WE WERE FOUNDED IN RESPONSE TO THE MASS KILLINGS AT SANDY HOOK. THE SLAUGHTER OF FIRST GRADERS AND THEIR TEACHERS BY A MAN WIELDING A MILITARY ASSAULT RIFLE WITH LARGE MAGAZINE CLIPS WAS INCOMPREHENSIBLE. WE VOWED THAT THIS TIME WE WOULD TAKE ACTION, THAT THIS TIME WOULD BE DIFFERENT. FRIENDS AGAINST VIOLENCE EVERYWHERE SEEKS SENSIBLE GUN REGULATIONS AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL. OUR GOAL IS TO MOBILIZE LARGE NUMBERS IN THAT EFFORT, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE. WE WANT ASSAULT WEAPONS AND