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Every few months, I see it. It will be posted to a friend’s Facebook page or uttered in exasperation: "If gun laws didn't change after Sandy Hook, they never will."

This idea is not just cynical, it is dead wrong. I know, because it just happened here in Oklahoma. In one of the reddest, most gun-friendly states in the union, a state where National Rifle Association-backed bills have never before been defeated. Parents, law enforcement, businesses, sports teams and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America banded together to beat back legislation that would have allowed unrestricted, untrained open carry everywhere and threatened the sanctity of common sense public safety laws. But common sense won out over this dangerous legislation because of our voices.

If you are as tired as I am every time you read another article about an unintentional shooting of another child, the epidemic of gun violence in this country, or the NRA's efforts to normalize a gun culture out of control, please, get off the sidelines and join us. Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America has vibrant, active chapters in every state, even here in Oklahoma. And we’ll need your help next session.

This victory was a much-needed reminder to everyone in America: Sandy Hook did not mark the end of the modern gun safety movement – it marked the beginning. Please, join us.