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“Moms can make a difference” — From allParenting.com
“I am here because I am a mom.” Shannon Watts, Founder, One Million Moms For Gun Control addresses the crowd at the “March On Washington For Gun Control” on January 26, 2013. We have to confront the fact that guns,…
February 2, 2013
“This Is Officially A Movement” — Shannon Watts, Founder
I am not a politician. I am a mom from Indiana. I am an accidental activist. — Shannon Watts, Founder, One Million Moms For Gun Control [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR_KUIHEnts&w=676&h=380] “I am not a politician.
February 1, 2013
The Debate Over Gun Control – KSEE24 News
I feel now is the time. I feel the actions we take will save lives. We feel these changes are moderate. We feel these changes are common sense and long overdue. — Christine Tachner, San Francisco…
February 1, 2013
One Million Moms For Gun Control’s Jennifer Fiore At Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Gun Control
WASHINGTON — Jennifer Fiore, One Million Moms For Gun Control member, was just one of the hundreds of people who packed the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room Wednesday, January 30, 2013. The busy, working mom of three was hoping…
January 31, 2013
One Million Moms for Gun Control: In Illinois, the NRA’s Ambassadors Tried to Silence Us. We Won’t Let Them
It’s a shame that the NRA/IRA chose to engage in intimidation and boorish behavior instead of listening to the other side. I am hoping that the rational, responsible, and respectful membership of the NRA stands up and sets an example…
January 30, 2013
California 19th district Representative Zoe Lofgren Meets With One Million Moms For Gun Control
In honor of the victims of Sandy Hook, please share this post with 26 friends and help us spread the word. California 19th district Representative Zoe Lofgren at a meeting with representatives from One Million Moms For Gun…
January 30, 2013
Send an Email to Your Congressional Representative Today!
One Million Moms for Gun Control was present when Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced her assault weapons ban, and today our members are on the Hill attending the first Senate hearing on gun violence since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook…
January 30, 2013
How Thousands Of Mothers Plan To Take On The Powerful NRA
Women and mothers elected Obama and we can do the same thing for gun control. The rights of the few should not overcome the safety of the majority. We are in this for the long haul, this is not a…
January 29, 2013
Shannon Watts Talks Common Sense Gun Legislation Ideas On Current TV
I think this (Newtown) was the tipping point in this country. When moms see 6 and 7-year-old babies shot eleven times each – things don’t go back to normal. That was the 16th mass shooting in 2012. We thought we…
January 29, 2013
Sandy Hook Parents’ Testimony to Legislature Reflects Divide on Guns
Outside the building… women from groups like March for Change and One Million Moms for Gun Control, which are calling for stricter gun laws, stood far outnumbered by gun rights supporters, most of them men.
January 29, 2013
NEWTOWN, CT: Reliving Horror and Faint Hope at Massacre Site
You saw them lifeless, laying down, for a split second, your mind says could this be a mock crime scene, could this be fake, but in the next split second, you’re saying, there is no way. This is real.
January 27, 2013
The Gun Challenge: What We Don’t Know Is Killing Us
President Obama signs 23 Executive Orders to aid in the reduction of gun violence on January 16, 2013. He calls on Congress to take further actions.In one of the 23 executive orders on…
January 27, 2013
Selling a New Generation on Guns by The New York Times
A junior shooter receiving tips on a military rifle last fall from an Army marksmanship instructor at a clinic at Fort Benning, Ga. Youth shooting clinics and competitions often receive financial support or supplies from firearms-related businesses.
January 27, 2013
This Is What a Gun Control March on Washington Looks Like
By Connor Simpson, The Atlantic Wire It was cold in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from participating in…
January 26, 2013
BNN News Interviews One Million Moms for Gun Control’s Dawn Tingras and Molly Malloy
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ydT0UUVgDE&w=681&h=511] Dawn Tingras and Molly Malloy from One Million Moms for Gun Control’s Greater Boston Area Chapter on Facebook…
January 25, 2013
One Million Moms For Gun Control: Origins Of A Movement
When Donna Dees Thomases, creator of the Million Mom March, learned what Watts was doing, she called and offered her blessing. “It’s a relay race,” she says. “And this is the passing of the baton. We will look back on…
January 25, 2013
I Might Be a Dad (and a Grandfather) But I Join With The One Million Moms
From the Heart Rabbi Gary S. Creditor Rabbi Gary S. CreditorIn my continuing involvement in the fight against violence in our culture and county while joining with others to effect gun control that is logical and practical,…
January 25, 2013
One Million Moms for Gun Control Gets Vital Help From Vancouver Company
The National Rifle Association has been organizing themselves since 1871. We are playing catch-up, and we are using social media, specifically FundRazr, to rapidly do that as well as to secure the dollars we need to successfully move forward.
January 25, 2013
Se presenta proyecto de ley que prohibe armas automaticas
WFDC News January 24, 2013. 06:02 PM Washington DC (EVC) Una coalicion de senadores, alcaldes y victimas de la violencia con armas de fuego anunciaron hoy un proyecto de ley para prohibir la venta de los fusiles de asalto.
January 24, 2013
Not Quite One Million Moms
I was finally doing something. And something was probably better than nothing. Our hand-painted protest signs were like bright splashes of hope against the gray winter sky. — Julie Flynn Badal, Mother and Writer…
January 24, 2013
1MM4GC Founder Shannon Watts On MSNBC As Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California reintroduces the assault weapons
Shannon Watts, founder of One Million Moms for Gun Control, talks with Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox and Megan Hughes about gun control. They speak on Bloomberg Television’s “Taking Stock.” (Source: Bloomberg) Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, on Thursday introduced a bill…
January 24, 2013
San Francisco Chronicle – Million Moms group pushes for gun control
I think the last election demonstrated the collective power of women. When they care about an issue, and they mobilize, they feel really empowered to make a difference. — Michelle Sandberg, M.D., Pediatrician, Mother of three…
January 24, 2013
Stronger Gun Laws: The Next Women’s Issue?
With women deciding the election for Obama, a gap on stronger gun laws could be a defining issue in elections to come. Pew notes men are divided as to whether Obama’s proposed gun policies are “about right” or “go too…
January 23, 2013
One Million Moms Make a Case for Stricter Gun Control
It’s not tough to imagine what a woman — or any parent, for that matter — will do when it comes to ensuring the safety of their child. — Michaela Pommells, Anti-bias Activist, Organizer, Educator Many parents…
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/.
