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North Carolina Assembly Passes Dangerous Legislation to Repeal Background Checks on Handguns; Moms Demand Action, Student Demand Action Respond
States March 8, 2014Can the US gun lobby be made to misfire through social media?
By Stuart Dredge, Guardian News Three campaigning groups tell SXSW how they’re using social media to take on the NRA and others “We are going to continue this. We are only 15 months old, and we…
February 19, 2014
South Carolina Moms Applaud Bipartisan Vote to Defeat S115, Bill to Allow Open Carry With No Background Check or Training
Senate Judiciary Committee Overwhelmingly Voted Down Reckless Gun Bill Yesterday, the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly voted down (4-17) Senate Bill 115, which would have allowed the open carry of firearms in public without a background check or…
April 27, 2013
Heather Whaley, Mom, Prank Calls Senator Bob Corker To Advocate For Gun Control (VIDEO)
[responsive_youtube GmR-bN59Vu0] Frustrated after the Senate bill to expand gun background checks failed earlier this month, Heather Whaley has taken matters into her own hands. A member of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, she is practicing…
April 25, 2013
Scarborough Shreds Sen. For Caving To Minority In One Of ‘Saddest, Most Pathetic’ Votes ‘I’ve Ever Seen’
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April 17, 2013
For the mothers of America, this is not the end. It is just the beginning.
(Indianapolis, IN) Wed., April 17, 2013 – Nearly four months after the tragedy that took 20 first-graders’ lives in Connecticut, the mothers of America are sickened by our elected leaders’ inability to enact bipartisan, common-sense gun reforms supported by…
April 10, 2013
“How Many More Rounds?” Featured On MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show
[responsive_vimeo 63792241] Moms Demand Action has launched a campaign to drive support for new and stronger gun laws in America in the aftermath of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. The video, “How many more rounds?,” is…
April 10, 2013
NEW VIDEO: “How Many More Rounds?”
[responsive_youtube qFH1MtYhszs] Share this video (below)! MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA LAUNCHES NEW PUBLIC APPEAL CAMPAIGN LEADING INTO CONGRESSIONAL VOTE Moms Demand Action has launched…
February 6, 2013
Tucson OKs requirement for background checks
Gun-control proponents Judy Aitken, center left, and Karen Clifton (hands in lap) react after the Tucson City Council voted to require background checks for gun sales on city-owned or city-managed property. PHOTO BY…
