Activists, faith leaders rally for background checks on gun buyers

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http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-09-07/news/bs-md-ci-gun-rally-2-20130907_1_background-checks-gun-violence-gun-buyers

Gun proponents say Maryland has disclosed personal information to state workers
September 07, 2013|By Liz Bowie, The Baltimore Sun
A bus tour that began in Newtown, Conn., on the six-month anniversary of the school shooting there came to Baltimore on Saturday where a small group of ministers, legislators and activists gathered to call on Congress to pass legislation to reduce gun violence.

"A child killed every three hours and 15 minutes is enough for me. And it is enough for many men and women across the country. When will it be enough for Congress?" said Jenifer Pauliukonis, the Maryland head of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. The Parkville woman, who is the mother of a preschooler, said even though her family has not lost anyone to gun violence she was drawn into the movement after the Newtown shooting.

Speaking on the steps of the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Baltimore, activists read aloud the names of each of the 11 children who have died because of gun violence in the city this year as well as the names of dozens of Maryland adults. They occasionally stopped to say "No More Names," the slogan of the bus tour, which is making stops in 25 states in 100 days. The bus tour was organized by the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

"I serve a community that is ravaged. We must do something to ease the bloodshed," said Bishop Douglas Miles of Koinonia Baptist Church.

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1. YES I wish they would ban guns altogether

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2. Not going to happen, but anything we can do to reduce gun violence, I'm behind.

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3. Yeah I know but I can't stop wishing

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4. Wrong forum?

Seems like Gungeon fodder.

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5. Feel free to cross post it there.