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eppur_se_muova

(36,280 posts)
Tue May 27, 2014, 07:47 PM May 2014

Son of slain Sikh leader runs for Congress on gun safety platform (BBC) {Paul Ryan's district}

16 April 2014 Last updated at 01:07 BST

Would greater controls on gun ownership save lives or simply limit freedom? It is the debate that renews after every mass shooting in the US.

In August 2012 six people were shot dead at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin by a white supremacist.

Frustrated by the lack of action in Congress and what he deemed insufficient attention to the massacre by President Barack Obama, the son of one of the victims is running for Congress on a gun control platform.

James Coomarasamy reports on Amar Kaleka's upstart challenge to 2012 Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Paul Ryan.

Produced by Lindle Markwell; filmed and edited by Peter Murtaugh

auto-play video at: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27027182




(Not exactly LBN, but I hadn't seen anything about this earlier.)

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Son of slain Sikh leader runs for Congress on gun safety platform (BBC) {Paul Ryan's district} (Original Post) eppur_se_muova May 2014 OP
Wow! Emmy Award winning film director. longship May 2014 #1
I agree BUT unfortunatly he isn't going to win bigdarryl May 2014 #3
The gun control platform IS supported by vast majorities of actual people and voters, this is Fred Sanders May 2014 #2

longship

(40,416 posts)
1. Wow! Emmy Award winning film director.
Tue May 27, 2014, 08:00 PM
May 2014

This guy's smart, creative, and moved to make a difference.

Plus, he's running against an asshole, Paul Ryan.

 

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)
3. I agree BUT unfortunatly he isn't going to win
Thu May 29, 2014, 08:26 AM
May 2014

Because of those RACIST people in that district who are against Muslims

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
2. The gun control platform IS supported by vast majorities of actual people and voters, this is
Tue May 27, 2014, 08:20 PM
May 2014

not so much a brave thing as an intelligent one.

This man needs cash to counter the right wing dark money machine and sugar daddy octogenarian billionaires.

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