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Related: About this forumSon 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
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(Not exactly LBN, but I hadn't seen anything about this earlier.)
longship
(40,416 posts)This guy's smart, creative, and moved to make a difference.
Plus, he's running against an asshole, Paul Ryan.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)Because of those RACIST people in that district who are against Muslims
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)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.