Two major gun control groups have released a hard-hitting video ad calling for action one year after a gunman killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
The ad shows elementary school children standing in a classroom as a clock ticks and scenes of people bowing their heads in silence.
{mosads}“On Dec. 14, we’ll have a moment of silence for Newtown,” a narrator says as the clock continues to tick.
“But with 26 more school shootings since that day … Ask yourself, is silence what America needs right now?” the narrator says. A figure dressed in black then drops a bag and enters a school building.
The 60-second ad concludes with the text: “Speak out now.”
Moms Demand Action and Mayors Against Illegal Guns created the video. They also released a shorter 30-second version.
Moms Demand Action is leading a campaign to gather mothers in more than 35 states to honor the victims of last year’s mass shooting.