NEW: MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence Advocates Stricter Laws

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

GoLocalWorcester News Team

The Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence started in 2013 after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut

Member organizations of the newly-formed Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence along with parents of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT will hold a press conference on Friday, September 13 at 9:30 a.m. at the State House to advocate the need for effective and meaningful changes to the state’s gun laws.

Guest Speakers

Expected speakers include State Senator Cynthia Creem (D-Newton), Representatives David Linsky (D-Natick), Newtown mother Nicole Hockley, whose 6-year-old son Dylan was killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, Reverend and homicide survivor Kim Odom, Reverend Ray Hammond, and Coalition convenor Angus McQuilken. The press conference will be MC’d by political satirist Jimmy Tingle.

The Hearing

The Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security’s public hearing on the need for stricter gun laws in Massachusetts will follow the press conference at 10 a.m. This is the last in a series of regional hearings (five in total) to inform the Committee’s work in crafting a bill for consideration by the full House and Senate, with floor debate potentially as soon as this fall.

The Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence

The Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence was formed in 2013 after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. As an umbrella organization, the Coalition brings together over thirty organizations and institutions across MA to end the epidemic of gun violence.

For more information about the press conference and the MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence visit: http://mapreventgunviolence.org/