Shannon Watts

Shannon Watts is the founder of Moms Demand Action and the author of Fight Like a Mother: How a Grassroots Movement Took on the Gun Lobby and Why Women Will Change the World.

Recent Articles

White Supremacy Is Deadly. Guns Make It Deadlier

Here we are again. A white man radicalized by racist rhetoric carrying an assault rifle just massacred Black people going about their daily lives, causing lifelong trauma and suffering.And, once again, so-called pro-life pundits and...

By Shannon Watts and Angela Ferrell-Zabala

Senate Sits on Gun Reform

August 31, 2019 began as a normal day.It was a normal day for a Texas trucker who was driving home from work. Same for a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, who was on his...

By Shannon Watts

Why Mothers Are Leading the Fight for Gun Safety

'When our families remain at risk, the only option is to keep going'

By Shannon Watts

We Need to Do a Better Job of Keeping Guns Out of the Hands of Domestic Abusers

The tragedy on Monday proves this

By Shannon Watts

I'm the Woman Who Called Out United and I'm Sick of Sexism

'Women are tired of being policed for our clothing’

By Shannon Watts
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