The moms are and will be a powerful force to promote stronger gun control, both strategically and emotionally. Lawmakers are likely and rightly influenced by their pathos and their logic. If they are not, the moms should try the other tried-and-true method of gaining political change. When marching doesn't get results, even when there's a million, civil disobedience is the next step. The moms should remember mothers of the past--moms like Rosa Parks and the suffragettes--who were willing to do much more than march for their cause.
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