After Newtown, a Missoula mom forms a Montana chapter of a national gun control group

    Nancy de Pastino was heartbroken when she heard about the Newtown shooting. The Missoula mom and portrait photographer first hugged her children, then went and hugged her daughter’s first grade teacher. Then she started a Montana chapter of the national organization “One Million Moms for Gun Control”, an organization started by a mom in Indiana, right after the Newtown massacre.
In this feature interview, de Pastino tells News Director Sally Mauk she took the Newtown shooting “very personally” and decided to become an activist for gun control.

 

Sally Mauk talks the politics of gun control with political scientist Rob Saldin…

President Obama’s gun control proposals face a tough road in Congress. The lobbying power of the National Rifle Association is immense, and many members, including all of Montana’s delegation, are longtime supporters of the Second Amendment. In this feature interview, News Director Sally Mauk talks with University of Montana political science professor Rob Saldin about the politics of gun control…