UPDATE: On July 10, 2013, Ms. Magazine contacted the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and informed us they had reversed their decision and offered to publish Heidi Yewman’s two remaining articles.
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Americans concerned about our epidemic of gun violence are speaking out louder than ever and calling for change. Unfortunately, one of our most powerful voices was just silenced by Ms. Magazine.

Earlier this year, Ms. Magazine, a publication about women’s rights and points of view, asked gun-violence prevention activist and author Heidi Yewman to write a series of articles about the problem of loose gun laws. But when they published her first article, pro-gun activists swarmed the Ms. Magazine website to post angry comments—and threatened Heidi by posting her home address.

Ms. Magazine responded not by standing with Heidi, but by cancelling the final two articles in her series, saying “they’ll only fire up the [pro-gun] troops again.”

Heidi’s article revealed just how easy it is to get a gun and concealed carry license without any firearms knowledge or training—a fact gun activists clearly don’t want the public to know.

Rather than bowing to thuggery, Ms. Magazine should make it clear that pro-gun extremists can NOT silence their writers (and readers) who speak out against gun violence.

Tell Ms. Magazine: Don’t back down to pro-gun extremists. Publish Heidi Yewman’s articles.