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Moms Take The Hill: Mountain View Mom Pushes for Tougher Gun Control Laws
Several members of the Bay Area contingent of Moms Demand Action flew together to D.C. from SFO. Here are Amanda Mortimer of Ross, Sarit Schube of Palo Alto, Sara Smirin of Los Altos, Christine Tachner of Mountain View, Hilary Weisfeld…
March 13, 2013
Clinton Hill Dad to Discuss Gun Control in D.C. Wednesday
In a country where eight children are shot and killed every day, it is imperative that Congressional representatives hear directly and frequently from American mothers. — Shannon Watts, Founder, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
March 12, 2013
Local Philadelphia mothers rally for gun control laws
A group of 30 area mothers will travel to Washington, DC., on Wednesday to lobby for “common-sense gun laws” as part of an event organized by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. About 200 mothers from over…
March 12, 2013
Michigan women lobbying Congress on gun legislation
By STEVE CARMODY, michiganradio.org Several Michigan women are on their way to Washington D.C. to lobby members of Congress for stricter national gun laws. They’ll be part of a major lobbying effort on Wednesday, March…
March 12, 2013
Montclair, New Jersey Moms ‘Take the Hill Day’ in Washington, D.C. on March 13
By Donna Henschel, nj.com Over 200 moms from more than 30 states will travel to Washington, DC, on Wed., March 13, 2013 to participate in ”Moms Take the Hill”, a grassroots event organized by Moms…
March 12, 2013
Moms Take the Hill Day™
We are from diverse backgrounds and professions, and from different parts of the country … we are busy with children, families and work, but urgency of this issue has prompted us to travel at our own expense to the Capitol…
March 11, 2013
Bay Area moms take gun control message to Washington
(watch video content) From KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA Nearly a dozen Bay Area moms will take their gun control message to Washington D.C. next Wednesday. The group “Moms Take the Hill”…
March 10, 2013
Indiana Statehouse site of dueling protests over gun rights
(Mobile: click for video link) By Michael Boren, indystar.com A group fighting for gun control and another fighting for gun rights protested on two sides of the Indiana Statehouse Saturday morning.
March 10, 2013
After Losing Stepson in Gun Death, Illinois Business Owner Donates to Gun Safety Group
Genetta Jackson, owner of King’s Kloset in Oak Park, will donate 30 percent of proceeds from this Sunday to the gun safety advocacy group Moms Demand Action.
March 10, 2013
Gun control moms shed their fear, find their political voice
The gun control advocates’ passion and willingness to personally step up and make a difference puts them in the same camp as historic social movements, like the fight for civil rights. — Todd Gitlin, journalism and sociology professor.
March 9, 2013
Mid-Michigan moms urge U.S. Rep Tim Walberg to support gun safety background checks for all buyers
This poll confirms that most of our neighbors want laws changed to require a background check for all gun sales. Local families will feel safer if Congress passes universal background checks — Dr. Linda Brundage, Mid-Michigan Chapter,…
March 9, 2013
Video: Lafayette, Indiana moms square off over gun control Statehouse rally today; advocates forming local group
Written by Jessica Contrera, jconline.com “It broke me.” “It was the tipping point.” “It ripped me to the core.” These are all statements made by Greater Lafayette moms about their reactions to the Sandy…
March 9, 2013
Guns! Guns! Guns! Thousands Sign Petition to Stop Pro-Gun Publicity Stunt Bills: “Get Serious Or Go Home”
Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action delivering firearm petition: Resa Dudley, Wanda Thompson, Taunia Adams, Rylee Hirschvogel, Rep. Stacey Newman and Charmaine Owens. By Sam Levin, riverfronttimes.com Republican Representative Mike Leara wants to…
March 8, 2013
Parents need to stand up to NRA
Concerned citizens just need to stand up and show our politicians what it looks like to not cower to the NRA bully. — Carin Gordon, Walla Walla, WA Letter To The Editor Union-Bulletin…
March 7, 2013
NY Mom Makes Her Voice Heard On Gun Safety And Challenges You To Do The Same
(watch video content) by Off The Sidelines | March 07, 2013 The sheer horror of the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings last year served as a real wake up call for so…
March 7, 2013
Remembering Sandy Hook on the way to Congress
Neil Heslin, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, shares a voicemail message of Jesse wishing him a Happy Birthday. (watch video content) Gun-control advocates coming through Baltimore on bikes Monday By Dan Rodricks…
March 6, 2013
New Money Will Be Used to ‘Punish’ Pro-Gun Lawmakers in 2014
Shannon Watts, front row, at right, and other Moms Demanding Action, meet with Sen. Feinstein on Valentine’s Day 2013. Flush with new cash, PACs and activist groups set sights on 2014 candidates…
March 6, 2013
Let’s Make Guns as Cool as Smoking Cigarettes
“Patch In” columnist Heather Borden Herve draws parallels between the public awareness campaign about dangers of smoking and the concurrent push for tougher gun legislation — and suggests what you can do to help. Story and…
March 6, 2013
Rally urges Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake to back gun checks
Photo by Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star TUCSON VICTIMS, GROUPS GATHER AT HIS TUCSON OFFICE by Veronica M. Cruz, Arizona Daily Star Survivors of the Jan. 8, 2011, shooting and members of anti-gun violence organizations gathered Tuesday…
March 6, 2013
Is Drunk Driving the Key to Ending Gun Violence?
It’s difficult to imagine a time when driving drunk carried no social stigma; in the future, we could say the same about purchases without background checks, unlocked guns around children and guns in the hands of the mentally ill.
March 5, 2013
Local Moms Help Lead National Gun Control Movement
On Dec. 13, gun control wasn’t really an issue for me. On Dec. 14, everything really changed. — Dara Sicherman, Moms Demand Action Dara Sicherman stands near her Clinton Hill home. (Photo by Natalia V. Osipova)…
March 5, 2013
Kristen Jordan Shamus: Safer America is one with smarter gun laws
In Michigan, the number of people who died from bullets exceeded the number who died in traffic crashes in 2009, according to research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free…
March 5, 2013
We demand common-sense gun regulations, by Melissa Brooks
Maybe we can start by agreeing that a two-minute background check that won’t hurt anyone and might even save someone is a good and sensible regulation.This is widely supported by gun owners, National Rifle Association members and even the NRA…
March 5, 2013
Gun Control’s Long Game
New York may appear to be divided over its new gun laws, but the short-term battles are mere flesh wounds in a long war to change the culture around violence. By…
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/.
