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Katerina Rodgaard, a dance teacher whose student, Reema Samaha, 18, was shot and killed in the massacre at Virginia Tech introduced both the President and Vice President today at the White House. Watch Katerina’s interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.

(click for video content) The following is the complete transcript of President Obama’s remarks on gun violence on Thursday in Washington. (Transcript courtesy of Federal News Service.) KATERINA RODGAARD: Good morning. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Morning. MS. RODGAARD: First,…

Young lobbyists need their nourishment to be effective in making their case for the Firearm Safety Act of 2013 in Annapolis, MD. When you get out of that rhetoric and you see what is at stake for us and what…

We want to join hands with all NRA members who are sane and rational and believe we should have sensible gun control laws in this country. Recent polling that shows 57 percent of Americans “want assault weapons banned,” and 91…

Deborah Hernandez, an Orange County mother, was so disturbed by recent mass shootings that she responded by launching an Orange County chapter of Mothers Demand Action, a national organization that formed after the Newtown shootings that calls for gun control.

Click for video content. Gun debate featured on the Ed Show, Wednesday, March 20, 2013…

Click to listen to The Gun Debate In Congress on The Diane Rehm Show, featuring Jennifer Fiore vice president of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.Four gun control measures are on their way to the…

On a recent family vacation, as I stood in the security line at the airport, I imagined the public outrage if there were a separate gate through which 40 percent of the crowd could enter the terminal, completely unchecked, completely…

Hannah Kolb, 19, left, and her mother Brenda King of Guilford who have joined Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. They were in Washington this week, meeting with the Connecticut legislative delegation on the issue…

We come today as people of peace, people of compassion and faith, seeking ways to end gun violence. We affirm that peace begins with each of us, in our homes, on our streets, in our theaters, in our schools and…

By Jessica Wehrman, The Columbus Dispatch WASHINGTON — On the day after the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a measure expanding background checks to private gun sales, three Columbus-area moms came to Washington to…

Members of Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America protest outside the Indiana State House on March 9. (Photo: Michelle Pemberton, The Indianapolis Star) Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, founded in December, now has 80 chapters…

By Tanya Spencer, theindychannel.com INDIANAPOLIS – An Indiana woman who founded a gun control movement was in Washington with other Hoosier women on Wednesday to rally for gun control legislation. Shannon Watts.Zionsville mom…

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America “On behalf of all American mothers, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America applauds the passage of the Assault Weapons Ban in the Senate Judiciary Committee today, the 3-month anniversary of…

Several members of the Bay Area contingent of Moms Demand Action flew together to D.C. from SFO. Here are Amanda Mortimer of Ross, Sarit Schube of Palo Alto, Sara Smirin of Los Altos, Christine Tachner of Mountain View, Hilary Weisfeld…

In a country where eight children are shot and killed every day, it is imperative that Congressional representatives hear directly and frequently from American mothers. — Shannon Watts, Founder, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.

A group of 30 area mothers will travel to Washington, DC., on Wednesday to lobby for “common-sense gun laws” as part of an event organized by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. About 200 mothers from over…

By STEVE CARMODY, michiganradio.org Several Michigan women are on their way to Washington D.C. to lobby members of Congress for stricter national gun laws. They’ll be part of a major lobbying effort on Wednesday, March…

By Donna Henschel, nj.com Over 200 moms from more than 30 states will travel to Washington, DC, on Wed., March 13, 2013 to participate in ”Moms Take the Hill”, a grassroots event organized by Moms…

We are from diverse backgrounds and professions, and from different parts of the country … we are busy with children, families and work, but urgency of this issue has prompted us to travel at our own expense to the Capitol…

(watch video content) From KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA Nearly a dozen Bay Area moms will take their gun control message to Washington D.C. next Wednesday. The group “Moms Take the Hill”…

(Mobile: click for video link) By Michael Boren, indystar.com A group fighting for gun control and another fighting for gun rights protested on two sides of the Indiana Statehouse Saturday morning.

Genetta Jackson, owner of King’s Kloset in Oak Park, will donate 30 percent of proceeds from this Sunday to the gun safety advocacy group Moms Demand Action.

The gun control advocates’ passion and willingness to personally step up and make a difference puts them in the same camp as historic social movements, like the fight for civil rights. — Todd Gitlin, journalism and sociology professor.