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NEWTOWN, CT: Reliving Horror and Faint Hope at Massacre Site
You saw them lifeless, laying down, for a split second, your mind says could this be a mock crime scene, could this be fake, but in the next split second, you’re saying, there is no way. This is real.
January 27, 2013
The Gun Challenge: What We Don’t Know Is Killing Us
President Obama signs 23 Executive Orders to aid in the reduction of gun violence on January 16, 2013. He calls on Congress to take further actions.In one of the 23 executive orders on…
January 27, 2013
Selling a New Generation on Guns by The New York Times
A junior shooter receiving tips on a military rifle last fall from an Army marksmanship instructor at a clinic at Fort Benning, Ga. Youth shooting clinics and competitions often receive financial support or supplies from firearms-related businesses.
January 26, 2013
This Is What a Gun Control March on Washington Looks Like
By Connor Simpson, The Atlantic Wire It was cold in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from participating in…
January 25, 2013
BNN News Interviews One Million Moms for Gun Control’s Dawn Tingras and Molly Malloy
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ydT0UUVgDE&w=681&h=511] Dawn Tingras and Molly Malloy from One Million Moms for Gun Control’s Greater Boston Area Chapter on Facebook…
January 25, 2013
One Million Moms For Gun Control: Origins Of A Movement
When Donna Dees Thomases, creator of the Million Mom March, learned what Watts was doing, she called and offered her blessing. “It’s a relay race,” she says. “And this is the passing of the baton. We will look back on…
January 25, 2013
I Might Be a Dad (and a Grandfather) But I Join With The One Million Moms
From the Heart Rabbi Gary S. Creditor Rabbi Gary S. CreditorIn my continuing involvement in the fight against violence in our culture and county while joining with others to effect gun control that is logical and practical,…
January 25, 2013
One Million Moms for Gun Control Gets Vital Help From Vancouver Company
The National Rifle Association has been organizing themselves since 1871. We are playing catch-up, and we are using social media, specifically FundRazr, to rapidly do that as well as to secure the dollars we need to successfully move forward.
January 25, 2013
Se presenta proyecto de ley que prohibe armas automaticas
WFDC News January 24, 2013. 06:02 PM Washington DC (EVC) Una coalicion de senadores, alcaldes y victimas de la violencia con armas de fuego anunciaron hoy un proyecto de ley para prohibir la venta de los fusiles de asalto.
January 24, 2013
Not Quite One Million Moms
I was finally doing something. And something was probably better than nothing. Our hand-painted protest signs were like bright splashes of hope against the gray winter sky. — Julie Flynn Badal, Mother and Writer…
January 24, 2013
1MM4GC Founder Shannon Watts On MSNBC As Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California reintroduces the assault weapons
Shannon Watts, founder of One Million Moms for Gun Control, talks with Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox and Megan Hughes about gun control. They speak on Bloomberg Television’s “Taking Stock.” (Source: Bloomberg) Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, on Thursday introduced a bill…
January 24, 2013
San Francisco Chronicle – Million Moms group pushes for gun control
I think the last election demonstrated the collective power of women. When they care about an issue, and they mobilize, they feel really empowered to make a difference. — Michelle Sandberg, M.D., Pediatrician, Mother of three…
January 23, 2013
Stronger Gun Laws: The Next Women’s Issue?
With women deciding the election for Obama, a gap on stronger gun laws could be a defining issue in elections to come. Pew notes men are divided as to whether Obama’s proposed gun policies are “about right” or “go too…
January 23, 2013
One Million Moms Make a Case for Stricter Gun Control
It’s not tough to imagine what a woman — or any parent, for that matter — will do when it comes to ensuring the safety of their child. — Michaela Pommells, Anti-bias Activist, Organizer, Educator Many parents…
January 21, 2013
One Million Moms For Gun Control Rally In NYC
Moms: We can never back down from our newfound conviction and resolution to strengthen this country’s gun regulations. We will not go back to letting the National Rifle Association and Congress and State Legislatures tell us how to keep our…
January 21, 2013
The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door by Pam Allyn
Today, January 21, I am joining with One Million Moms for Gun Control to walk in a rally to call attention to the need to create a safer, nonviolent world for children. — Pam Allyn, literacy and education expert…
January 21, 2013
Obama’s Gun-Control Has This Growing Mom Movement Behind It
By Scott Goodson, Contributor, Forbes If you start to see 1MM4GC chalked on your sidewalk or bus shelter, don’t assume it’s urban graffiti. Scott GoodsonFor…
January 21, 2013
A Million Moms Against Gun Violence by Shannon Watts
Moms across the country express their love for their children AND their demand for new gun control laws. The Second Amendment does not make this an “either/or” conversation: Americans can own guns and be responsible; our children can…
January 21, 2013
Gun-Control Advocate Looking for a Million Good Moms
When you see 6- and 7-year-old babies shot 11 times in a classroom, a place we consider a safe haven, that’s a tipping point. The N.R.A. outlined how they saw the vision of America. That future is everyone is armed…
January 20, 2013
1MM4GC National Events on Jan. 26
One Million Moms for Gun Control is sponsoring and co-sponsoring marches and rallies throughout the nation on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 to demand action on common-sense gun control laws. One Million Moms for Gun Control will co-sponsor the…
January 20, 2013
1MM4GC Local Chapters On Facebook
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January 20, 2013
Up Close: Gun Control ABC7 New York With Kim Russell And Marie Delus from 1MM4GC
Kim Russell, National Director of Chapter Outreach, One Million Moms For Gun Control and Marie Delus from the Brooklyn Chapter discuss, their personal involvement with gun violence and activism inspired by the tragedy at the Newtown, CT shooting massacre.
January 20, 2013
One Million Moms 4 Gun Control Kim Russell NY1 Television Interview
There are many issues that have led to our current epidemic of gun violence. I think they all need to be addressed. Mental health, our culture of video games, etc. WE are addressing gun regulations. —…
January 20, 2013
Press Releases
Click to download PDF October 17, 2013 – MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA WISCONSIN CHAPTER TO HOLD DOMESTIC GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS EVENT October 17, 2013 – MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA SOUTH…
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.