{"id":27503,"date":"2016-01-30T13:28:14","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T19:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=27503"},"modified":"2016-01-30T13:28:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T19:28:14","slug":"iowa-moms-caucus-for-gun-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/iowa-moms-caucus-for-gun-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa moms caucus for gun sense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Enrica Nicoli Aldini<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IOWA CITY, Iowa \u2013<\/strong> Lunch break at Hamburg Inn, an iconic Iowa City diner that\u2019s an obligatory stop for many presidential hopefuls campaigning out here.<\/p>\n<p>We noticed the four women at the table beside ours were sporting t-shirt and pins saying \u201cMoms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.\u201d The smell of good quotes almost covered the fragrance of the award-winning burgers that were being served up hot and ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGun sense is what we\u2019re caucusing for, and that\u2019s why we\u2019re pushing the moms to get out and show up on Monday,\u201d said Rebecca Truszkowski, local chapter leader for <a href=\"http:\/\/momsdemandaction.org\">Moms Demand Action<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_27423\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27423\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/category\/topics\/election2016\/iowa-caucuses\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27423\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/MedillReportsLogo1-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"Campaign 2016\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/MedillReportsLogo1-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/MedillReportsLogo1.jpg 556w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click here to check out all of Medill Reports&#8217; coverage of the Iowa Caucus and the road to the white house.<\/figcaption><\/figure>The organization is non-partisan and encourages affiliates to listen to the candidates on the campaign trail and see how they feel about gun control and background checks. While Moms Demand Action is not endorsing any candidate at this point in the race, Truszkowski said the group will eventually point to whoever has the strongest gun-control policy.<\/p>\n<p>An Indiana mom started Moms Demand Action after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that killed 20 children and six staff members, Truszkowski explained. \u201cWe\u2019re a bunch of moms that are willing to do something about guns,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Truszkowski sees the issue of gun control gathering momentum on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEight years ago, no politician would have brought the topic of guns up,\u201d she said. \u201cNow they\u2019re touching on it at every stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Activists with Moms Demand Action have lunch at Hamburg Inn, an iconic presidential hangout in Iowa City. Rebecca Truszkowski, second from the left, said the group will endorse a candidate who shows the strongest support for gun control and background checks. (Enrica Nicoli Aldini\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Enrica Nicoli Aldini IOWA CITY, Iowa \u2013 Lunch break at Hamburg Inn, an iconic Iowa City diner that\u2019s an obligatory stop for many presidential hopefuls campaigning out here. 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