Complex sentence: After being informed by the police that random discharge of firearms was a simple misdemeanor, Smith's parents resolved to change the laws and ran a statewide campaign advocating harsher punishment for random shooters.
Split into simpler sentences: After being informed by the police that random discharge of firearms was a simple misdemeanor, Smith's parents resolved to change the laws. They ran a statewide campaign advocating harsher punishment for random shooters.