PRO-GUN-RIGHTS ADVOCACY: Women From All 50 States Travel to DC to Speak to Lawmakers About Gun Rights. “Fifty women from America’s 50 states went to Capitol Hill last month to meet with federal lawmakers in an effort to advocate for gun rights. The D.C. Project spent four days at the end of June walking the halls of Congress and meeting with representatives and senators about firearms policy. This year is the third year in a row in which the group met with lawmakers. The group said their goal was to change the impression many lawmakers have of gun owners as well as counter recent antigun protests.”