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Moore got involved in campaigning for an end to gun violence
after the 2012 shootings of 20 children at Connecticut's Sandy
Hook elementary school, and she is now chair of the Everytown
Creative Council.
"When our federal government failed to act I was really shocked
and that's when I realized that I was not being a responsible
parent or a citizen by not becoming involved in an issue I cared
deeply about," Moore said on Thursday.
New York's Empire State Building will be lit up in orange on
Friday to mark gun violence awareness.
(Reporting by Reuters Television; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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