As the Supreme Court hears arguments this week in United States v. Rahimi, a case that will decide if states can continue to prevent those accused of domestic violence from possessing firearms, ani-gun violence activist Shannon Watts writes that it’s time for the gun safety movement to get to work on efforts to expand the size of the Court.
Editor’s Note: Shannon Watts, who founded the group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, is the author of “Fight Like a Mother: How a Grassroots Movement Took on the Gun Lobby and Why Women Will Change the World.” The opinions in this commentary are her own. Read more opinion at CNN. Last month saw one of the deadliest weeks America has seen in a long time. Eighteen people were gunned down in Lewiston, Maine.
After the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012, I started a Facebook group urging parents to mobilize and fight to prevent more senseless violence. As a mom of five, my heart broke for the families who had suffered such unimaginable loss, and I knew we could all do much more. What began as a plaintive rallying cry becameMoms Demand Action — a grassroots movement with chapters in every state.
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