Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action organized rallies in all 50 states advocating against gun-supporting lawmakers.
The purpose of the rally is to encourage lawmakers to pass legislation in favor of background checks for all gun purchases, as well as in support of the Red Flag Law, which would allow people to seek court orders to block someone in crisis from obtaining access to guns. California has a red flag law making it legal for family members to ask the court to secure firearms from relatives they suspect of being a potential threat to public safety.
"There is not a parent left in America that doesn't fear that their child could be next," Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, said in a statement to CNN."That's why our volunteers have planned events in all 50 states to make sure our senators know that lawmakers can vote to keep our families safe, or we will vote them out."
Along with the rally, the organizations said they would collectively spend $1 million on ads against various Republican lawmakers with penchants for backing pro-gun legislation. Nearly half of the money is going directly towards digital ads targeting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Cory Gardner in Colorado, Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott in Florida, Sens. Johnny Isakson and David Perdue in Georgia, Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis in North Carolina, Sen.
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