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January 17, 2013

Kathleen Turner, Shannon Watts and others, to speak at D.C. gun control march

One Million Moms for Gun Control was founded on Dec. 14, 2012 by Indiana mother Sharon Watts. The organization has established nearly 75 branches across the country. In addition to joining the March on Washington for Gun Control, 1MM4GC’s New…
January 17, 2013

Declaración Official Un Millión de Madres para el Control de Armas (1MM4GC)

Declaración Official Un Millión de Madres para el Control de Armas (1MM4GC) La legislación propuesta hoy por el President Obama mejorará la seguridad de nuestros hijos en ciudades, zonas rurales, y en las afueras de la ciudad.(Indianapolis,…
January 17, 2013

From Washington, D.C. to Seattle, Washington The Day Was About Reducing Gun Violence, Deaths

Click for PDF of President Obama’s plan to reduce gun violence. We have to examine ourselves in our hearts, and ask yourselves what is important? This will not happen, unless the American people demand it. If parents…
January 16, 2013

One Million Moms for Gun Control … Moms rise up once again

Images from the Moms Demand Action campaign State Rep. Stacey Newman (St. Louis, MO) As a former Million Mom who marched on the front lines with my then 7 year old daughter and 750,000 others…
January 16, 2013

One Million Moms For Gun Control Supports The Obama Administration Efforts To Reduce Gun Violence

Proposal calls for universal background checks for all purchasers and other common sense measures President Obama signs 23 Executive Orders to aid in the reduction of gun violence on January 16, 2013. He calls on the American people…
January 16, 2013

Gun violence survivor Kim Russell: ‘I feel much safer’ in New York because of Cuomo’s new law

I am so grateful to be a New Yorker now. I feel much safer. Hopefully his law will set the standard for the country. — Kim Russell, National Director of Chapter Outreach, One Million Moms For Gun…
January 15, 2013

Texas Rep. Dan Flynn’s Bill Wants To Reduce Handgun Proficiency Training Hours

We want our children to be safe. Data shows that we can implement reasonable gun legislation while not undermining people’s right to self-defense and to hunt. — Jane, member of One Million Moms For Gun Control Flynn…
January 14, 2013

812 Shot To Death Since Newtown Massacre One Month Ago

Dear President Obama, I am 12 years old and in seventh grade. We have lockdown drills for if someone enters the school. I always looked at those as drills we just have to do. I…
January 13, 2013

Phone Calls Pressure Elected Officials To Act On Gun Control Laws

Most of the 200 calls to the office of Rep. Mike Doyle, a Forest Hills, PA Democrat, were ‘very heavily in favor of doing something.’ Gun Debate Lights Up Congressional Phone Lines Gun stores across the nation have reported brisk…
January 13, 2013

Albany, New York Letter: Gun reform needs much stronger lobby

NRA members are willing to spend $35 per year in order to advance their interests. What are we willing to spend to protect our families from military-style weapons? — Lisa Ribeiro, Albany, New York The NRA…
January 13, 2013

Norwalk, CT Mom Doesn’t Want To Talk About Gun Control Any More

This is not about dialogue. This is about action; this is about motivating people to reach out online, with handwritten letters, with in-person protests and rallies to their lawmakers. — Kara Baekey, Fairfield (CT) County chapter of One Million…
January 12, 2013

Indy-based One Million Moms for Gun Control Planning Major March In DC And Rally In NYC

By Mike Corbin – [email protected] | @WIBC_MikeCorbin Click to listen to Shannon Watts’ interview by Mike Corbin, WIBC. One Million Moms for Gun…
January 12, 2013

Columbus Chapter of One Million Moms for Gun Control Gaining Momentum With Social Media

When I was a kid, I had a gun held on me as a threat … as a mom I just want public places to be safe for my kid … it makes me angry that…
January 12, 2013

ln Sacramento, One Million Moms For Gun Control Calls Common Sense Gun Control Debate

Children are now going to school worried whether or not they are going to live through the day. We’re not anti-gun but we don’t want guns in the hands of people who are unstable or…
January 11, 2013

Republican Joe Scarborough: NRA is protecting gun manufacturers, not the Second Amendment

Can we just break through the BS?” Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough said on Friday’s Morning Joe. “This is not—for the NRA—about Second Amendment rights.This is about gun manufacturers making millions and millions and millions of dollars. This is about…
January 11, 2013

Two Students From Palo Alto’s (CA) Castilleja High School Create Video In Tribute Of Newtown Massacre Victims

Palo Alto Castilleja High School students Nayanika Kapoor and Katja Teichmann made this film in honor of the victims of Sandy Hook and to thank the members of One Million Moms for Gun Control for coming together to demand new…
January 11, 2013

Local voices on gun control issue speaking loud and clear to Washington D.C.

We have to keep the Second Amendment, but look at common sense regulation that will assure that when I send my son to school everyday, he’s gonna come back and right now those laws are not in place.
January 10, 2013

One Million Moms For Gun Control Calls For Common Sense Compromise on Gun Laws

“We just want some common sense compromise, and approach … so that our kids can go to school and come home alive — One Million Moms For Gun Control” (video file embedded)…
January 10, 2013

ONE MILLION MOMS FOR GUN CONTROL ANNOUNCES DEMONSTRATIONS IN NYC AND DC

Moms Who Can’t Attend to Participate in Local and Virtual Gatherings (Indianapolis, IN) One Million Moms for Gun Control announced today that it would sponsor and co-sponsor several major events in January to demand action on common-sense gun control…
January 10, 2013

Reframing the Gun Debate – This time things are different – By Charles M. Blow

The White House is weighing a far broader and more comprehensive approach to curbing the nation’s gun violence than simply reinstating an expired ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition, according to multiple people involved in the administration’s discussions.
January 10, 2013

Can Mothers Help Frame the Gun Control Conversation in America?

Maybe, by coming together, we can focus attention on the need for better access to mental health services; challenge the notion that owning semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines is inscribed in the Constitution and rally elected officials on both…
January 10, 2013

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January 9, 2013

ONE MILLION MOMS FOR GUN CONTROL TO CO-SPONSOR MARCH IN WASHINGTON, DC

Moms Who Can’t Make it to the Beltway to March Locally (Indianapolis, IN) One Million Moms for Gun Control announced today that it will co-sponsor the March on Washington for Gun Control in Washington, DC, on Sat., Jan…
January 8, 2013

Cleveland, Ohio Moms On a Gun Control Mission – WOIO

In the tradition of the Mothers Against Drunk Driving the One Million Moms Movement for Gun Control is raising its voice to put a stop to gun violence across America, including right here in northeast Ohio. — Lisa…

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.