WEDNESDAY: Lawmakers, Families Of Victims Of Gun Violence From 20 States, Advocates To Demand Congress Reject “Arm Anyone” Concealed-Carry Legislation
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December 5, 2017
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**MEDIA ADVISORY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6**
WEDNESDAY: LAWMAKERS, FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE FROM 20 STATES, ADVOCATES TO DEMAND CONGRESS REJECT “ARM ANYONE” CONCEALED-CARRY LEGISLATION
Washington, D.C. – House and Senate lawmakers, family members of gun violence victims from 20 states, and gun violence prevention advocates will stand together to speak out against the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, legislation that would allow more dangerous criminals and untrained individuals to carry loaded, hidden guns in public places by forcing states with strong concealed carry laws to honor permits from states with weak or non-existent standards. Speakers will stand with 100 family members of the victims of gun violence from 20 states throughout the country during the event.
The House is set to consider concealed carry legislation less than two weeks before the fifth anniversary of the tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, and just over two months following the deadliest mass shooting in American history.
The press conference will take place hours before the 5th Annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, commemorating the victims at Sandy Hook, as well as the 500,000 American victims and survivors of gun violence since December 2012.
WHAT: Lawmakers, Families of Victims of Gun Violence from 20 States, Advocates to Demand Congress Reject “Arm Anyone” Concealed-Carry Legislation
WHERE: House Triangle
WHEN: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 – 1:00PM
WHO: Rep. Elizabeth Esty (CT-5), Vice-Chair of House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force & Representative of Newtown, Connecticut.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member, House Judiciary Committee
Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair, House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18)
Members of the House Judiciary Committee and Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
Po Murray, Chair of Newtown Action Alliance and the Newtown Foundation
Kris Brown, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Victoria Coy, National Director of States United to Prevent Gun Violence
Shannon Watts, Founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
Don Schreiber, Rancher, Rio Arriba County, NM
Jamie Barnett, Rear Admiral USN (Ret.)
Sabrina Tapp-Harper, Major, Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office
David Chipman, Giffords Senior Policy Advisor and 25-year ATF veteran
Reverend Michele H. Morgan, the Rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
Nearly 100 family members of victims and survivors of gun violence from 20 states will be standing in support, including:
· Jane Dougherty, sister of Mary Sherlach, school psychologist killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School
· Gilles & Joyce Rousseau, parents of Lauren Rousseau, another teacher killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School
· Rev. Sharon Risher, daughter of Mrs. Ethel Lance, killed in the Emanuel AME Church shooting
· Barbara Parker and Andy Parker, Parents of Journalist Alison Parker who was killed in Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia on live television
· Chris Hurst, former WDBJ7 anchor whose girlfriend Alison Parker was killed on live television in 2015 and delegate-elect from the 12th district of the Virginia House of Delegates
· Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, parents of Jessica Ghawi who was killed in the Aurora movie theater massacre
· Jane Weiss, aunt of Veronika Weiss who was shot and killed in the Isla Vista shooting
· Diane Sellgren, whose daughter committed suicide with a gun
· Melody McFadden, Daughter of Patricia Ann Geddis and Aunt of Sandy Patrice Geddis Barnwell who were killed in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
· Denise Cromwell, Niece of Sam Caulder who committed suicide with a gun in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
· Tina Meins, Daughter of Damian Meins who was killed in San Bernardino, California
· Thomas Magee, brother of Laura Magee who was shot and killed by her husband in 1995 in Scotts Mills Oregon and uncle of Sarah, 6; Rachel, 3; and April, 6 months who were also shot and killed at that time. His mother was shot but survived the incident.
· Brenda Grisham, Mother of Christopher Lavell Jones who was murdered in Oakland, California
· Christina Johnson, Mother of Christopher Johnson who was murdered in Chicago, Illinois
· Sam Saylor, Pastor and father of Shane Oliver who was murdered in Hartford, Connecticut
· And many others
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