American Jewish Congress to Announce Drive
Demanding Congress Pass Tough Gun Control Laws
U.S. Newswire
13 Sep 14:50
To: National and Assignment desks, Daybook Editor
Contact: Stephen Steiner, 212-360-1540,
or Matthew Dorf, 202-332-4001,
both of the American Jewish Congress;
Web site: http://www.ajcongress.org
News Advisory:
Supported by leading members of Congress and other dignitaries,
The American Jewish Congress will issue a national call to action --
"STOP THE GUNS: PROTECT OUR KIDS" -- on Tuesday, Sept. 14, for
1 million Americans to sign petitions demanding that the U.S.
Congress pass tough gun control legislation requiring licensing
and registration of guns.
"Gun violence in the United States has reached levels that defy
belief," declared AJCongress National President Jack Rosen,
announcing the organization's response. "We were horrified over
Littleton, we were horrified over the North Valley Jewish Community
Center, we were horrified by all the shootings in between, and who
knows when or where it will happen next."
"We are disappointed," said Rosen, "that Congress as a whole has
failed to overcome special interests and to enact effective gun
control legislation. We are aware that there are a substantial
number of members of Congress who would support gun control
legislation if they had the opportunity to do so. We want to help
provide them with that opportunity."
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WHAT:
American Jewish Congress press conference to announce "STOP THE
GUNS: PROTECT OUR KIDS," a national call to action for 1 million
Americans to sign petitions demanding tough gun control legislation
requiring licensing and registration of guns.
WHO:
-- Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.),
Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.),
Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and
Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.)
-- Reps. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.),
Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.),
Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.),
Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.),
Donald Payne (D-N.J.),
Janice Schakowsky (D-Ill.) -- note: Benjamin Smith unleashed his gun violence in her district, which includes Evanston -- and
Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)
-- Sarah Brady, chair of Handgun Control Inc.
-- Carol Kingsley of San Francisco and her 7-year-old son Zack
Berman; she is the widow of Jack Berman, the late President of the
AJCongress Northern Pacific Region, who was gunned down in a San
Francisco office building along with seven others in July 1993.
-- The Orthodox, Conservative and Reform movements of Judaism will
all be represented at the press conference.
WHERE:
House Triangle (Inclement weather location: HC-9)
WHEN:
Tuesday, Sept. 14, at noon
PHOTO OP:
To begin the program, which is being held in the days preceding
Yom Kippur, rabbis will blow the Shofar as a call to action.
CONTACT:
-- Stephen Steiner, national director of public relations,
212-360-1540 or 718-849-1243 (home); or
-- Matt Dorf, director of governmental and public affairs,
202-332-4001.
NOTE: COVERAGE IS INVITED
-0-
/U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/
09/13 14:50
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Contact these people NOW!
Go to...
http://www.ajcongress.org/guestbk1.htm
...and politely let them know how foolish they are to support guntrol after all that Jews have been through.
Joe
http://www.netbabbler.com/goto/index.php3?forumid=12204
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Demanding Congress Pass Tough Gun Control Laws
U.S. Newswire
13 Sep 14:50
To: National and Assignment desks, Daybook Editor
Contact: Stephen Steiner, 212-360-1540,
or Matthew Dorf, 202-332-4001,
both of the American Jewish Congress;
Web site: http://www.ajcongress.org
News Advisory:
Supported by leading members of Congress and other dignitaries,
The American Jewish Congress will issue a national call to action --
"STOP THE GUNS: PROTECT OUR KIDS" -- on Tuesday, Sept. 14, for
1 million Americans to sign petitions demanding that the U.S.
Congress pass tough gun control legislation requiring licensing
and registration of guns.
"Gun violence in the United States has reached levels that defy
belief," declared AJCongress National President Jack Rosen,
announcing the organization's response. "We were horrified over
Littleton, we were horrified over the North Valley Jewish Community
Center, we were horrified by all the shootings in between, and who
knows when or where it will happen next."
"We are disappointed," said Rosen, "that Congress as a whole has
failed to overcome special interests and to enact effective gun
control legislation. We are aware that there are a substantial
number of members of Congress who would support gun control
legislation if they had the opportunity to do so. We want to help
provide them with that opportunity."
------
WHAT:
American Jewish Congress press conference to announce "STOP THE
GUNS: PROTECT OUR KIDS," a national call to action for 1 million
Americans to sign petitions demanding tough gun control legislation
requiring licensing and registration of guns.
WHO:
-- Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.),
Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.),
Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and
Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.)
-- Reps. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.),
Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.),
Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.),
Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.),
Donald Payne (D-N.J.),
Janice Schakowsky (D-Ill.) -- note: Benjamin Smith unleashed his gun violence in her district, which includes Evanston -- and
Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)
-- Sarah Brady, chair of Handgun Control Inc.
-- Carol Kingsley of San Francisco and her 7-year-old son Zack
Berman; she is the widow of Jack Berman, the late President of the
AJCongress Northern Pacific Region, who was gunned down in a San
Francisco office building along with seven others in July 1993.
-- The Orthodox, Conservative and Reform movements of Judaism will
all be represented at the press conference.
WHERE:
House Triangle (Inclement weather location: HC-9)
WHEN:
Tuesday, Sept. 14, at noon
PHOTO OP:
To begin the program, which is being held in the days preceding
Yom Kippur, rabbis will blow the Shofar as a call to action.
CONTACT:
-- Stephen Steiner, national director of public relations,
212-360-1540 or 718-849-1243 (home); or
-- Matt Dorf, director of governmental and public affairs,
202-332-4001.
NOTE: COVERAGE IS INVITED
-0-
/U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/
09/13 14:50
--------------------------------------------
Contact these people NOW!
Go to...
http://www.ajcongress.org/guestbk1.htm
...and politely let them know how foolish they are to support guntrol after all that Jews have been through.
Joe
http://www.netbabbler.com/goto/index.php3?forumid=12204
Joe's Second Amendment Message Board