Anti-gun violence group growing in Nebraska following recent mass shootings

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – The Nebraska chapter of a nation-wide group is rising quickly following a slew of latest mass shootings throughout the nation.

Mothers Demand Motion is a bunch that promotes and helps laws that encourages public security measures that defend individuals from gun violence, in addition to encourages accountable gun possession.

“Sadly we get curiosity after any kind of mass capturing occasion, however this week, the response has simply been overwhelming, we had a reasonably small Fb group and have admitted over 300 new members, we’ve had individuals join occasions which are upcoming in Lincoln and Omaha,” says Katie Townley, the Legislative Lead for Nebraska’s chapter of Mothers Demand Motion.

Townley additionally says that nationwide, greater than 250,000 individuals have texted the Mothers Demand Motion cellphone quantity to get entangled with the group.

“Folks wish to know what they’ll do to assist instantly, which is form of onerous as a result of the state legislature in Nebraska just isn’t in session proper now, however our work with the legislature is to introduce payments that promote gun security and to additionally combat in opposition to payments that may take away cheap restrictions on firearm possession which are already in place in Nebraska.’

Townley bought concerned with Nebraska’s chapter after transferring right here a number of years in the past. Her ardour for serving to stop gun violence comes after two household pals had been shot and killed throughout a theft of a jewellery retailer in 2005.

“That particular person was a previous felon, and shouldn’t have had a weapon and was in a position to purchase the weapon as a result of he broke into a house and the gun was left unsecured,” Townley says.

Townley says the group desires to be clear on one factor: they aren’t anti-gun.

“We aren’t in opposition to firearm possession, we aren’t in opposition to weapons, that’s a standard false impression of the “Mothers” group and Everytown, our mum or dad group, however you realize, you will have a accountability should you personal a firearm to be a accountable firearm proprietor, and we wish to promote accountable firearm possession and likewise be sure that individuals who shouldn’t have entry to weapons should not have entry to weapons and can’t do what they did earlier this week, final week in Buffalo, two weeks in the past in California,” she provides.

Townley says teams like Mothers Demand Motion could make a change, they usually hope to proceed to.

“It’s essential to verify an occasion like this doesn’t occur wherever, but in addition doesn’t occur in Nebraska,” she says. “Simply the considered getting that decision from our baby’s college is completely terrible. Once I first noticed the information experiences coming in on Tuesday, I simply sat in my automotive and sobbed, and I can’t think about what these households are going by means of. However like I stated earlier than, all gun violence is horrible, and most of it’s preventable and we on this nation usually are not taking the suitable steps to stop shootings.”

Nebraska’s chapter of Mothers Demand Motion will maintain an occasion in Lincoln on Saturday, June 4 to kick off Gun Violence Consciousness Month. The occasion will likely be held at Antelope Park at 10:00 a.m.

To search out extra occasions in Nebraska, go to the occasions web page of the Mothers Demand Motion web site right here.

To get entangled with the group, you’ll be able to textual content ‘Act’ or ‘Occasions’ to 64433.

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