Tag: Moms Demand Action

PHILADELPHIA — Kamala Harris has earned another Pennsylvania endorsement: Pink. The Doylestown-born pop singer (born Alecia Moore) voiced her support for Harris’ presidential bid on Thursday night, during a massive fundraiser where more than 160,000…

At last week’s Super Bowl victory rally in Kansas City, we had stopped near Union Station for a few moments and contemplated waiting to see if some of the Chiefs players would be coming that…

Kansas has some of the most permissive gun laws in the country, and last week the state house began debate on a bill that, if passed, would put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to…

PARSONS — Moms Demand Action of Parsons met at the Parsons Police Department last week to discuss gun safety and gun legislation, according to the Parsons Sun.  The organization works to limit gun violence and…

The new year has once again been marked with numerous acts of gun violence, including multiple mass shootings.  The scale of gun violence our country faces is overwhelming — and it feels like with each…

Kansas Moms Demand Action held their first advocacy day in Topeka in 2016. There were just more than 10 people there. I was one of them. On Oct. 13, 2009, my life was forever changed…

Kansas legislators are in a unique position to help make gun ownership a safer practice.  In 2018, legislators took the positive step of passing a bill prohibiting those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence from possessing…

CHANUTE — Before Sharon Miller addresses a crowd, she relies on three things to boost her confidence.  • Speak up, even if your voice shakes. “For the first 2 years and 9 months, everything I’ve…

Two days after 58 people were gunned down at an Oct. 1, 2017, outdoor concert in Las Vegas, Sharon Miller walked down the historic Las Vegas Strip where she stopped at a makeshift memorial. Almost…