Went to an organizational meeting for a new chapter of MDA today. [View all]

There were 15 in attendance and they represented four suicides, three murders and an equal number of Sandy Hook PTSD victims. We keep asking if THIS shooting will be the tipping point but I know in my heart that December 14, 2012 is the day things really changed.

That organization is growing rapidly. A year ago there was one chapter for N Texas. Now the DFW metroplex has four chapters.

The agenda is simple; write letters to congress, send emails to congress, phone congress and generally make a concerted effort to let congress know we exist and are not going away. Further immediate goals are to get Universal Background Checks, promote gun safety in the home, support reasonable limits on where loaded guns can be carried, create enforceable laws to curb gun trafficking and straw purchases. I see nothing in this that should be opposed by even the most ardent gun rights advocate.

As regards gun safety in the home we hope to make presentations at PTA meetings and educate parents about gun safes, trigger locks and other methods of keeping children safe from the home defense firearm. Again, something that even the most ardent gun rights advocates should support.

Join us, it's important and lives are at stake.