In Texas, Moms Demand Action got more than 20,000 new supporters after the Uvalde school shooting. | via NPR
"Since Uvalde, we've had well over 20,000 people become supporters of our movement and at least a dozen people wanting to start local chapters of their own in areas that don't already have one," Liz Hanks who leads the Texas chapter, told NPR in an email.
, the movement founded by survivors of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in 2018.in response to the Uvalde shooting.Advocates have seen similar spikes before, driven by public horror at how easy it is for a shooter to obtain powerful guns and use them to kill children and other innocents. But in past years, calls for even marginal gun controls have failed to materialize into new federal laws.
"We're grateful that people are mobilizing, but we are also hopeful that we can move past this cycle of outrage and quickly pass common sense gun safety regulation that the vast majority of Americans want," Mumin said.
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