{"id":14893,"date":"2017-08-08T11:51:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T15:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14893"},"modified":"2017-08-08T11:51:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T15:51:57","slug":"wanting-more-than-just-astroturf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14893","title":{"rendered":"Wanting more than just astroturf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.momsdemandaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">Moms Demand Action<\/a> is attempting to create something more than just the astroturf gun control groups currently have now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/columns\/tony-messenger\/messenger-a-movement-of-moms-finds-motivation-in-fighting-gun\/article_d8d4e2bc-b793-5b70-a156-519d0cd71ba0.html\" target=\"_blank\">This past weekend<\/a> in St. Louis they hosted &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GSU17?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\">Gun Sense University<\/a>&#8221; which at first inspection I thought was going to be an effort to encourage their supporters to engage in serious, creditable activities like letter-writing, phone-banking, volunteering for political candidates and other GOTV efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, there was this:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PassyMissy\">@PassyMissy<\/a>: NY <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MomsDemand\">@MomsDemand<\/a> are gonna <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopCCR?src=hash\">#StopCCR<\/a> with a chorus line at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GSU17?src=hash\">#GSU17<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MomsDemand\">@MomsDemand<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yOjtK7g5Qx\">pic.twitter.com\/yOjtK7g5Qx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anna Manzo (@AnnaMManzo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnaMManzo\/status\/894630523611619329\">August 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think we have anything to worry about.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D14893&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14893\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14893\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14893\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moms Demand Action is attempting to create something more than just the astroturf gun control groups currently have now. 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