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Gun Control Advocates Plan White House Protest
Advocates who favor legislation to reduce the number of massacres in the United States will hold a protest outside the White House at 4:30 Friday afternoon, according to a person involved with the planning. Details are still be worked out.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/14/sandy-hook-elementary-school-shooting_n_2300831.html#23_gun-control-advocates-plan-white-house-protest
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Sanity may be returning.
JustAnotherGen
(31,879 posts)There won't be a million people there. If it's a handful - it's not worth it.
Would I join a well organized LOUD march/Protest? You bet. And I own guns, I'm not crazy, my husband isn't crazy, neither of us is suicidal, they are locked up and we are responsible.
We need gun control now. There is no need (I know first hand) to walk into a school with a gun, or have that kind of ammo in your possession (the amount) at any given time. The chances of a home invasion of more than a few people is insane.
My husband is an Italian citizen - do you know what he has to go through as a former Italian Marine Tactical Sharp Shooter to keep guns in our home in Italy? And the limitations?
We need shit like that - and we need it now. The answering isn't arming everyone - it's curtailing the the violent and/or insane people from having access.
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)is at LaPierre's home, all NRA facilities, and anywhere that f'ing puke dares to show his face until he is deposed and tried for terrorism, inciting terrorism and anything else that applies. He should be hounded 24/7 for the rest of his miserable life, along with all his enablers. His/their cell(s) should also be lined with graphic pictures of these and other victims of this philosophy of guns everywhere. I have been saying for a while now that the NRA is the largest organized lobbying outfit for the MIC. "A gun in every hand..."