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Join our grassroots movement of Americans demanding reasonable solutions to address our nation’s culture of gun violence. @MomsDemand is a part of @Everytown.
Joined December 2012
HUGE WIN FOR GUN SAFETY! In a massive blow to gun extremism, today, the Supreme Court rejected the gun lobby’s challenge to a life-saving ATF rule regulating untraceable ghost guns—weapons of choice for criminals as they can be bought and built without a background check.
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Correction JD Vance: The vast majority of school shooters get their guns from their own home or the home of relatives, not from the cartel. #VPDebate
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One month ago, Justin Blackman was the only student in his school to participate in a #NationalSchoolWalkout. His video chronicling the moment went viral. Today, Justin has been joined by dozens of classmates! Go, Justin!
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How many more people will die before Congress acts?. Text REJECT to 64433: Tell Congress to stand with the American people, NOT the NRA.
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We are calling on U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign in light of reports that she supports conspiracy theories denying the Sandy Hook School and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shootings.
NEW: Georgia Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene agreed with a 2018 Facebook comment that the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was a “false flag” event, and claimed Hillary Clinton and Speaker Pelosi wanted a tragedy to push “gun control.”
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Anthony Borges, 15, barricaded a classroom door with his body, preventing the Parkland gunman from entering and saving 20 people inside. He was shot five times. Our hearts are with Anthony and his family as he continues his recovery at home.
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It's been six years since the lives of 20 children and six educators were taken at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Connecticut. Today, we remain deeply committed to honoring their lives, and all those whose lives have been taken or forever changed by gun violence, with action.
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On March 24, the cast of @ModernFam will be standing in solidarity with Parkland students for @AMarch4OurLives. Text MARCH to 644-33 to find a #MarchForOurLives event near you!
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We're done with "leaders" who refuse to lead on commonsense gun safety laws. It's time to #ThrowThemOut. Join us:
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IT’S WORKING: In the wake of another mass shooting in Texas, our volunteers converged on the Texas State Capitol today, demanding lawmakers take swift action on a bill that would #RaiseTheAge to purchase and possess firearms from 18 to 21! Hours later, the bill advanced! #TxLege
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“Keep speaking up. My god, keep speaking up. It’s working!” - @PeteButtigieg. Moms Demand Action volunteers are on it! We will NEVER quit the fight to end gun violence. #GunSenseForum
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MUST READ: An oped by our founder @shannonrwatts on #StephonClark: "The unlawful shootings of Black and Brown people by law enforcement is gun violence. If we want to end gun violence, then we have to fight the systemic racism that can cause it, too." .
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Schools should be sanctuaries of safety for our children, not where they go to die. Join the millions of Americans demanding our lawmakers stand up to the gun lobby so our children don’t have to stand up to gunmen. Text ACT to 644-33.
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Three years ago today, a gunman entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, and killed 17 students and staff members and injured 17 more. We hold the victims and survivors in our hearts and honor them, and all victims and survivors of gun violence, with action.
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While these guys were busy buying pearl necklaces to mock us, we’ve been busy passing common-sense gun safety laws in state after state. 💅.
Now Vermont gun extremists are wearing pearl necklaces to mock gun safety advocates who support 48-hour waiting period for gun purchases and a safe storage requirement for firearms:
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Our hearts are with the victims, their loved ones and all those impacted by the shooting at Santa Fe High School.
Multiple people are dead in a Santa Fe, Texas, high school shooting, two law enforcement sources say. Follow updates:
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Kendrick Castillo, 18, is the second young person in ONE WEEK to sacrifice his life to save others during a school shooting. Last week, Riley Howell, 21, was fatally shot while attempting to stop a shooter inside his classroom on the UNC Charlotte campus.
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Our thoughts and prayers are with Wayne LaPierre and his cronies at the NRA, who have long put their own self-interests ahead of public safety in order to line their pockets and enrich themselves.
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VICTORY!! Kroger, the nation’s largest grocery retailer, just announced it will ask customers to refrain from openly carry firearms in its stores
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As information emerges about the Aurora, IL shooter, deny him fame; don’t use his name or likeness. Remember the victims, not the shooter. #NoNotoriety.
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On March 24, students in D.C. and across the country will #MarchForOurLives, demanding lawmakers do their jobs and enact commonsense solutions to the gun violence crisis. Get involved.
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NRATV propagates dangerous misinformation and rhetoric that pits Americans against each other and furthers their agenda of guns anywhere, for anyone. Add your name to tell @AppleTV, @Google, @Amazon and @RokuPlayer to #BoycottNRA and #DumpNRATV ➡️
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Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25, was the first victim shot and killed in the Cleveland, Texas mass shooting this weekend. She went to the front door to talk the shooter down and protect her family. She was dedicated to her loved ones, sending support to her relatives in Honduras.
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Today we mourn for Parkland; tomorrow we fight for them. Join the movement to end gun violence: Text ACT to 644-33.
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UPDATE: The sixth grader who was killed in the shooting at Perry High School this week has been identified as 11-year-old Ahmir Jolliff. Our hearts are with Ahmir’s loved ones and the entire Perry community at this painful time.
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“It’s my hope that the Moms Demand Action volunteers who sat through the hearing today will consider running against the men who had the audacity to mock the legislative process.” ~ @shannonrwatts
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Ohio high school senior Gina Warren has decorated her graduation cap with a QR code, linking to a website she created listing students who have died in school shootings. “I want a safer country so no more names are added to that list.”.
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"This past weekend would have been Jaime’s first dance competition of the year. While that was going on, we were visiting the cemetery. I’m tired, but people are counting on me—people with children. I just can’t let it happen to another parent. I can’t."
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UPDATE: The first-grader who found a loaded gun at an Ohio elementary school pointed it at another student. The gun belonged to the school’s transportation director, who was allowed to carry it as part of the district’s plan to arm select staff members.
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Justin Blackman thought no one would care when he walked out of school yesterday to protest our lawmakers inaction on gun violence. Instead, his video went viral.
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NRATV promotes dangerous conspiracy theories, racially charged rhetoric, and violent demonization of the NRA's political opponents. Add your name to tell @AppleTV, @Google, @Amazon, @DIRECTV and @RokuPlayer to #BoycottNRA and #DumpNRATV ➡️
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This is an attempted coup fueled by the President of the United States. This is not a protest — it’s violent, far-right extremism, and it's endangering lives and our democracy at the Capitol right now.
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On the left, attendees of our first annual Gun Sense University Training in 2014; On the right, the #GSU18 crowd. Momentum is on the side of gun safety. #KeepGoing
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Let's thank DICK'S Sporting Goods for making commonsense policy changes in response to calls from survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Leave a message on their Facebook page (, or tweet them a note of thanks on Twitter @DICKS
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One year ago today, a gunman opened fire on a crowd of people at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and injuring over 800 more. Today, we are remembering the victims and survivors—not the shooter—and recommit to acting in their honor. #NoNotoriety
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Today on National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Americans from coast to coast are wearing orange to honor victims and survivors of gun violence, and to call attention to this crisis that takes 100 lives and injures hundreds more every single day. #WearOrange
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GUT-WRENCHING: @Time describes life for some whose children died in school shootings:. "The days and months that follow a child’s murder can resemble a kind of fugue state. Many find themselves slipping back into old routines, designed around a child who is no longer there.".
TIME’s new cover: Parents who lost children in school shootings find comfort in a group no one wants to join
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"By 2020, all eligible Millenials will be able to vote. All 90 million of them."
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We agree, @ChelseaClinton: Teachers are trained to teach, not to provide armed security. Educators, join us in fighting the gun lobby's efforts to force guns into schools. Text EDUCATORS to 64433.
ARMING TEACHERS? @ChelseaClinton weighs in on the possible solution to ending school shootings: "We expect so much out of our teachers — we expect them to be . social workers, psychologists. nurses. I don't think we should expect them to also be law enforcement officers."
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NRATV promotes dangerous conspiracy theories, racially charged rhetoric, and violent demonization of the NRA's political opponents. Add your name to tell @AppleTV, @Google, @Amazon and @RokuPlayer to #BoycottNRA and #DumpNRATV ➡️
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Kiara Brown, 18, is now among the 50 women, on average, who are shot and killed by a current or former boyfriend or spouse every single month in the U.S.
Family says ex-boyfriend shot, killed high school senior with big dreams
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Two days after their classmates were shot in Liberty City, Florida, students at Miami Northwestern High School walked out to protest gun violence in their community. #NorthwesternWalkout
WATCH LIVE Students at Miami Northwestern HS walk out to protest gun violence in the neighborhood
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If the NRA's seven-figure investment in Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation doesn’t tell you something, then his dangerous & extreme record on the Second Amendment should. Tell your senators to vote NO on Trump’s NRA-approved SCOTUS nominee: Text SCOTUS to 644-33 & we’ll connect you.
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Things that are NOT causing our nation’s gun violence crisis:.❌ Violent video games.❌ Mental illness.❌ Single parent households. Things that are causing are causing our nation’s gun violence crisis:.✅ Lax gun laws.
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Today, @Everytown endorsed @JoeBiden for president. VP Biden has a track record of prioritizing gun violence prevention throughout his career—from writing VAWA, to helping pass background checks into law—and he'll prioritize gun safety in his first 100 days in office.
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Daniela Mendoza, 11, and her sister, Sofia Mendoza, 8, were both shot and killed while shopping with their mother, Ilda, on Saturday. Ilda was critically wounded in the shooting. “The girls have left a void that nothing in the world could ever fill,” wrote their aunt.
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Today is Breonna Taylor’s birthday. We remember a strong, young woman who was driven to work as an EMT so she could make a difference. Her life was unjustly ended at the hands of police, and we will work so her legacy lives on. As we #WearOrange we also #SayHerName.
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On this day one year ago, 19 precious children and two beloved educators were killed in a horrific act of mass gun violence carried out by a gunman armed with an AR-style rifle at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Seventeen other people were wounded.
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The U.S. Senate has a unique opportunity to pass meaningful gun safety legislation that will help protect Americans from gun violence, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refuses to act. Learn more about the policies he’s obstructing.
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The two people who were fatally shot outside a graduation ceremony in Richmond, VA yesterday have been identified as Shawn Jackson, 18, and his stepfather, Lorenzo “Renzo” Smith, 36. Shawn’s 9-year-old sister was struck by a car amid the chaos. Five other people were wounded by
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Aaron Feis, football coach and school security guard, died after throwing himself in front of students to shield them from bullets inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He was described as a “family man.”. Remember the victims, NOT the shooter. #NoNotoriety
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Laquita C. Brown.Tara Welch Gallagher.Mary Louise Gayle.Alexander Mikhail Gusev.Katherine A. Nixon.Richard H. Nettleton.Christopher Kelly Rapp.Ryan Keith Cox.Joshua A. Hardy.Michelle Langer.Robert Williams.Herbert Snelling. Remember the victims, not the shooter. #NoNotoriety.
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“They say tougher gun laws do not decrease gun violence. We call B.S.” - Emma Gonzalez, survivor of the Parkland school shooting
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“It’s time for federal action on assault weapons. These weapons were designed to be used by highly trained soldiers in battle, not marketed to lonely, angry men to carry out violent revenge fantasies.” - @Shannonrwatts.
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Moms will not become numb to gun violence that is taking our children’s lives. We will keep fighting until this preventable crisis is eradicated. If you’re ready to do something about gun violence, join us: Text ACT to 644-33.
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Just when you think the NRA couldn't sink any lower. #NationalWalkoutDay
NRA tweets glamour pic of AR-15 during national school walkout to honor students killed by AR-15:
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.@KamalaHarris, we think you’re a badass too, and we can’t wait to help you become the next Vice President of the United States! #MomsAreEverywhere #BidenHarris2020
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#ThankYouHillary for being a passionate advocate for commonsense solutions to America's gun violence crisis. @HillaryClinton
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"Americans have a right to feel safe whether they are at a prayer service, in a movie theater, or like my son, at a nightclub. We deserve better." ~Christine Leinonen, mother of Drew Leinonen who was shot and killed at #Pulse
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Jimmy Kimmel: "Lawmakers should be praying for God to forgive them for letting the gun lobby run this country"
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As details emerge about the horrific shooting at Covenant School, remember and honor the victims and survivors. Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9.Hallie Scruggs 9.William Kinney, 9.Cynthia Peak, 61.Katherine Koonce, 60.Mike Hill, 61. Give the shooter #NoNotoriety.
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If more guns in more places made us safer, wouldn’t the U.S. be the safest country on earth? Join the movement to end gun violence: Text ACT to 64433. #LasVegas
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"Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the shooting who joined Twitter three weeks ago, has amassed a following of 1.19 million. The NRA, which has been on the social media app since 2009, has 614,000 followers."
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Trump's VP pick #MikePence: A-rated by the NRA, accepted tens of thousands in campaign donations from the gun lobby.
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NOW: In the wake of yet another horrific mass shooting, hundreds of Moms Demand Action & #StudentsDemandAction volunteers have converged on the nation's capital, demanding lawmakers act to end gun violence. If they won’t act, we will replace them with them with those who will.
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JUST IN: Retailer L.L.Bean says it will no longer sell guns or ammunition to anyone under the age of 21.
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“Tim Walz and I are both gun owners, we’re not taking anybody’s guns away, so stop with the continuous lying about this stuff.” -@KamalaHarris. Can’t get any plainer than that. #Debate2024
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HEARTBREAKING: Isaiah Payton, 12, and Damean Spear, 16, were injured when a fight led to gunfire outside a football stadium. Isaiah’s mother said his dream of playing high school football will never come true as he is not expected to walk again.
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We are grateful for @JoeBiden’s unwavering support of the gun violence prevention movement and look forward to engaging our supporters and volunteers to help him get elected. #DemDebate
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“If the kids in Parkland are being brave enough to stand up and do this, we can be brave enough to stand up with them.” ~Edward Stack, CEO of @Dicks Sporting Goods
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“We’re asking children to stand up to gunmen because lawmakers are too afraid to stand up to the gun lobby. There isn’t a parent in this country that isn’t terrified.” ~ @shannonrwatts
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What does it say about our country when young people are forced to endure the trauma of multiple shootings?. We are failing them by allowing this scourge to persist.
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Thank you, @jimmykimmel, for using your #Oscars platform to encourage Americans to join the Parkland students for @AMarch4OurLives. Find a #MarchForOurLives event near you >>>
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Cynthia Tisdale was a substitute teacher at Santa Fe High School. Her son says she started teaching “because she loved it.” She left her family a note the morning of the shooting: “Had to go meet teacher. I love you.”. Remember the victims, not the shooter. #NoNotoriety
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YOU DID IT! Gun Sense Voters helped elect a #GunSenseMajority to the U.S. House of Representatives tonight! This crucial victory paves the way for stronger national gun safety laws—an important step towards ending the gun violence crisis in America. #ElectionNight
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A Texas man who was firing an AR-15 style rifle in his front yard killed five people in a neighboring home after they asked him to stop shooting because a baby was sleeping. Police said all were shot execution-style; the youngest victim was 8-years-old.
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VOTE. THEM. OUT. VOTE. THEM. OUT. VOTE. THEM. OUT. Tomorrow, 11/6, we're voting out lawmakers who buy into the NRA’s dangerous “guns everywhere” agenda and replacing them with leaders who will do something about gun violence. Find them at #VoteTuesday
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“I had looked forward to a respectful dialogue with my representative about common-sense gun violence prevention policies. Instead, I felt unsafe when he insisted on showing us his loaded gun and keeping it out on the table for much of our conversation.”
South Carolina lawmaker pulls out loaded gun during constituent meeting, audience says
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Mark Kelly, who ran for office on a gun safety platform in honor of his wife, gun violence survivor Gabby Giffords, unseated NRA-backed Martha McSally in the U.S. Senate -- the latest proof that momentum is on the side of gun safety.
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NOW: Our volunteers have joined throngs of students in Nashville who are #FedUp with gun violence in their schools and communities. We’re taking action all this week to demand no more silence from lawmakers. Text FED UP to 644-33 to join an event!
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The NRA learning that a gun owner, veteran, and lifelong hunter is @KamalaHarris' VP pick:
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UPDATE: 14-year-old Daron Johnson, who was wounded in an Indiana birthday party shooting, has died. Our hearts are with his loved ones at this painful time.
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THIS IS BIG: Today, the @WhiteHouse announced new executive actions to promote secure storage of firearms, including the most comprehensive guide on safe storage ever released by the federal government.
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The choice is clear: Hillary Clinton is the only candidate who consistently stands with gun safety. #ImWithHer
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Eight years ago today, the lives of 20 children and six educators were taken in a shooting at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Connecticut. Today and every day, we hold the victims and survivors in our hearts as we continue to fight for an America free from gun violence.
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Remember and honor the victims whose lives were stolen by a white supremacist in a hate-fueled act of gun violence in Jacksonville, Florida. Give the shooter #NoNotoriety. 🧵. Angela Michelle Carr, 52, was a loving mother and an Uber driver who had dropped off a friend at the
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'My brother was killed at Sandy Hook—march with us so no family has to grieve again.' #MarchForOurLives
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No parent should receive a text like this. No child or educator should be forced to endure this. No person in America should accept this. Demand action with us: Text ACT to 644-33.
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👏👏👏Here's a big round of applause for @MomsDemand Gun Sense Candidate @LucyWins2018 who just won the Democratic primary runoff election in Georgia’s 6th congressional district! 👏👏👏 . Lucy's win is more proof that gun safety is a winning issue!
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We are grateful for @JoeBiden’s unwavering support of the gun violence prevention movement over the past several decades and we look forward to engaging our supporters and volunteers to help him get elected.
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We're so proud of our founder, @shannonrwatts, who has led our movement with passion and courage, even in the face of great adversity. #InternationalWomensDay
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IT'S WORKING! The Maryland General Assembly just passed a law that will protect domestic violence survivors by requiring convicted domestic abusers to surrender guns. Great job to our volunteers and gun safety advocates who pushed for this lifesaving legislation!
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"We show up in meetings and every single gun bill hearing in this country, and when lawmakers see us, they’re scared." ~ @Shannonrwatts, founder, Moms Demand Action
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Congratulations to Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate @LucyWins2018, who advanced to the Democratic runoff in Georgia’s 6th congressional district. Lucy is a fearless gun safety advocate who will never stop fighting the NRA’s extreme agenda!
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HORRIFIC: A 78-year-old man shot and killed 42-year-old Brian Ford in front of his 8-year-old son for trimming trees along his mother’s property line in Florida.
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"I want our politicians to stop thinking about money and start thinking about all these lives we have lost. I want to talk with him about changing these laws. Seventeen people are dead, killed in minutes." ~Tyra Hemans, a senior at Stoneman Douglas High
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