We need to level the playing field between the rights of responsible gun owners and all of our inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, I take no issue with responsible gun ownership. I am a member of a family who used guns to hunt when we were children. My friends are … Continue reading My son was killed by gun violence. Pass Protect Illinois Communities Act to stop more deaths.
Mother of LaRue County teen killed by 15-year-old in shooting breaks her silence on the tragedy
Mother of LaRue County teen killed by 15-year-old in shooting breaks her silence on the tragedy HODGENVILLE, Ky. — The mother of a LaRue County teen killed after a fight with a 15-year-old describes dealing with the tragedy and knowing of tensions for years before the fatal shooting. Haylea Allen described the 17 years she had … Continue reading Mother of LaRue County teen killed by 15-year-old in shooting breaks her silence on the tragedy
A Charlotte mom who lost her son to shooting organizing 2023 Mega Mommy March
Sevhn Robinson lost her 25-year-old son Kyyri Doggette in 2017 to a shooting on Independence Boulevard. Source: A Charlotte mom who lost her son to shooting organizing 2023 Mega Mommy March
Laura Washington: A mother fights to end gun violence
Mary Dieudonne-Hill, a mother who lives in south suburban Homewood, Ill., knows all about the pain gun violence inflicts on a family. In 2016, her daughter, Alisia, was attending North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, she recently told me in an interview. “She was the last of five kids. She was the youngest. She … Continue reading Laura Washington: A mother fights to end gun violence
A Mother Whose Daughter Was Murdered in Uvalde Navigates a New Reality During the Holidays
"Who I was before ceased to exist the moment Lexi died," Kimberly Mata-Rubio says. On a drizzly December evening in Washington, D.C., Kimberly Mata-Rubio marched silently from Union Station to Capitol Hill with dozens of other families from Uvalde, Texas. Her 10-year-old daughter Lexi Rubio was murdered in the shooting at Robb Elementary School on … Continue reading A Mother Whose Daughter Was Murdered in Uvalde Navigates a New Reality During the Holidays