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At RI State House, ‘Moms’ call for stricter gun control, part of national action 3 months after Sandy Hook shootings
By Providence Journal / Philip Marcelo PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A group of Rhode Island mothers were gathering at the State House Thursday afternoon as part of a national call for stricter gun control measures. The newly-formed chapter of…
April 4, 2013
Group considers how gun control could affect domestic violence
Jay Plant, of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which hosted the nationwide events, said universal background checks would save women’s lives. Citing coalition statistics, he said that 38 percent fewer women are shot to death by intimate…
April 3, 2013
Inside the Beltway: Aiming at the NRA
While it is not surprising that an organization driven by profit would stop at nothing to boost the sales of the products it promotes, the NRA leadership’s suggestion that an armed guard be stationed in ‘every single school’ across America…
April 1, 2013
Moms: Pass common sense gun control legislation — MSNBC’s The Cycle
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March 31, 2013
Dozens in Kentuckiana join national fight for gun laws
(video content) by Chelsea Rabideau, WHAS11.com LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) — Thursday, the President called on Congress to pass stricter gun laws. He also called on Americans to make their voices heard.
March 31, 2013
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, others rally for gun-control measures
Sara Howard of Webster Groves, holds her daughter Olivia Wyche, 5, as they attend a rally by the St. Louis chapter of the national group Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense In America on Saturday, March 30, 2013 in Kiener…
March 30, 2013
Gun control debate comes to Indianapolis
13 WTHR Indianapolis video content INDIANAPOLIS – Two Indiana moms clashed at the Statehouse Thursday, but only one side was armed. They were seriously outgunned, but the group Moms Demand Action were undeterred. Nicky McNally…
March 30, 2013
Moms demonstrate for gun control, armed men stage counter-protest in Indiana
Posted by Diana Reese It all depends on your point of view. On Thursday, the same day that President Obama gave an emotional speech on gun violence to the nation, with several members of Moms…
March 29, 2013
Moms Demand Action on Current TV’s ‘Viewpoint’
The Senators and Congressmen work for us. If we make our voices heard, they need to listen. Our voices are important. — Kim Russell, National Director of Communications, Moms Demand Action (video content)…
March 29, 2013
Mobilizing to prevent further gun violence
From left, Rep. Stacey Newman, Shannon Watts and Dr. Michelle Sandberg. by state Rep. Stacey Newman, Dr. Michelle Sandberg and Shannon Watts We were strangers before the Newtown, Conn., massacre of 20 6- and 7-year-olds…
March 28, 2013
Moms Demand Action’s Katerina Rodgaard on CNN — OBAMA: “Shame On Us If We’ve Forgotten”
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.
March 28, 2013
Moms Demand Action member Katerina Rodgaard introduces President Obama before speech on Common Sense Measures to Protect Children From Gun Violence
(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,…
March 27, 2013
‘Moms Demand Action’ pushes gun bill in Annapolis
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…
March 26, 2013
Michael Moore: ‘We want to join hands with all NRA members’ who are rational
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…
March 22, 2013
Mass shootings turn Orange County, CA mom into gun control activist
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.
March 21, 2013
Moms Demand Action Impact on The Hill on The Ed Show
Click for video content. Gun debate featured on the Ed Show, Wednesday, March 20, 2013…
March 18, 2013
The Gun Debate In Congress – The Diane Rehm Show
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…
March 18, 2013
The Second Amendment does not imply unlimited access to weapons
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…
March 17, 2013
RANDALL BEACH: Enough is enough: A mom and her daughter go to Washington
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…
March 16, 2013
Boulder sees hundreds turn out to exercise gun rights, or protest
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…
March 16, 2013
In Washington, Ohio Moms Push for Gun Control
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…
March 16, 2013
Moms, Now 80 Chapters and 80,000 Members, Make the Case for Gun Control
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…
March 15, 2013
Hoosier moms lobby for gun control legislation on Capitol Hill
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…
March 14, 2013
OFFICIAL STATEMENT — Senate Judiciary Committee passes Assault Weapons Ban
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…
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/.
