Advocacy group calls for stricter gun background checks

NYACK – The Hudson Valley chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America held an unconventional demonstration Tuesday, selling lemonade on Nyack’s Main Street to raise awareness and support for tighter firearm background checks.

Joined by visiting state and federal representatives including State Senator David Carlucci (D, Nanuet), Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee (D, Suffern) and U.S. Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D, NY17), the advocacy group sold the beverages in a symbolic effort to turn the “lemons” of federal inaction on background check legislation into “lemonade.”

“We think there should be a background check for every gun purchase, including private sales and gun shows,” Moms Demand Action member Gina Daschbach said.

Moms Demand Action was formed in response to the Sandy Hook shootings in Newtown, Connecticut and the failure of federal background check legislation in April. Speakers at the event were universally supportive of recent New York State regulations such as the SAFE Act, particularly Lowey, who has been part of a coalition of federal lawmakers looking to renew the push for background checks.

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