TODAY: CONNECTICUT MOMS DEMAND ACTION TO GATHER AT BOWTIE CINEMAS IN RESPONSE TO LAFAYETTE MOVIE THEATER SHOOTING IN WHICH TWO WERE KILLED AND NINE WERE INJURED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, July 25th, 2015   Contact press@everytown.org; 269-271-2331 TODAY:  CONNECTICUT MOMS DEMAND ACTION TO GATHER AT BOWTIE CINEMAS IN RESPONSE TO LAFAYETTE MOVIE THEATER SHOOTING IN WHICH TWO WERE KILLED AND NINE WERE INJURED   Shooting Occurred Just Over Three Years Since Mass Shooting at Aurora Movie Theater Local Moms Available for Media Interviews; Please contact press@everytown.org TRUMBULL, CT— Members of the Connecticut chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, will gather today outside of Bowties Cinemas in Trumbull to call for action in response to the shooting on Thursday evening at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana in which two people were killed and nine people were injured. The shooting occurred just days after the third anniversary of the mass shooting in an Aurora movie theater in which 12 people were killed and more than 70 others suffered life-altering injuries. The moms will gather outside of Bowtie Cinemas, clad in Moms Demand Action and Everytown for Gun Safety apparel, to call on Congress to take action to prevent the senseless gun violence that kills 88 Americans every day. Everytown for Gun Safety today released statements from the Louisiana chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and from Tom Teves, whose son Alex was killed in the Aurora movie theatre tragedy in response to the Lafayette shooting as well.  Available here. WHAT: Members of Connecticut chapter of Moms Demand Action to gather to call for action in response to Lafayette theater shooting WHERE: 100 Quarry Road, Trumbull, CT 06611 WHEN: 1:30 p.m. CONTACT:  To arrange media interviews, please email press@everytown.org. About Everytown for Gun Safety Everytown is the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with more than three million supporters and more than 40,000 donors including moms, mayors, survivors, and everyday Americans who are fighting for public safety measures that respect the Second Amendment and help save lives.  At the core of Everytown are Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a grassroots movement of American mothers founded the day after the Sandy Hook tragedy.  Learn more at www.everytown.org and follow us @Everytown   About Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America  Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is a grassroots movement of American mothers fighting for public safety measures that respect the Second Amendment and protect people from gun violence. Moms Demand Action campaigns for new and stronger solutions to lax gun laws and loopholes that jeopardize the safety of our children and families. Since its inception after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Moms Demand Action has established a chapter in every state of the country and along with Mayors Against Illegal Guns is part of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with more than three million members and more than 40,000 donors. For more information or to get involved visit www.momsdemandaction.org. Follow us on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/MomsDemandAction or on Twitter at @MomsDemand   ###

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