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Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

2014 NRA Convention — Culture, Guns

The gun control stories you haven't heard

By Michele Richinick

Despite congressional inaction with gun issues in 2014, local leaders and activists remain motivated for the year ahead.

Stories

Honoree Jay Leno talks to reporters on the red carpet for the taping of the Mark Twain Prize for Humor ceremony and performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Oct. 19, 2014.

Jay Leno cancels appearance at gun show

Iowa Republican Senatorial candidate Joni Ernst speaks during a meeting with supporters, May 21, 2014, in Waukee, Iowa. (Photo by Charlie Neibergall/AP)

Gun group targets Joni Ernst

A pedestrian walks by a Panera Bread restaurant on June 3, 2014 in San Francisco, California.

Panera serves up gun reform

Inside A Kroger Store Ahead Of Earnings Figures

Gun control group goes after grocery chain

A young person runs by the Last Stop outdoor shooting range Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in White Hills, Ariz. Gun range instructor Charles Vacca was accidentally killed Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 at the range by a 9-year-old with an Uzi submachine gun.

Automatic weapons are not child's play

A woman exits a Kroger supermarket in Detroit.

Moms take gun issue to America's food aisles

Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense marched across the Brooklyn Bridge for the second annual Brooklyn Bridge March and Rally to end gun violence, June 14, 2014.

Survey calls out politicians on gun policy

A Target store is seen on December 19, 2013 in Miami, Florida.

Target's new firearms policy

A Target store is seen on December 19, 2013 in Miami, Florida.

Target to customers: Keep guns out

Community gun safety advocates and members of the public hold signs during a rally and vigil to honor victims of gun violence, sponsored by Colorado Ceasefire, on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol, in Denver, Thursday April 18, 2013.

Gun groups make personal pleas to politicians

Shannon Watts discusses gun control — Jansing & Co.

Shannon Watts discusses gun control

Shoppers are seen at a Target store during Black Friday sales in the Brooklyn borough of New York

Moms' gun petition takes aim at Target

Sonic Drive-In — The Last Word

Chili's, Sonic enforce no-guns policy

A sign advocating gun control is seen on a makeshift memorial for UCSB student Christopher Michael-Martinez in Isla Vista

After Isla Vista, gun debate heats up

Supporters Of Michigan Open Carry Law Hold March And Rally — Ronan Farrow Daily

Gun control advocate speaks out about threats

A pedestrian walks past a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Beverly Hills — The Last Word

No bullets, just burritos at Chipotle

A "Like" icon at the Facebook main campus in Menlo Park, California. — Morning Joe

Facebook shakes up gun policy

Seniors Lexi Barrent, right, and Melissa Tombaugh embrace outside Arapahoe High School in Centennial, CO Dec. 19, 2013 — Morning Joe

Nearly 30 more students killed since Newtown

The entrance of Facebook headquarters, May 18, 2012, in Menlo Park, Calif. — Morning Joe

Gun group gives Facebook a 'thumbs down'

Starbucks Gun Ban - Michele Richinick - 09/18/2013 — Morning Joe

Starbucks grinds open-carry gun policy to a

Morning Joe

Starbucks' gun policy brews 'grande' protest