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Moms Make Facebook Safer: Nine Ways Facebook Agreed to Crack Down on Illegal Gun Sales
Facebook has publicly announced changes to its platform that would potentially limit illegal gun sales on the website. These changes will give Facebook users the ability to help make the site safer, and make it harder for people who shouldn’t…
March 5, 2014
Moms Demand Action Applauds Major Moves by Facebook, Instagram to Prevent Illegal Gun Sales on Their Sites
New Policies Follow Moms’ Campaign – 230,000 Supporters Call On Companies to Stop Facilitating Illegal Sales to Minors, Felons and Other Dangerous Prohibited Gun Purchasers Facebook announced today that the company and its popular photo-sharing subsidiary Instagram…
March 5, 2014
Moms Demand Action asks Staples to ban guns in its stores
Via NECN.com The national debate over gun control has landed on the doorstep of a Massachusetts-based company. Members of the Massachusetts chapter of “Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America” brought a petition…
March 3, 2014
Moms Deliver 12,000+ Signatures Asking Staples to Ban Guns in Stores
Massachusetts Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America visits Framingham headquarters to call for gun sense from Staples. Members of the Massachusetts chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America will bring a petition…
February 27, 2014
Moms Demand Action Launches “Mother’s Dream Quilt Project” to Address the National Epidemic of Gun Violence
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America announced today that mothers across the country are coming together to create quilts that symbolize the human toll of gun violence in America. The “Mother’s Dream Quilt Project” takes its name…
February 24, 2014
Moms Demand Action and Facebook in Talks to Stop the Facilitation of Gun Sales to Minors and Dangerous People Online
Moms Reveal Gun Sold Via Facebook to 15-Year-Old Who Took Gun to School, Another Example of Easy Access to Guns on Its Platforms Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America issued a statement today on the latest developments…
February 22, 2014
North Carolina Moms Call on D.A. for Clarification in Toddler Shooting Incident
North Carolina members of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America today called on District Attorney Rick Shaffer to review relevant state law in relation to the shooting of a toddler in Patterson Springs. Three weeks ago a…
February 21, 2014
Facebook and Instagram in Talks With Gun Reform Advocates Seeking to Ban Gun Sales on Social Sites
By Clare O’Connor, Forbes Two of the country’s most influential gun control groups are in talks with Facebook’s legal team in an effort to see gun sales banned on the world’s largest social network and…
February 21, 2014
Smart Guns Protect America
By Shannon Watts, via USA Today New technology will keep the weapons out of the hands of children and criminals. Gun violence is a public health crisis in America. Each day, 33 Americans are murdered…
February 21, 2014
‘Stand Your Ground’ Killed My Son
By Lucia McBath, via USA Today Over the past few weeks, people have talked endlessly about my son, Jordan Davis. Jordan was a really good kid who was warm and fun loving. On Nov. 23,…
February 20, 2014
People Use ‘Facebook Groups’ to Buy, Sell Guns
By Kent Erdahl, Fox 31 Denver It’s more difficult to get a Facebook account, more information is required, than is required to sell a gun on Facebook – Jennifer Hope, Moms Demand Action Colorado…
February 20, 2014
Moms Demand Action Thanks Storm Lake, Iowa Police Department for Exposing How Facebook Makes it Easy for Felons to Get Guns
In response to a news report that the Storm Lake, IA, police department jailed a felon who tried to acquire a gun via Facebook from an undercover officer, Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts released…
February 19, 2014
Georgia Bill Would Lead To Guns In Airports, Bars, Churches, Elementary Schools, And Libraries
BY Nicole Flatow, ThinkProgress The Georgia House passed a bill Tuesday to allow guns in places of worship, bars, government buildings without security checkpoints, and even eliminate criminal charges for those who accidentally bring their…
February 19, 2014
South Carolina Moms Applaud Bipartisan Vote to Defeat S115, Bill to Allow Open Carry With No Background Check or Training
Senate Judiciary Committee Overwhelmingly Voted Down Reckless Gun Bill Yesterday, the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly voted down (4-17) Senate Bill 115, which would have allowed the open carry of firearms in public without a background check or…
February 16, 2014
Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts Responds to Verdict in Trial of Jordan Davis’s Killer; Jordan’s Mother, Lucia Mcbath, Is National Spokesperson
We are saddened and disappointed that the jury in the trial of Jordan Davis’s killer was unable to reach a full verdict. Our hearts are with Jordan’s family as they learn that they will have to bear another trial…
February 12, 2014
Nearly 30 people have been killed at school since Newtown
By Michele Richinick, MSNBC.com Students across the country have lost their sense of security. They have spent countless hours of their education on lockdown…wondering what they would do if a gunman was at their door.
February 12, 2014
New Analysis Breaks Down 44 School Shootings Since Sandy Hook Tragedy; Moms Ask Congress to Heal Their Broken Hearts and Urge Action on Safer Gun Laws
Analysis from Moms Demand Action and Mayors Against Illegal Guns Unveils Several Themes to School Shootings: www.DemandAction.org/SchoolShootings Today, Moms Demand Action and Mayors Against Illegal Guns released an analysis of school shootings in America since…
February 11, 2014
South Carolina Chapter of Moms Demand Action Denounces S308, Supports Businesses in Prohibiting Firearms
Gov. Haley to Sign S308 Allowing Guns in Bars and Restaurants Serving Alcohol Today Today, Governor Nikki Haley will sign into law Senate Bill 308 allowing loaded, concealed guns in all South Carolina establishments that serve alcohol including bars,…
February 8, 2014
Members of Oregon Chapter of Moms Demand Action Testify in Support of Senate Bill 1551
Moms Travel to Salem to Press for Expanded Background Checks on All Oregon Gun Sales On Thurs., Feb. 6, members of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America will participate in the Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Senate…
February 7, 2014
Moms Demand Action Releases Its Take on Facebook Anniversary Videos With a “Closer Look” at Gun Sales on the Social Network
On the heels of Facebook’s 10th anniversary and the “look back” videos that have dominated newsfeeds this week, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America today released its own riff on the videos to take a “closer look”…
February 6, 2014
Statement by Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts on Defeat of the Paul Amendment to Allow Loaded Guns in Post Offices
We are pleased the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs rejected an NRA-backed measure today that would have allowed concealed, loaded guns to be carried in post offices. Moms from across the country came out in full…
February 6, 2014
Statement by Moms Demand Action Founder, Shannon Watts, on Wendy Davis’s Open Carry Announcement
Earlier today, Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis announced that she supports new laws that would allow Texans to openly carry loaded firearms in public. Davis’s position is disappointing and dangerous given that there is no federal or state requirement…
February 5, 2014
Are People Selling Guns On Facebook?
By Mike Hayes, BuzzFeed Facebook says no. At least one large gun-community page suggests otherwise. “S&W 500! Paid 1200, 25 rounds spent! I’m in Texas and newmexico. Looking to trade for a nice AK or…
February 3, 2014
Statement from Shannon Watts, Founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, as Trial Begins Against the Killer of Jordan Davis
The trial of Michael Dunn, who shot and killed Jordan Davis in November 2012 in a dispute over loud music at a Jacksonville, Fla., gas station, began today. Dunn is expected to invoke Florida’s Stand Your Ground law in…
Did you know
Black Americans are nearly twice as likely as white Americans to die from COVID-19 and more than 10 times as likely to die from gun homicide.
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, “Gun Violence and COVID-19 in 2020: A Year of Colliding Crises,” May 7, 2021, https://everytownresearch.org/report/gun-violence-and-covid-19-in-2020-a-year-of-colliding-crises/.
