Moms Demand Action
Everytown Supporters Drive Nearly 100,000 Comments On ATF’s Proposed Ghost Guns Rule
WASHINGTON — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action announced that they drove nearly 100,000 comments in support of ATF’s proposed ghost guns rule. The proposed rule would update the definitions of “firearm” and “frame or receiver” to cover…
April 19, 2014
10 Questions: The Gun Debate with Shannon Watts
By David Gregory, NBC NEWS 1) What motivated you to get involved in the gun debate, especially in starting Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America? The day after 26 Americans were slaughtered in…
April 17, 2014
We Will Fight the NRA With Common Sense
By Michael Bloomberg and Shannon Watts, via CNN A year ago on Thursday, the U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill that would have helped fix our nation’s gun laws by requiring background checks on…
April 16, 2014
New Gun Violence Prevention Group ‘Everytown for Gun Safety’ Unites Mayors, Moms and Millions of Americans on New Paths to Victory
Almost a year after a minority of the U.S. Senate blocked legislation to require comprehensive gun background checks despite near-unanimous public support, a new organization launching today will unite millions of Americans who will work together to end gun…
April 15, 2014
April 16th Events
A year ago, a minority in the Senate voted to block legislation that would have required background checks for all commercial gun sales and saved lives. But even though Congress has stalled, we’ve seen victories in states and cities…
April 15, 2014
Tennessee Moms Demand Action Chapter Applauds House Finance Subcommittee for Opposing Dangerous Gun Bills
Tennessee Moms Thank House Finance Subcommittee for Rejecting Legislation that Would Have Repealed Permitting Requirements for Open Carry of Loaded Guns in Public and Revoked Local Authority To Pass Public Safety Policies The Tennessee chapter of Moms Demand Action…
April 14, 2014
Statement by Tennessee Moms Demand Action Chapter Urging General Assembly to Reject House Bills 2409 and 1407
Tennessee Moms Oppose Bills That Would Repeal Permitting Requirements for the Open Carry of Loaded Handguns in Public and Revoke Local Authority To Pass Public Safety Policies The Tennessee chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America…
April 6, 2014
Mothers Quilt Against Gun Violence
By Gal Tziperman Lotan, The Boston Globe About a dozen women brought old baby blankets, clothing, and scraps of fabric to a Jamaica Plain church hall on Saturday to create quilt squares for an organization…
April 2, 2014
Statement on Shooting at Ft. Hood From Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America released the following statements in response to the shooting at Ft. Hood today in which four people were killed (including the shooter by his own hand)…
March 28, 2014
Washington Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action Applaud Step Forward for Common-Sense Gun Laws As Governor Signs Bill to Protect Women and Children from Domestic Abusers
Legislators Unanimously Supported HB 1840 to Stop Domestic Abusers from Getting Guns While Under a Restraining Order; Governor Inslee Signed Bill Into Law Today Washington Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America today…
