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Gun safety advocates set their sights on elected office

"Grass roots" groups take on gun lobby

Elizabeth Becker poses for a photo Friday during Gun Sense University, a two-day conference in Atlanta put on by gun safety advocacy group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. The group is encouraging its volunteers to take their activism to the next level by running for office. Becker, who helped get a successful background check initiative onto the ballot in Nevada in 2016, is considering a run for public office. - photo by Associated Press

Elizabeth Becker poses for a photo Friday during Gun Sense University, a two-day conference in Atlanta put on by gun safety advocacy group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. The group is encouraging its volunteers to take their activism to the next level by running for office. Becker, who helped get a successful background check initiative onto the ballot in Nevada in 2016, is considering a run for public office. - photo by Associated Press

ATLANTA — A gun safety advocacy group that began in 2012 after 20 young children were shot down in their classrooms has grown since then and is increasingly focusing on getting its members into elected office.

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