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From VCDL Alert:
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11. Recent MMM meeting in Burke
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Henry Heymering had a great comment about the last paragraph in this short article.
"Ugh... and if this were the Mother's Against Drunk Drivers would they all walk there or take a bus so as not to remind the Mother's of automobiles?"
Thanks to Board Member Bruce Jackson for the link.
From The Connection Newspapers:
http://tinyurl.com/3c3mj7
County Notebook
Julia O'Donoghue
May 30, 2007
Gun Rights, Gun Control Showdown
Gun rights and gun control advocates faced off during a recent meeting of the Million Mom March’s Northern Virginia chapter at the Kings’
Park Library in Burke last week.
The Million Mom March, a gun control advocacy group, had set up a meeting to allow former National Rifle Association lobbyist Bob Ricker [this is the AHSA guy, M.P.] speak about gun laws. Approximately two dozen attendees showed up with about half carrying their guns openly and visibly, said Laura Sonnenmark, a member of the Million Mom March.
Gun rights advocates in attendance at the meeting said they were interested in Ricker’s speech and whether he would advocate denying gun owners their right to bear arms.
"We are always interested in the thoughts of gun prohibitionists.
Basically, ‘know thy enemy,’ and that is about it," said James Kadison, a member of the Virginia Citizens Defense League who attended the event.
But members of the Million Mom March found the meeting attendees who had their guns exposed intimidating, said Sonnemark.
"I just thought it was very cruel because we do have members who have been victims of gun violence or lost family members to gun violence,"
she said.