Mayors Against Illegal Guns And Moms Demand Action Release "State Of The Gun Violence Prevention Movement" Video

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In advance of President Obama's State of the Union address tonight, two of the country's leading and newly merged gun violence prevention organizations released a video today assessing the state of the movement to end gun violence and presenting the necessary next steps to pass stronger gun laws that will save lives. The video features Mayors Against Illegal Guns Executive Director Mark Glaze and Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts and can be viewed at: www.DemandAction.org/SOTU. 

Glaze and Watts are available for media interviews in advance or in response to President Obama's address – and any matters related to gun violence prevention. 

About Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
Much like Mothers Against Drunk Driving was created to change laws regarding drunk driving, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America was created to build support for common-sense gun reforms. The nonpartisan grassroots movement of American mothers is demanding new and stronger solutions to lax gun laws and loopholes that jeopardize the safety of our children and families. In just one year, the organization has more than 130,000 members with a chapter in every state in the country. The group recently announced it is joining forces with Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country. For more information or to get involved visit www.momsdemandaction.org. Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/MomsDemandAction or on Twitter @MomsDemand

About Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Since its creation in April 2006, Mayors Against Illegal Guns has grown from 15 mayors of major American cities to more than 1.5 million grassroots supporters – making us the largest gun violence prevention advocacy organization in the country.  The bipartisan coalition, founded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, has united mayors, gun violence survivors and everyday Americans around these common goals: protecting communities by holding gun offenders accountable; demanding access to crime gun trace data that is critical to law enforcement efforts to combat gun trafficking; and working with legislators to fix weaknesses and loopholes in the law that make it far too easy for criminals and other dangerous people to get guns. The group recently joined forces with Moms Demand Action, the leading grassroots movement of American mothers working to prevent gun violence. Learn more at www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org or on Twitter @DemandAction

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