TONIGHT at 7:00 PM
ACLU Panel Session on Gun Violence in Our Communities Tuesday, March 12th - 7:00 PM at The Neighborhood Church 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena Panelists Will Include: Anthony Asadullah Samad - Author, Columnist & Scholar & David Sapp - ACLU-Southern California Staff Attorney: Whose work focuses on education & juvenile justice issues. The Event is Free & Open to the Public! For More Information Contact Sharon Kyle: Email: [email protected] or Call: 213.434.4643 ACLU Pasadena-Foothill Gun Violence in Our Communities Activists and Organizers Will Discuss the Effects Rampant Gun Violence Has Had in Our Neighborhoods Consider these grim statistics from recent years gathered by Women Against Gun Violence: * In 2007, a total of 989 residents of Los Angeles County lost their lives to guns. * 79.3% of homicides in LA County were committed with a firearm (677 out of 854). * 74% of homicides (1,807 out of 2,444) and 41% of suicides (1,363 out of 3,343) were committed with a firearm in California. * LA County trauma centers treated 2,504 victims of firearm injuries for a total treatment cost of more than $149 million and an average charge of $59,712 per visit. "The ACLU encourages decision makers to carefully examine any proposed legislative solutions to ensure that they will not lead to unintended consequences that improperly restrict civil rights and liberties," says David Sapp. "The ACLU is concerned about the increased policing and over-criminalization of young people, the presence of police officers in schools does not improve school safety and undermines the school's climate." <http://www.laprogressive.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gun-violence-600.gif> aclu gun violence forum [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
