Residents Rally for Gun Safety
In remembrance of the December shootings in Newtown, Conn., demonstrators asked U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall to support gun safety laws. The demonstration was held at the Gwinnett Justice Administration Center in Lawrenceville, Ga.
A group of concerned citizens stood with signs outside the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville Thursday to call for support of reasonable gun safety laws. The rally took place a little more than two months after the Dec. 14, 2012, shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Twenty-six people, mostly young children, lost their lives when a gunman opened fire in the school. MoveOn.org sponsored the event urging U.S. Representative Rob Woodall—who’s office is housed in GJAC—to take action on gun safety. “We ask Representative Woodall to listen to his constituents and stand up for common sense reforms that will reduce gun violence,” said Kathleen Allen in a release. Allen is a mother in Norcross, a gun …
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Nathan Horton
9:30 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Multiple studies have shown that more people are murdered with hammers and other blunt objects than from 'assault rifles' (AKA scary looking guns). Despite early reports to the contrary, the kids at Sandy Hook were not killed with an assault rifle either. Assault rifles are not the problem. We have a mental health problem in America that is disguised as a gun problem. more ›