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Missouri Million Mom Marchers Participate in First Monday Event

Josey1Josey1 Member Posts: 9,598 ✭✭
edited October 2001 in General Discussion
Missouri Million Mom Marchers Participate in First Monday Event 10/3/01 For Immediate Release:October 2, 2001 Contact Information:Stacey Newman St. Louis Million Mom March P.O. Box 240341St. Louis, MO 63024Phone: (314) 494-4399E-Mail: MillionmomSTL@aol.comMissouri Million Mom Marchers Participate in First Monday EventWashington University Students Launch Campaign Against Gun Industry St. Louis, MO - The St. Louis Chapter of the Million Mom March took part in the First Monday event, Monday evening, October 1, 2001 at Washington University in St. Louis, MO along with student activists from the undergraduate school. They launched a campaign to encourage the gun industry to take responsibility for its deadly products and keep guns out of the hands of kids and criminals. The campus event was part of the First Monday Campaign, organized by the Alliance for Justice and Physicians for Social Responsiblity and was one of over 150 rallies on campuses nationwide in schools of law, medicine, nursing, social work and public health.A key component of the campaign is to raise awareness about the gun industry and it's deceptive advertising to kids, and it's lack of consumer product safety standards. Among the speakers, 8 year-old Sophie Newman gave her views on how guns affect kids. A local third grader, Sophie, has been speaking about kids and gun violence since her appearance on the Rosie O'Donnell show in New York, May 2000, promoting the Million Mom March. Her mom Stacey is the co-president of the St. Louis chapter of the Million Mom March Foundation, founded immediately following the largest march ever for sensible gun laws Mothers Day 2000 in Washington D.C. The Washington University event featured the new powerful documentary film about the gun industry, entitled "Deadly Business." Dr. Marc Shapiro, head of trauma at St. Louis University Hospital, also spoke, addressing the gun violence trauma he has personally seen, including treating several college students who were victims.Yesterday's event at Brown Hall on the Washington University Campus was organized by Sara Zessar, junior from Iowa. She became involved after attending a First Monday seminar in Washington D.C. while clerking last summer for Sen. Tom Harkins. She and other students at the event all vowed to continue working for social change and announced an ongoing grassroots campaign, Gun Industry Watch. This new on-line student network will monitor industry practices and take action to hold the gun makers accountable. "For years, the gun manufacturers have said they want to keep guns out of the hands of kids and criminals." said Sara. "We think it's time they do something about it." http://www.jointogether.org/gv/wire/press_releases/reader.jtml?Object_ID=546007
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  • ironsitesironsites Member Posts: 97 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    What was the name of that women with the Million Mom March that shot and killed a young kid she thought had shot her son only to find out she shot the wrong kid? The MMM doesn't talk much about that, and the fact that this women had a bunch of handguns in her home and car! "Hypocrites".
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  • .250Savage.250Savage Member Posts: 812 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Every Mother's day, these (expletive deleted)s have a little rally, so I go out to where the Second Amendment Sisters are holding their rally and lend a hand. Put your feet on the beat, make a presence, let these (further expletives deleted) know they DO NOT speak for America.
    I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.--Voltare
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