On Jan. 1, 2016, new gun laws in Texas go into effect. This allows is for concealed handgun license owners to carry openly. The Bill has been getting a lot of attention lately.

An organization by the name Moms Demand Action has been building a reputation for challenging lawmakers.

Moms Demand Action was created after the Sandy Hook’s shooting, where Adam Lanza had taken the lives of 20 students, ages of 6 to 7, and six adults.

Shortly after, Shannon Watts created a Facebook page and reached out to people who are dissatisfied with the state of gun violence in America and lawmakers’ response towards it.

Shortly after, the Facebook page got the attention of mothers across the nation and people from all different backgrounds.

“When I went to Austin to speak to lawmakers about campus carry, one of my co-advocates was a survivor for the Virginia Tech Massacre”, Alexandra Chasse, an English as a Second Language professor at Rice University and a volunteer for Moms Demand Action.

“Even among industrialized nations where gun ownership is permitted, we [the U.S.] happen to be an outlier. And that can be traced back the fact that the laws surrounding gun ownership are so lax,” Chasse states.

Publicity has been increasing after the Sept 19 protest at the Houston Zoo, after the zoo was forced to remove their signs prohibiting gun carry.

After hearing about the zoo, Moms Demand Action formed a rally within 3 to 4 days. “For a lot of people with families, that is not an easy thing to do,” Chasse added.

“A license holder commits an offense if the license holder intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a handgun regardless of whether the handgun is concealed or carried on a shoulder or belt holster,” states House Bill 910.

How can someone be skilled to tell the difference between someone with good intentions and someone without? Would lawmakers put innocent lives at risk to make the bill a success?

There have been numerous shootings in school campuses around the nation. The ultimate goal of Moms Demand Action is for more comprehensive background checks on people who wish to own a handgun. The organization does not oppose of guns, only the laws around guns.

There have been accomplishments within the organization. One that stands out is the bill to carry on school campuses is not in its original form.

“Now, what you have is a bill which allows public universities to have more local control in carving out areas on their campuses, and more say about where people can and cannot carry firearms,” Chasse added.

Chasse assured that Moms Demand Action “is here to stay, and we intend to see this through.”