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.
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.
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. buff.ly/3iAESyr
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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.” mediamatters.org/false-flag-con
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.
We're done with "leaders" who refuse to lead on commonsense gun safety laws. It's time to #ThrowThemOut.
Join us: buff.ly/2EuThXW
On March 24, the cast of will be standing in solidarity with Parkland students for .
Text MARCH to 644-33 to find a #MarchForOurLives event near you!
“Keep speaking up. My god, keep speaking up. It’s working!” -
Moms Demand Action volunteers are on it! We will NEVER quit the fight to end gun violence. #GunSenseForum
MUST READ: An oped by our founder 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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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.
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.
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. 💅
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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: vtdigger.org/2019/03/12/fir
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
Our hearts are with the victims, their loved ones and all those impacted by the shooting at Santa Fe High School.
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Multiple people are dead in a Santa Fe, Texas, high school shooting, two law enforcement sources say. Follow updates: cnn.it/2GvWK8G
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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#BREAKING: I filed a lawsuit to dissolve the National Rifle Association for years of self-dealing and illegal conduct.
The @NRA is fraught with fraud and abuse.
No organization is above the law.
VICTORY!! Kroger, the nation’s largest grocery retailer, just announced it will ask customers to refrain from openly carry firearms in its stores
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.
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.
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 , , and to #BoycottNRA and #DumpNRATV ➡️ buff.ly/2oyYcQU
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
Today we mourn for Parkland; tomorrow we fight for them.
Join the movement to end gun violence: Text ACT to 644-33.
“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.” ~
"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." buff.ly/2FwoYk2
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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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.
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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NRATV promotes dangerous conspiracy theories, racially charged rhetoric, and violent demonization of the NRA's political opponents.
Add your name to tell , , , and to #BoycottNRA and #DumpNRATV ➡️ buff.ly/2FoELSN
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. buff.ly/2P6hGwH
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 (buff.ly/2F3e9Gb), or tweet them a note of thanks on Twitter
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.
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
"By 2020, all eligible Millenials will be able to vote. All 90 million of them."
NRATV promotes dangerous conspiracy theories, racially charged rhetoric, and violent demonization of the NRA's political opponents.
Add your name to tell , , and to #BoycottNRA and #DumpNRATV ➡️ buff.ly/2olOUbO
We agree, : 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.
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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
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
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WATCH LIVE Students at Miami Northwestern HS walk out to protest gun violence in the neighborhood bit.ly/2GQPLrY?utm_so
GUT-WRENCHING: 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."
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.
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Family says ex-boyfriend shot, killed high school senior with big dreams buff.ly/2GrmtUF
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
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.
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
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
Today, endorsed 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.
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. buff.ly/2GN1c6f
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.
Just when you think the NRA couldn't sink any lower....
#NationalWalkoutDay
“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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Remember the victims, not the shooter. #NoNotoriety
Jimmy Kimmel: "Lawmakers should be praying for God to forgive them for letting the gun lobby run this country" every.tw/2xc5i07
"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 buff.ly/2t1VCFf
#ThankYouHillary for being a passionate advocate for commonsense solutions to America's gun violence crisis.
"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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., 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
Trump's VP pick #MikePence: A-rated by the NRA, accepted tens of thousands in campaign donations from the gun lobby.
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
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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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.
“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 Sporting Goods
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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“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.” -
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.
We are grateful for ’s unwavering support of the gun violence prevention movement and look forward to engaging our supporters and volunteers to help him get elected. #DemDebate
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
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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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… Show more
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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.”
“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.” ~
Thank you, , for using your #Oscars platform to encourage Americans to join the Parkland students for .
Find a #MarchForOurLives event near you >>> buff.ly/2FSIng9
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.
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 gunsensevoter.org. #VoteTuesday
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
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. buff.ly/2lg3WO5
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.
The choice is clear: Hillary Clinton is the only candidate who consistently stands with gun safety. #ImWithHer
'My brother was killed at Sandy Hook—march with us so no family has to grieve again.' #MarchForOurLives buff.ly/2pzfFJu
👏👏👏Here's a big round of applause for 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!
"We show up in meetings and every single gun bill hearing in this country, and when lawmakers see us, they’re scared." ~ , founder, Moms Demand Action
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.
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!
We're so proud of our founder, , who has led our movement with passion and courage, even in the face of great adversity. #InternationalWomensDay buff.ly/2G7m8Ds
"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 buff.ly/2Gp9heL
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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@MomsDemand @shannonrwatts thank you for your advocacy on this important issue. Please see the statement we posted this morning: po.st/ORdMir
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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A standing-O for students across the country this #NationalWalkoutDay!
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IT'S WORKING: Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer signed a bill into law that will close gaps in Kansas law that give domestic abusers easy access to guns.
Hats off to our Kansas volunteers and all those who spoke up in support of this lifesaving legislation!
UPDATE: The victims who were shot and killed at a Tennessee Waffle House have been identified as Akilah DaSilva, 23; DeEbony Groves, 21; Joe Perez, 20; Taurean Sanderlin, 29.
Our hearts are with their loved ones and all those impacted by this shooting. buff.ly/2F9WICP
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 644-33. #Parkland
"Too many of our colleagues in Congress fear a backlash from the NRA. Well, I think it's time they fear a backlash from America's young people instead of the NRA." ~ Sen. Bob Menendez
We are grateful for ’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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“For my son Jordan, I vote aye,” said , our former spokesperson whose son was shot and killed over loud music at a Florida gas station in 2012.
Every country struggles with mental health issues, but the U.S. has a gun murder rate 25X higher than peer nations.
#TexasChurchMassacre
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Trump says Texas shooting is a problem of mental health, not guns wapo.st/2zA3YcY
BREAKING: Gun sense champions @PhilMurphyNJ and SheilaOliverNJ were just elected Governor and Lt. Governor of New Jersey! #ElectionDay
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.
