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Rod Walker

(187 posts)
Mon Jun 17, 2013, 11:33 PM Jun 2013

Organizing for Action holds gun control Rally in CA. 3 people attend.

http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_23464357/organizing-action-rallies-san-bernardino-gun-control

SAN BERNARDINO - Exactly six months after 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., a small group from Organizing for Action stood here Friday with 26 flags and signs calling for stricter gun control.

"On Flag Day growing up, I used to always wave a flag with my grandson, and it hit me that the victims of that horrible tragedy won't ever be able to do that," said Curtis Lewis, the group's gun violence prevention coordinator. "We need people to stand up and write to Congress to say they want laws that respect the Second Amendment but also help prevent these tragedies."

Lewis said he supported HR 1565, a bill that would require background checks for sales at gun shows and online, "close the gun show and other loopholes," and create a commission to study the causes of mass violence in the United States.

The protest drew three members of Organizing for Action, a nonprofit group that supports President Barack Obama's agenda, to the National Orange Show Events Center.

"It's three people today, but it will be 23 next time, and we'll see the time after that," Lewis said.
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Organizing for Action holds gun control Rally in CA. 3 people attend. (Original Post) Rod Walker Jun 2013 OP
Possibly, the recent revelations about NSA snooping has us reconsidering our second amendment... NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #1
I thought California already had Control-Z Jun 2013 #2
So, is there any reason why Lifelong Protester Jun 2013 #3
You're reading something into my handle that isn't there. Rod Walker Jun 2013 #5
Maybe naming it the ‘‘... Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013’’ had an adverse AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #4
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
1. Possibly, the recent revelations about NSA snooping has us reconsidering our second amendment...
Mon Jun 17, 2013, 11:36 PM
Jun 2013

Or, Snooki is in town.

Control-Z

(15,684 posts)
2. I thought California already had
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 12:12 AM
Jun 2013

some of the strictest gun safety laws in the country. It is a little confusing to me. Are the background checks for California purchasers? Or is this a federal law the group wants? With majority democratic representation and DiFi and Boxer in the senate, I wasn't aware that we needed representation above and beyond what we already have. I thought California's laws were pretty much good for the go and represented in DC as well.

 

AnotherMcIntosh

(11,064 posts)
4. Maybe naming it the ‘‘... Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013’’ had an adverse
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 12:19 AM
Jun 2013

effect on generating support from gun-controllers.

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