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

January 12, 2013

By Mike Corbin – [email protected] | @WIBC_MikeCorbin

Click to listen to Shannon Watts' interview by Mike Corbin, WIBC.

Click to listen to Shannon Watts’ interview by Mike Corbin, WIBC.

One Million Moms for Gun Control Founder Shannon Watts says their goal is to demand stronger gun laws at the federal and state level. Watts says they’re not going to “allow inaction.” Watts says nothing happened after shootings at Virginia Tech, Aurora, Colorado or Tuscon, Arizona.

Shannon Watts, Founder

Shannon Watts, Founder

She says they want a ban on assault weapons, background checks on all firearms purchases and a crack down on concealed weapons.

The rally and march are set for New York City January 21st and Washington, D.C. January 26th. Watts says her group now has dozens of chapters across the nation.

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