Gun control backers rally in Washington
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January 27, 2013, Sunday
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RESIDENTS from Newtown, Connecticut, the town where 20 children and six teachers were killed in an elementary school shooting, were joining a march on Washington for gun control yesterday with parents, pastors and survivors of gun violence.
Organizers said they are expecting thousands of participants for the rally on the National Mall, including about 100 from Newtown.
Molly Smith, the artistic director of Washington's Arena Stage, and her partner organized the march, inspired by massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, she said. The gunman also fatally shot his mother and committed suicide. "With the drum roll, the consistency of the mass murders and the shock of it, it is always something that is moving and devastating to me. And then, it's as if I move on," Smith said. "And in this moment, I can't move on. I can't move on."
While she's never organized a political march before, Smith said she was compelled to press for a change in the law. The march organizers support President Barack Obama's call for a ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines as well as for universal background checks for gun sales.
Organizers said they are expecting thousands of participants for the rally on the National Mall, including about 100 from Newtown.
Molly Smith, the artistic director of Washington's Arena Stage, and her partner organized the march, inspired by massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, she said. The gunman also fatally shot his mother and committed suicide. "With the drum roll, the consistency of the mass murders and the shock of it, it is always something that is moving and devastating to me. And then, it's as if I move on," Smith said. "And in this moment, I can't move on. I can't move on."
While she's never organized a political march before, Smith said she was compelled to press for a change in the law. The march organizers support President Barack Obama's call for a ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines as well as for universal background checks for gun sales.
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