Heather Peterman was 6 years old. As she sat in the carpool line after school one day, she wondered why her father was so late to pick her up. 
“Sitting in that carpool line, I’m like ‘Is he here? Is he mad at me? Why isn’t he here picking me up?’ because he was never late. He never forgot to pick me up,” said Heather Peterman, with tears in her eyes. 
Heather’s father, Daran Peterman, had not picked her up from school that day because he had been shot by his brother, Robby. Robby and Daran were fighting about the grass in the front yard when Robby shot Daran multiple times in the back with an AK-47.
Upon realizing that he had murdered his own brother, Robby engaged in a 4-hour stand off with police. Robby only surrendered when a trusted neighbor approached him and convinced him to surrender. Robby suffered a heart attack 2 weeks later in jail, which took his life. 
“He used to always tell my mom that Robby was going to kill somebody some day, and it’s just crazy because little did he know that it would end up being him,” said Heather Peterman.
Mom’s Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is an organization that was started by a stay-at-home mom after the tragic Sandy Hook shooting in 2012. Mom’s Demand Action grew to become a national organization, fighting for gun legislation all over the country. Most recently on March 6, 2018, Mom’s Demand Action volunteers like Angelle Bradford stood proudly beside Oregon governor Kate Brown as she signed legislation that will help protect women and children from from gun violence.