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Drive for stricter gun checks makes pit stop at Sen. Casey's office
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Drive for stricter gun checks makes pit stop at Sen. Casey's office
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| Photo | Angelo Fichera |
Celian B. Putnam showed up at 2200 Market Street at approximately 11:45 a.m. this morning to help prevent “Saturday night killers.”
“I’m concerned about ... getting some sensible statement out there,” Putnam said. “It’s just the idea of these uncontrolled, unlicensed [guns].”
Putnam was joined in front of Sen. Robert Casey’s district office by representatives of Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) — Mayor Michael Nutter is a member — and of CeaseFirePA, along with proponents of MAIG's national Fix Gun Checks Campaign. Her name appeared with more than 9,000 signatures from Pennsylvanians on a petition calling for a system that contains records of those prohibited from purchasing firearms and requires every gun buyer to be subjected to a background check. Currently, "occasional sellers" — those who sell firearms at gun shows, via classified ads or on the Internet — are not required to subject their buyers to such checks.
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| Photo | Angelo Fichera |
At noon, the group gathered around Kurk Imhof (above, right), a field representative for Casey, to hand over the petition and request CaseyÂ’s support. Phil Goldsmith, board president of CeaseFirePA, outlined the proposals in the document. "Let's remember cops are the ones in the line of fire," Goldsmith said. "I'm all in favor of putting more cops on the street, but letÂ’s protect them first."
A press event for the campaign was held just a few hours before the petition at City Hall. Mayor Nutter, who's one of 184 Pennsylvania mayors who belong to MAIG, joined local survivors and families affected by gun violence to promote the message.
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| Photo | Angelo Fichera |
The campaign’s two-month “Fix Gun Checks Truck Tour” was launched Wednesday. The mobile truck (pictured) is equipped with a digital counter on its side, tracking the number of Americans murdered by gun violence since the shootings in Tuscon, Ariz. last month. When the truck parked in front of Sen. Casey’s office for the drop-off, the number rested at 1,393. By the time the 20-minute event concluded, it went up by one.
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