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NATIONAL LIE-IN ACROSS AMERICA
(Click here for details)
APRIL 16, 2008
ALABAMA
 University of Alabama-32
ARIZONA
Chandler-32
Phoenix-32
CALIFORNIA
CA State University, Chico -32
Diablo Valley College-32
Laney College-32
College of San Mateo-32
Sierra College, Grass Valley-32
Solano Community College-32
UCLA-32
COLORADO
Boulder-32
Colorado College-32
Denver-32
Fort Collins-32
CONNECTICUT
Darien/Greenwich-32
Univ. of New Haven-32
Washington, DC
D.C.#2-32
FLORIDA
Miami-32 ( Nova Southeastern U.)
HAWAII
Honolulu-32
ILLINOIS
Chicago#3-37
Guerin Prep High School-37
INDIANA
University of Indiana-32
KANSAS
Kansas City-32 (see Missouri)
MAINE
Portland #2-32
MARYLAND
Baltimore-32
Bethesda#2-32
Goucher College-32
Silver Spring#2-32
MASSACHUSETTS
Clark University-32
UMass-Amherst-32
Simmons-32
Wellesley-32
Harvard-32
MICHIGAN
Detroit#3-32
Western Michigan University-32
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis/St. Paul-32
Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth-32
MISSOURI
Kansas City-32 (see Kansas)
NEW JERSEY
The College of New Jersey/Mercer-32
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque-32
NEW YORK
Times Square#2-32
Bronx-32
Morris High School-32
Crown Heights-32
Albany-32
Cornell-32
Syracuse University-32
New York Institute of Technology - Old Westbury Campus-32
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte#2-32
Duke-32
UNC-Chapel Hill#3-32
Winston Salem-32
UNC-Wilmington-32
OHIO
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky-32
University of Toledo-32
Kent State-32
Ohio State University-32
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia#3-32
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston#2-32
Columbia#3-32
TENNESSEE
University of Tennessee-32
TEXAS
Dallas#2-32
University of Texas-San Antonio-32
VIRGINIA
Virginia Tech-32
Alexandria#2-32
Falls Church#2-32
Grove Avenue Christian School-32
McLean#2-32
Norfolk-32
Portsmouth-32
Richmond#3-32
WASHINGTON
Seattle-32
WEST VIRGINIA
Marshall-32
WISCONSIN
Madison-32
Milwaukee-32
INTERNATIONAL
Toronto, Ontario/Canada - 32
Please
join us at our next protest! You do not need to sign up—just
come.
Past Protests
Alexandria-32
Bethesda-32
Falls Church-32
New
York City-32
Arlington-32
Brooklyn-32
Montclair-32
Philadelphia-32
McLean-32
SilverSpring-32
Chicago/
Evanston-32
Dallas-32
Houston-32
Detroit
Cobo Hall-32
Chicago-32
Anthony
Padron
Detroit#2-32
Washington,
DC-32
Westchester-32
Minneapolis/St.
Paul-32
Philadelphia#2-32
Contra
Costa College (CA)-32
Raleigh-32
Springfield-32
Portland, ME-32
UNC Kappa-32
District
Heights (MD)-32
Charlotte-32
Durham-32
UVA-32
Carleton College-32
Richmond, VA-32
UNC-32
SUNY-32
USC-32
Charleston-32
Richmond State Capitol-32
Columbia, SC-32
Atlanta-32
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Who
are we?
Concerned citizens, like you, who believe that it is too easy to
purchase guns in America. We began as a group of 32 women in
Alexandria, Virginia who held a civil protest to express outrage over
the shootings that took place at Virginia Tech, the deadliest shooting
rampage in U.S. history. We are not against hunters, guns for private
protection or collectors of guns. We are for background checks for gun
purchases and keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, dangerous
individuals, and people not capable of handling a gun responsibly.
June 26, 2008 - Supreme
Court Strikes Down Handgun Ban
The Supreme Court Decision Strikes Down D.C. 30
year Handgun Ban which
majority of D.C. residents, their legislators, and police wanted
kept
in place. In the same decision, the Court determined: "The
Second
Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and
carry
any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever
purpose."
Protest Easy Guns
response to the Supreme Court decision:
"Americans have known all along that the real 'slippery slope' in the United States is not taking away guns from legitimate gun purchasers, but the disastrous consequences of criminals and dangerous individuals' easy access to guns because of our country's lax gun laws. That's the murderous and threatening slip and slide our country is now recklessly heading down. With this Supreme Court decision, it's high noon in the United States and citizens are poised and ready to strip away easy
access to guns by those intent on murdering, maiming, and threatening Americans. Dangerous individuals have lost their right to bear arms in the United States. We implore our legislators to stop protecting lax gun laws which make it easy for dangerous individuals to procure guns
and begin protecting the American people with better gun regulations. Our children, our police, and all Americans want a safer country. A good place to start is by closing the gunshow loophole and requiring background checks on all gun purchasers, which the majority of Americans, gun owners, and both presidential candidates want done -- sooner rather than later."
Abigail Spangler, Ph.D.
Founder, ProtestEasyGuns.com
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Thousands of citizens joined us for the NATIONAL LIE-IN on April 16.
There were 30 states
- and 70 lie-ins (and
one in Canada) all demanding a common sense approach to our nation's gun laws.
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Our Approach
Is simple, civil and peaceful. Each protest includes 32 individuals symbolizing the 32 students and teachers murdered at Virginia Tech, and the 32 Americans murdered by guns EVERY DAY in the United States.
Our Goals
Our goal is to help people like you organize your own
protest
for common sense gun laws in our country. On this website you will find
a 'Protest in a Box'
with all the steps you need to take and some helpful tips. Send us the
date and we will add your protest and photos to
this website.
- We are grass roots. We are not part of any organization. We don't raise money.
- We are Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, united in our outrage that mass shootings still continue in our country.
- Our goal is to stimulate public discourse on reasonable and effective guns laws.
- We are determined to make a difference!
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