbucks To Ban Guns From Its Stores
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America announced today that it is launching a campaign to demand that Starbucks ban guns from its stores nationwide. The company currently allows patrons to bring loaded firearms into their stores in…
July 6, 2013
Moms Demand Action in Lakewood Ohio!
In Lakewood, OH, the city’s Independence Day Parade featured a new group of marchers. Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America was established the day after the tragedy at Sandy Hook elementary school and their goal is…
July 5, 2013
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America Supports the HB 436 Veto by Missouri Governor Nixon
The St. Louis and Kansas City chapters of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America applaud the decision made by Governor Jay Nixon today to veto HB436, which would have made it a crime for federal agents to…
July 5, 2013
Moms moving on push for gun reform
By HADAS GOLD, Politico.com These mothers groups are planning to have some serious political influence on the 2014 midterm elections, creating PACs, registering themselves as 501(c)4 organizations and running ads on the local level. “We’re…
July 5, 2013
Growing group of moms ‘declares independence’ from gun violence
By Eli Stokols, Fox31 Denver DENVER — Few groups waiting to march through Park Hill Thursday during the neighborhood’s annual July 4 parade worry about whether they’ll be booed. But that was the reality for…
Did you know
Black Americans represent the majority of gun homicide victims and are 10 times more likely than white Americans to die by gun homicide.
