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[align=center]"Let's Give Self-Defense a Chance!"[/align]
Let's roll folks - I know we have OCDO members who live, work, or go to school in DC.
Let's sign-up for this event and speak. If you have them, brings some Guns Save Lives Badges.
I have emailed the POC to sign up and intend to ask the DC Council to simply conform DC handgun carry laws to the majority rule across the several states - open carry allowed at 18, concealed carry allowed at 21 with permit.
The hearing will be held on Wednesday 21 March 2007 at 2:00 pm in the 5th floorCouncil Chamber of the John A. Wilson Building. To sign up to testify, please contact Mr. Victor Bonett at (202) 724-4865 or vbonett@dccouncil.us.
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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
> CONTACT: Jason J. Shedlock
> March 9, 2007
> Phone: (202) 724-8779
>
> Fax: (202) 724-8099
>
> MENDELSON TO HOLD HEARING ON GUN CONTROL AND GUN VIOLENCE>
>
> Councilmember Mendelson has scheduled a hearing that
> will focus on gun control and the problem of gun violence, as well as
> find workable solutions to stop the proliferation of firearms on the
> streets of the District of Columbia. This hearing, to be held March 21st
> , is especially timely in the wake of the recent Federal Circuit Court
> decision that has struck down the District’s gun control law.
>
> The public hearing, to be held on March 21st will also
> discuss the “Gun Violence Reduction Act of 2007.”
>
> The District of Columbia had one of the strictest gun
> laws in the nation. Even so, gun violence continues to be a problem,
> especially among youth. Preliminary MPD statistics show that 267
> gun-involved robberies and assaults were reported during the first six
> weeks of 2007, compared with 181 in the same period just one year ago -
> a nearly 50 percent increase.
>
> “This situation will likely worsen if the court’s
> decision is not overturned,” says Councilmember Mendelson. “Guns are
> too commonplace, already.”
>
> “As a community, we have become all too used to gun
> violence,” acknowledged Mendelson. “We must look for new strategies and
> this hearing is an opportunity for the Council to discuss the court
> decision and confront the need to reduce the proliferation of guns on
> our streets.”
>
> The hearing will be held at 2:00 pm in the 5th floor
> Council Chamber of the John A. Wilson Building. To sign up to testify,
> please contact Mr. Victor Bonett at (202) 724-4865 or
> vbonett@dccouncil.us.
>
> -30-
>
> Currently serving in his third term as At-Large Councilmember, Phil
> Mendelson is also Chairman of the Council’s Committee on Public Safety
> and the Judiciary. For more information, visit
> http://dccouncil.us/mendelson/index.html.
>
> Jason J. Shedlock
> Special Assistant to the Councilmember
> The Office of Councilmember Phil Mendelson (At-Large)
>> 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 402>
> Washington, DC 20004
> (202) 724-8779>
> jshedlock@dccouncil.us
[align=center]"Let's Give Self-Defense a Chance!"[/align]
Let's roll folks - I know we have OCDO members who live, work, or go to school in DC.
Let's sign-up for this event and speak. If you have them, brings some Guns Save Lives Badges.
I have emailed the POC to sign up and intend to ask the DC Council to simply conform DC handgun carry laws to the majority rule across the several states - open carry allowed at 18, concealed carry allowed at 21 with permit.
The hearing will be held on Wednesday 21 March 2007 at 2:00 pm in the 5th floorCouncil Chamber of the John A. Wilson Building. To sign up to testify, please contact Mr. Victor Bonett at (202) 724-4865 or vbonett@dccouncil.us.
---------------------------------------
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
> CONTACT: Jason J. Shedlock
> March 9, 2007
> Phone: (202) 724-8779
>
> Fax: (202) 724-8099
>
> MENDELSON TO HOLD HEARING ON GUN CONTROL AND GUN VIOLENCE>
>
> Councilmember Mendelson has scheduled a hearing that
> will focus on gun control and the problem of gun violence, as well as
> find workable solutions to stop the proliferation of firearms on the
> streets of the District of Columbia. This hearing, to be held March 21st
> , is especially timely in the wake of the recent Federal Circuit Court
> decision that has struck down the District’s gun control law.
>
> The public hearing, to be held on March 21st will also
> discuss the “Gun Violence Reduction Act of 2007.”
>
> The District of Columbia had one of the strictest gun
> laws in the nation. Even so, gun violence continues to be a problem,
> especially among youth. Preliminary MPD statistics show that 267
> gun-involved robberies and assaults were reported during the first six
> weeks of 2007, compared with 181 in the same period just one year ago -
> a nearly 50 percent increase.
>
> “This situation will likely worsen if the court’s
> decision is not overturned,” says Councilmember Mendelson. “Guns are
> too commonplace, already.”
>
> “As a community, we have become all too used to gun
> violence,” acknowledged Mendelson. “We must look for new strategies and
> this hearing is an opportunity for the Council to discuss the court
> decision and confront the need to reduce the proliferation of guns on
> our streets.”
>
> The hearing will be held at 2:00 pm in the 5th floor
> Council Chamber of the John A. Wilson Building. To sign up to testify,
> please contact Mr. Victor Bonett at (202) 724-4865 or
> vbonett@dccouncil.us.
>
> -30-
>
> Currently serving in his third term as At-Large Councilmember, Phil
> Mendelson is also Chairman of the Council’s Committee on Public Safety
> and the Judiciary. For more information, visit
> http://dccouncil.us/mendelson/index.html.
>
> Jason J. Shedlock
> Special Assistant to the Councilmember
> The Office of Councilmember Phil Mendelson (At-Large)
>> 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 402>
> Washington, DC 20004
> (202) 724-8779>
> jshedlock@dccouncil.us
