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Moms Want Coffee Without Guns
As a member of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, I am shocked and confused as to why Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz recently banned smoking within 25 feet of Starbucks stores, but continues to allow customers to carry…
June 18, 2013
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Demands Tougher Gun Laws
via KHOU.com Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and members of Mom’s Demand Action gathered in Houston Monday to raise awareness about gun laws. It has been six months since the gun massacre tragedy at Sandy Hook…
June 17, 2013
Groups Push For Tighter Gun Laws 6 Months After Sandy Hook Shooting
Activists in Ohio joined protestors in ten different states Friday, calling on Congress to tighten gun laws. It’s been six months since 20 children and six adults were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn. Friday…
June 14, 2013
Moms Demand Action’s Jennifer Fiore calls for ‘more people power’ to move gun control reform
“Viewpoint” host John Fugelsang and Jennifer Fiore, VP of Public Affairs at Moms Demand Action, discuss this past week’s press conference and other events on Capitol Hill attended by families and supporters of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting victims.
June 13, 2013
Packing heat with your hot coffee
As a member of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, I am shocked and confused over why Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz recently banned smoking within 25 feet of the company’s coffee shops but continues to allow customers to…
June 11, 2013
Groups Target Video-Game Manufacturers In New Campaign
We are outraged that video-game companies and gun manufacturers are entering into deals to market guns to our children, particularly given the real-life epidemic of gun violence in America. by Sam Stein, Political Reporter at the…
June 11, 2013
Game Over – Video Game Industry Urged to Stop Promoting Guns and Gun Manufacturers
Washington, DC – According to a new report out today, video game manufacturers are signing profitable licensing agreements and product placement deals with the gun industry, and providing a dangerous promotional platform for assault weapons and other military-style weapons,…
June 10, 2013
Moms Demand Action’s Shannon Watts on Current TV
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America Founder Shannon Watts discusses the current state of legislative actions and our new corporate responsibility campaign on Current TV’s The War Room. [responsive_youtube kxaYchO30e4]…
June 7, 2013
Moms Demand Action IL Calls on Gov. Quinn to Veto Concealed Carry Bill
Moms Demand Action members are calling on Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to veto the Concealed Carry bill that would significantly weaken or invalidate local gun ordinances. [responsive_youtube 4snlnqugAoI]…
June 6, 2013
Moms Demand Action Announces Endorsement of Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts in U.S. Senate Race
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America announced today that it will endorse Rep. Ed Markey in the U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts. Moms Demand Action – a national nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots organization that educates, motivates, and mobilizes…
June 1, 2013
NPR mentions Starbucks and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
via NPR The Two-Way Starting Saturday, according to signs posted in its more than 7,000 shops across the U.S. and Canada, “the no-smoking policy … will include outdoor areas.” “Smoking will be restricted within 25…
May 31, 2013
Starbucks Bans Smoking, But Allows Guns In Stores?
Starbucks is banning smoking within 25 feet of its stores starting June 1. The ban is being put in place to protect customers’ health, even in states where laws don’t prevent smoking outside. However, Starbucks refuses to ban loaded…
May 30, 2013
Moms Demand Action’s Shannon Watts on MSNBC
Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts discusses the state of common-sense gun legislation in the US on MSNBC. [responsive_youtube cJJhEK1UTI4]…
May 29, 2013
Moms Demand Action featured on MSNBC’s The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell
Moms Demand Action featured on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, as New Republic’s Alec MacGillis discusses his article “This Is How the NRA Ends”. [responsive_youtube Tj-eHYGUWRs]…
May 28, 2013
This Is How the NRA Ends
Before the background-check vote, 240 women from 38 states flew to Washington on their own dimes to visit their senators’ offices. Their message, Fiore says, was that they were the “mainstream,” disgusted with the status quo. Watts met her senator,…
May 12, 2013
MSNBC Reports on Moms Demand Action Mother’s Day Events
This Mother’s Day Weekend, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America hosted events across the United States in honor of mothers and to support the Mother’s Bill of Rights. [responsive_youtube 0MAN-SgsO18]…
May 8, 2013
Keep Your Flowers on Mother’s Day, I Want My Rights
This Mother’s Day, eight American mothers will wake up having lost a child to gun violence the day before. Another eight mothers will go to bed having lost their children to gun violence on Mother’s Day.
May 1, 2013
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow features Moms Demand Action’s New Video “How many more rounds, part II?”
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-rachel-maddow-show/51725834…
April 29, 2013
Deja Vu – VIDEO: “How Many More Rounds Part II?”
[responsive_youtube JQWd-edKL4c] MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA LAUNCHES NEW VIDEO AFTER SENATE FAILS TO ACT Moms Demand Action has launched another video to spur new action by the public after the Senate recently failed to pass common-sense…
April 28, 2013
Armed In America
Rights are not unlimited. The first amendment grants us the right to free speech, but that doesn’t mean you can threaten to bomb an airport or yell fire in a theatre or collect child pornography. By…
April 27, 2013
Heather Whaley, Mom, Prank Calls Senator Bob Corker To Advocate For Gun Control (VIDEO)
[responsive_youtube GmR-bN59Vu0] Frustrated after the Senate bill to expand gun background checks failed earlier this month, Heather Whaley has taken matters into her own hands. A member of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, she is practicing…
April 25, 2013
Scarborough Shreds Sen. For Caving To Minority In One Of ‘Saddest, Most Pathetic’ Votes ‘I’ve Ever Seen’
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April 21, 2013
Gun control supporters protest outside Sen. Jeff Flake’s Tucson office
(watch video content) by Samantha Ptashkin TUCSON- It was the shout heard ’round the Senate chamber. But January 8 shooting survivor Patricia Maisch says she wouldn’t take back her outburst after Wednesday’s vote…
April 21, 2013
Atlanta Residents Protest Senate Gun Amendment Vote
We see the NRA has a stronghold on you. We see that you seem to care more about you’re a rating with the NRA than the public safety of our children and our citizens. — Melinda Ennis, co-president…
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/.
