Moms Demand Action Members Rally Outside White House After El Paso Massacre

Several hundred anti-gun violence activists with Moms Demand Action protested outside the White House on Saturday evening, hours after a gunman killed 20 people and injured two dozen others in a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas. According to Washington, D.C., CBS affiliate WUSA, roughly 2,000 members of the group were already in the nation’s capital for a conference this weekend. Upon hearing of the latest gun-related massacre, the activists took to the streets of Washington with protest signs and their signature red T-shirts, making stops at the White House, the Trump Hotel down the street and the U.S. Capitol building, WUSA reported. Also Read: El Paso Mall Shooting: At Least 20 Dead, More Than 2 Dozen Injured According to the group’s website, Moms Demand Action is a grassroots organization “fighting for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence.” The group backs stronger gun laws and works in local communities “to encourage a culture of responsible gun ownership.” Earlier on Saturday, a man wielding an assault-style rifle opened killed 20 people and injured more than two dozen others at the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas, with most of the attack victims shot at a nearby...