BOSTON, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
is hosting two separate events during the Democratic National Convention Week
that the news media is invited to attend. Following are the specific details
of the two events.
PRESS CONFERENCE: SARAH BRADY, POLICE COMMISSIONER O'TOOLE, OTHERS
SOUND URGENT ALERT ON ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN IN SPIRIT OF PAUL REVERE
At the Old North Church, placed into service in 1775 as a warning beacon
to start patriot Paul Revere on the ride immortalized by poets and historians,
Boston Police Commissioner Kathleen O'Toole will join Sarah Brady,
Massachusetts legislators, and Boston area leaders of national organizations
to send a warning to Americans that come September 14, deadly military-style
semiautomatic assault weapons will be legal again in America unless President
Bush gets Congress to act. The press conference is on Tuesday, July 27 at 10
AM at the Old North Church (Christ Church in the City of Boston), 193 Salem
Street in the North End.
"We are running out of time to prevent a ridiculous and lethal flood of
deadly weapons from being available to every dangerous and disturbed soul in
America," said Sarah Brady. "We must warn every citizen of this country that
despite his pledge as a candidate for President to renew the landmark ban on
assault weapons that has saved lives, President Bush has done nothing to save
the ban."
OPEN PRESS RECEPTION: VICTORIA REGGIE KENNEDY
TO BE HONORED BY BRADY CAMPAIGN AND MILLION MOM MARCH
FOR HER TIRELESS EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence united with the Million Mom
March hosts a reception to honor a dear friend and Board member, Victoria
Reggie Kennedy, who has devoted years of love and labor to the effort to keep
America's children safe from gun violence. The reception will be held at 4:30
PM on Wednesday, July 28 at the Skywalk in the Prudential Tower Skywalk, 800
Boylston Street, Boston. Attendees include Ms. Kennedy's husband, Senator
Edward Kennedy, his niece, Caroline Kennedy, members of Congress, and
comedian/writer Al Franken, among others. Lewis Black, of television's The
Daily Show with Jon Stewart, will entertain the partygoers.
Ms. Kennedy is the founding President of Common Sense about Kids and Guns,
a non-profit, non-partisan organization created to address the serious crisis
of gun deaths and injuries to children in the United States. Common Sense has
joined with a diverse group of allies to raise public awareness about gun
safety and the dangers of unsupervised access to guns by children. She is a
member of the Board of Trustees of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
She also works with organizations in both Massachusetts and the District of
Columbia on other issues relating to women, children and families, including
homelessness, economic opportunity, health care, education, domestic violence,
and involvement in the political process.
CONTACT: Eric Howard of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence,
+1-202-898-0792.
SOURCE Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
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CONTACT:
Eric Howard of the Brady Campaign to Prevent
Gun Violence, +1-202-898-0792
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