Even though the GOP made a sweeping clean victory on Tuesday's Election Day, a gun control organization's founder claimed that the group "[has] the momentum" and will keep pushing for control in the future, Breitbart reported.
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a grassroots organization formed in the wake of the devastating mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, stated it remains positive despite the Democratic party's harsh loss in 2014's midterm elections.
"For years, the gun lobby has had the field to themselves. But this election season, supporters like you are changing the game. You've shown the size and the power of our movement, led by moms and concerned citizens from all over the country who care deeply about gun violence prevention," founder Shannon Watts said in a Moms Demand/Everytown for Gun Safety video released November 5.
"We mobilized nearly one million gun sense voters who pledged to vote for candidates who support common sense gun laws."
Citing the organization's efforts, Watts said volunteers had managed to organize over "100 house parties," knocked on "tens of thousands of doors," and made "more than 100,000 phone calls to voters in key areas" before this year's elections.
But on Tuesday night, gun control candidates still got shellacked while the GOP emerged victorious and became the majority party in the Senate. Additionally, "the candidates endorsed by the NRA and supported by their 5 million-plus members dominated the night," Breitbart reported, which was also "true in gubernatorial races as well."
Nonetheless, Watts hasn't lost hope, asking Moms Demand members to keep supporting the organization while appealing for more people to join her gun control group.
"You've already proven that we can accomplish great things together. And I'm excited to see what we can accomplish next."
"We have the momentum, and together, we will win this fight," she added.
Last month, Attorney General Eric Holder said that not being able to pass expanded gun control laws was his biggest failure as head of the Justice Department during an interview on CNN's "The Lead."
"I think the inability to pass reasonable gun safety laws after the Newtown massacre is, for me, something that I take personally as a failure, and something that I think we as a society should take as a failure," he said.
