ROBAR35
Living the farm life
Last week, the gun lobby announced that they will NOT try to petition our new life-saving Maryland gun violence prevention law to referendum. This is great news! The other side knew that we would win such a referendum fight and that the people of Maryland would overwhelmingly affirm the new law. Your great work over the last few months convinced them of that!
This means that our new law will take effect on October 1 of this year, and we will do all we can to make sure it is fully and effectively implemented.
The gun lobby did say that they plan to challenge the new law in court, but they will lose there also. We will work closely with the O'Malley-Brown Administration and Attorney General Gansler to make sure of that.
Our victory, however, will be short-lived if we allow the gun lobby to control the message in the weeks and months ahead. They are already threatening to unseat our legislative champions in the 2014 election, and we can't let that happen. They aren't going away and neither must we!
Help in the short term by attending:
1. Gun Legislation Town Hall Meeting w/ state legislators in Frederick on April 27th - Details Here
2.CEASEFIRE on April 28th (Fundraiser for MPGV & Brady Campaign): A Showcase of Jewish Young Artists - Details Here
3. "The Future of Gun Violence Prevention" w/ Lt. Gov Brown, Senator Frosh, Delegate Dumais and others at the Safe Silver Spring meeting on May 6 - Details Here
We'll continue to keep you updated on opportunities to defend the Firearm Safety Act and the good people who made it law. Thanks so much!
Vinny DeMarco
PS. Also, check out the following:
- Me on National PBS News Hour talking abour our great victory
- A great new document by the Johns Hopkins Center For Gun Policy and Research showing how our new fingerprint licensing system is a very effective tool to prevent gun violence
- A great column by Fraser Smith describing the history of our victory
Support our work to reduce gun violence in Maryland:*Make A Donation
Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence | 2600 St. Paul Street | Baltimore, MD 21218 | *
This means that our new law will take effect on October 1 of this year, and we will do all we can to make sure it is fully and effectively implemented.
The gun lobby did say that they plan to challenge the new law in court, but they will lose there also. We will work closely with the O'Malley-Brown Administration and Attorney General Gansler to make sure of that.
Our victory, however, will be short-lived if we allow the gun lobby to control the message in the weeks and months ahead. They are already threatening to unseat our legislative champions in the 2014 election, and we can't let that happen. They aren't going away and neither must we!
Help in the short term by attending:
1. Gun Legislation Town Hall Meeting w/ state legislators in Frederick on April 27th - Details Here
2.CEASEFIRE on April 28th (Fundraiser for MPGV & Brady Campaign): A Showcase of Jewish Young Artists - Details Here
3. "The Future of Gun Violence Prevention" w/ Lt. Gov Brown, Senator Frosh, Delegate Dumais and others at the Safe Silver Spring meeting on May 6 - Details Here
We'll continue to keep you updated on opportunities to defend the Firearm Safety Act and the good people who made it law. Thanks so much!
Vinny DeMarco
PS. Also, check out the following:
- Me on National PBS News Hour talking abour our great victory
- A great new document by the Johns Hopkins Center For Gun Policy and Research showing how our new fingerprint licensing system is a very effective tool to prevent gun violence
- A great column by Fraser Smith describing the history of our victory
Support our work to reduce gun violence in Maryland:*Make A Donation
Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence | 2600 St. Paul Street | Baltimore, MD 21218 | *
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