`Gun Safety Moms' hope to be 2014's soccer moms

[SecularMotion]

WASHINGTON — Women active in the post-Newtown effort to build voter support around stricter gun laws have an ambitious plan to turn “Gun Safety Moms” into the Soccer Moms of the 2014 election cycle.

But even with an infusion of $50 million from former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, motivating American moms to vote on guns faces a steep uphill climb against the battle-hardened National Rifle Association and its voter-turnout machine.

Shannon Watts, an Indianapolis mother of five who founded Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America after the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting by posting a Facebook page, is undaunted.

“The NRA has had a 30-year head start,” said Watts, who describes herself as an “accidental activist” on Twitter. “We’ve never before had a grassroots organization to go toe-to-toe with the gun lobby. We have that now.”

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2014/05/04/3623049/x2018gun-sensex2019-moms-hope.html#storylink=cpy

[gejohnston]

1. Oh please

Her PR firm was hired by Bloomberg. The "moms" three blocks from the NRA convention were paid wages, travel, and per diem. They are the same ones that show up at every protest. They are paid to hold a sign.

[friendly_iconoclast]

4. As you've noticed, critical thought and religious belief don't mesh well...

[Lizzie Poppet]

6. "They are the same ones that show up at every protest."

The controller version of "Islamic rage boy!"

[hack89]

2. Until they can prove that they can turnout voters they are merely a curiosity. nt

[ileus]

3. Oh they'll turn out voters.....

[Duckhunter935]

5. not the ones they want

[Eleanors38]

7. 'Soccer moms?' More like Monsanto Moms.

[NYC_SKP]

8. "Director of Global and Public Affairs at Monsanto Corporation"

She must be very smart and very comfortable.

[beevul]

9. It would help if there were enough of them to actually have a soccer game. N/T