After mass shootings shook their states, these women governors took action

From red flag laws, safe storage mandates and purchase delays, here's how Democratic women governors in Michigan, New York and New Mexico have made gun safety a priority.

By Jennifer Gerson, 19th News.

Michigan State University. Oxford High School in Michigan. Topps Supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Just-In-Time bowling alley and Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant in Lewiston, Maine. Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

These are the sites of some of the most notorious mass shootings in the U.S. in the past two years. And in their aftermath, state lawmakers took action.

Extreme risk protection order laws. Safe storage child protection mandates. Waiting periods for the purchase of firearms.

What also makes these states notable in their actions to curtail the American gun violence epidemic is that they are all led by women governors who have made gun safety a key legislative initiative.