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Article: A no longer silent majority: Moms who marched can force changes by fanning political flames this fall.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services)
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- May 25, 2000
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By Allen Rostron
WASHINGTON _ On May 14, hundreds of thousands of people gathered on Mother's Day in Washington, as well as in 70 other cities around the country, to call for enactment of strong, sensible gun laws.
The Million Mom March was an extraordinary and inspiring event, but its true success or failure can be measured only by what happens next.
For years, overwhelming majorities of Americans have supported common-sense proposals _ such as licensing of gun buyers and registration of gun sales _ that would help keep guns out of the wrong hands and reduce gun violence.
The problem has been that too few have acted on ...