Newtown Residents Oppose Plan to Make Dec. 14 "Guns Save Lives Day"

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Newtown Residents Oppose Plan to Make Dec. 14 "Guns Save Lives Day"

by Llana Gold and Ari Mason at NBC Connecticut

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Newtown-Opposes-Plan-for-Guns-Save-Lives-Day-on-Dec-14-227451271.html

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1. GOP groups want to own all the cornerstones of our lives. If

an event, that would stick in people's hearts and minds, happens they have to put up an alternative reality there. To try to suppress the nation and Connecticut's feelings, and thus their realities and what they fight for.

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2. Here's a snip....

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The Newtown Action Alliance, an advocacy group for tougher gun laws, released the following statement on Saturday:

"As December approaches, the Newtown community has been planning to honor the memories of our twenty first-graders and six brave teachers who were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School a year ago. Unfortunately, the gun industry, along with a fringe group of gun enthusiasts, have taken it upon themselves to proclaim 12/14/13 'Guns Save Lives Day'. Using our day of mourning and remembrance to focus on the guns that took the lives of our children and teachers rather than celebrating their memories is disgraceful."

According to the Second Amendment Foundation, based in Washington state, Guns Save Lives Day aims to raise awareness of the benefits of the right to bear arms.

“We're not doing anything that's insensitive at all," said founder Alan Gottlieb. "Quite frankly, what we think is insensitive is attacking the law-abiding rights of gun owners coast to coast and trying to pass legislation so people can’t have the means to protect themselves.”

The Guns Save Lives Day website says the foundation's objective is to "prevent misguided gun control laws" from taking effect and said the day is a way of honoring those killed at Sandy Hook.

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4. How did you get the snip? Thank you.

[Junkdrawer]

6. IE8 on XP....

Sometimes an out-of-date browser has advantages....

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9. Okay. Wasn't me then. LOL!

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3. A snip from the story...

Newtown Residents Oppose Plan to Make Dec. 14 "Guns Save Lives Day"

<snip> .... Frank said the day should be a time to remember the 20 children and six educators who were killed when Adam Lanza opened fire before turning the gun on himself.

“It’s not the right day," Frank said. "It’s pretty distasteful."

The Newtown Action Alliance, an advocacy group for tougher gun laws, released the following statement on Saturday:

"As December approaches, the Newtown community has been planning to honor the memories of our twenty first-graders and six brave teachers who were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School a year ago. Unfortunately, the gun industry, along with a fringe group of gun enthusiasts, have taken it upon themselves to proclaim 12/14/13 'Guns Save Lives Day'. Using our day of mourning and remembrance to focus on the guns that took the lives of our children and teachers rather than celebrating their memories is disgraceful."

According to the Second Amendment Foundation, based in Washington state, Guns Save Lives Day aims to raise awareness of the benefits of the right to bear arms......

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5. Thank you for snipping for me.

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7. Gun nuts don't care about little kids deaths...their RTBA is far more imprortant

than the slaughter of kids by a disturbed human with semi-automatic firepower. We are hostages to 2nd Amendment gun freaks.

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8. OMG I would hope they would oppose it