7 August 2013
Statewide News
..."It is time (click here) for our leaders in Washington to take meaningful action to help save lives." Soto said to nearly 100 people that rallied at Union Park. "Gun violence knows no bounds and it poses a serious threat to all Americans everywhere."...
DES
MOINES – Speakers with close ties to gun-violence tragedies brought a
national campaign for what they called “common-sense gun policies” to
Iowa on Wednesday.
Gun-control advocates traveling with the Mayors Against Illegal Guns bus tour included Carlee Soto, whose sister, Victoria, was a teacher killed last December at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., and Pat Maisch, a woman who survived a shooting at a 2011 political gathering in Tucson, Ariz.
“It’s time for our leaders in Washington to take meaningful action and to help save lives,” Soto told nearly 100 people who rallied at Union Park. “Gun violence knows no bounds and it poses a serious threat to all Americans everywhere.”
A broad coalition of gun violence prevention advocates came together to voice their support for comprehensive and enforceable background checks as part of a 25-state tour over 100 days. Advocates said it remains too easy for criminals, domestic abusers, and other dangerous or seriously mentally ill individuals to skirt laws and obtain guns by purchasing them online or at gun shows where background checks are not required under federal law.
- See more at: http://thegazette.com/2013/08/07/gun-violence-prevention-advocates-rally-in-iowa-2/#sthash.79CKDmMp.dpuf
Gun-control advocates traveling with the Mayors Against Illegal Guns bus tour included Carlee Soto, whose sister, Victoria, was a teacher killed last December at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., and Pat Maisch, a woman who survived a shooting at a 2011 political gathering in Tucson, Ariz.
“It’s time for our leaders in Washington to take meaningful action and to help save lives,” Soto told nearly 100 people who rallied at Union Park. “Gun violence knows no bounds and it poses a serious threat to all Americans everywhere.”
A broad coalition of gun violence prevention advocates came together to voice their support for comprehensive and enforceable background checks as part of a 25-state tour over 100 days. Advocates said it remains too easy for criminals, domestic abusers, and other dangerous or seriously mentally ill individuals to skirt laws and obtain guns by purchasing them online or at gun shows where background checks are not required under federal law.
- See more at: http://thegazette.com/2013/08/07/gun-violence-prevention-advocates-rally-in-iowa-2/#sthash.79CKDmMp.dpuf
