Making good on a pledge to boost gun control, the father of a Roanoke, Va., TV reporter killed on live TV is joining up with two anti-gun groups backed by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to kick off a national protest against gun violence.
Bloomberg’s Everytown Survivor Network and Moms Demand Action are adopting Andy Parker’s promise to do “whatever it takes” as their slogan for the September 10 protest.
They call it “#WhateverItTakes Day of Action to Demand Congress and State Political Leaders Take Action to Prevent Gun Violence.”
Both groups said that Parker, the father reporter Alison Parker, killed last month while working a morning story with cameraman Adam Ward, also killed, is joining the movement that has the National Rifle Association as its main target.
He will join others in Washington to push Congress for gun control. In a statement, the groups announced:
Next Thursday, Andy Parker will make his first visit to Washington, D.C. since his daughter, WDBJ-TV reporter Alison Parker, was killed on live television last week to carry his message that he is ready to do “whatever it takes” to prevent Americans from being killed by senseless gun violence.
On September 10th, Mr. Parker will join the Everytown Survivor Network and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety, to descend on Capitol Hill to demand legislation to reduce the senseless gun violence that kills 88 Americans and injures hundreds more every day.
To answer Parker’s plea to do “whatever it takes” to end gun violence, the Everytown Survivor Network and Moms Demand Action will also rally in communities across the country on September 10th to call on Congress and our state leaders take action to prevent gun violence. As part of the National #WhateverItTakes Day of Action, Everytown and Moms Demand Action are asking Americans to send a message to Congress about gun violence – and will select some of those messages for billboard advertisements around Washington to make sure those with the power to change our gun laws hear Americans’ frustrations loud and clear.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
