The founder of Mom’s Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a movement intended to stop gun violence, spoke recently at a Bethel book store. Shannon Watts noted that the organization has 300,000 active volunteers and a chapter in every state. She authored a book about the grassroots movement. Additional security was at Byrd's Books after a vague threat was allegedly posted on Facebook about gun rights activists open carrying on the sidewalk. The shop's manager told the Newstimes it was a non-direct threat, but in anticipation of an incident, police were called. There was no incident at the event.