Posted on 12/29/2012 5:20:18 PM PST by raybbr
Newtown United was born in the agony and confusion that followed the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The group of residents, including parents of children who survived, held its first meeting two days after the shooting as news teams from around the globe scrambled for reaction to the killings.
Group leaders are working to ensure that Newtown United grows and gains power long after the news trucks leave. Before the week was over, leaders had formed an executive team and started the process of becoming a nonprofit organization. Some members had gone to Washington to speak against gun violence
The group, organizers said, will use the traditional media, social media, outreach to churches, schools, government agencies and all other avenues to make "Newtown" a rallying cry against gun violence.
"We are just a few concerned citizens with day jobs trying to ensure that what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary marks the high-water mark for gun violence in this nation," Newtown United spokesman Rob Cox wrote in an email. "Ultimately we hope to provide a platform for the voices of the families most affected by this horrific event."
(Excerpt) Read more at courant.com ...
“You failed as parents to protect your children and relied on an uncaring, incompetent government to stop a slaughter. That’s a cross you will bear forever.”
Hard words...but none truer.
Many of us conceal-carrying Newtown'ers have no choice but to obey the current law and leave our weapons at home when escorting our children to school - in what used to be a very peaceful and rare slice of old fashioned Americana. We hope to change that, and could use all the support (not negativity) we can get.
See post 42.
From the link:
“We are here for the families,” said Cox, the editor of Reuters’ financial commentary website, Breakingviews.com. “We’re building a structure and a platform for the families when they are ready to express their views about how to meaningfully reverse the tide of gun violence.”
Understood. Godspeed in your efforts.
Once again, the statist Left protects its agenda with human shields.
When you consider what freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution that have been polluted one has to wonder that America will never recover.
“It’s dead Jim”
Holy F*ck!!! That site is something else. I posted a pro gun thread and within minutes the anti-gun posts started running. Nearly all the anti-gun posts were from the same few individuals. I posted at about 12a today and the anti-gun post are still streaming.(0103)
This CT shooting STINKS like another crappy false flag operation. Search “Sandy Hook Hoax” and read about the many, many fake actors....
I too am a Newtown parent. Although I am don’t own a gun, I was furious at how quickly this tragedy was turned into an opportunity to vilify gun rights and gun owners. On Friday, I joined the NRA in a show of solidarity with all law-abiding gun owners.
I smell Soros.
In almost every initiative this regime uses to "Fundamentally Transform America" his old wrinkly carcass is behind the scenes funding it and pulling the strings.
Another false-flag op, a la the “Million Mom March”.
Liberal gun-grabbers exploiting this tragedy need to hear from us, loud and clear!
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