Thursday, September 19, 2013

After her daughter was killed in the theater shooting....

"Well, how can you go on the Internet and order over 6,000 rounds of ammunition and not have a red flag? And the fact as any of us can, including felons, domestic abusers, and those who have been certified either mentally ill or insane. If you go to a gun show and somebody is selling a gun out of their trunk, you don't have to go through a background check. If you go to a private seller, you don't have to go through a background check."

Mother Of Mass Shooting Victim Becomes Gun-Control Advocate
September 19, 2013 - Sandy Phillips will travel this week from her home in Texas to Washington, D.C. She was on her way to lobby for gun legislation. She expected to testify at a congressional hearing but it was canceled due to the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard. Phillips stayed in Washington anyway.

So how many senators or representatives have you met? transcript>>>

"Absolutely. What we really have is a culture where someone gets angry, for whatever reason, and they react with that anger with the easiest mode of being able to unleash it. And that, unfortunately, is usually a gun. We have to look at why is that our first go-to when we get upset."

"What Kind of Society Are We Going To Be?": Ex-NRA Member on the Failure to Address Gun Violence

"This is Genocide in America": Mother of Slain Chicago Teenager Condemns Gun Violence Epidemic


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