Republicans in Congress are planning to vote as soon as this week on two bills that would make Americans even more vulnerable to gun violence:
- The SHARE Act (H.R. 3668), which would repeal restrictions on gun silencers and make it harder to detect the source of gunfire during mass shootings.
- The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R. 38), which would undermine state efforts to protect residents from gun violence by forcing states to recognize concealed carry permits issued by any other state, no matter how lax the state’s permitting standards are.
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Remember too that there’s a wonderful gathering Weds, Oct 4: St. Joseph SJC Gun Violence Panel Discussion at 7-9pm. St. Joseph University SJC Gun Violence Awareness Subcommittee panel discussion (in the Community Room): Guest panelists Tiffany Lankes and Lou Michel, Buffalo News reporters who wrote of the lingering effects of gun violence on Buffalo’s children. Tiffany is the education reporter, and Lou the crime reporter. The article is here http://IN BUFFALO’S CHILDREN, WOUNDS NO ONE SEES buffalonews.com/2017/07/29/wounds-buffalo-children-suffer-no-one-sees/
(photo from No Hate No Mandate; 1/20/17; taken by Activists of Buffalo)
Dear Friends, 50th year 716-332-3904; 716-931-3520 10/2/17
We are almost out of signs in the #loveisloveBUF campaign! (in which someone’s mean-spirited and dangerous sign-burning is igniting a movement) – so come out to get them while they last. More info here.
Please donate generously for hurricane and earthquake relief in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico. See below – and please note a number of new and worthwhile campaigns!
If you haven’t already, you’ll want to buy tickets for our 50th Annual Dinner with the renown
***************** AMY GOODMAN!!!! *******************
on Friday, Nov. 3. She’ll be talking about her 21 years at Democracy Now!, the best news show in the
We need to save healthcare from the latest attack! A couple ways to work to work on it:
- Save Healthcare! phone banking event
- WHAT: Our friends in CWA are hosting a phone banking party. Just bring your laptop and phone and they’ll hook you up with an auto-dialer to call voters in “swing” states, urging them to take action
- WHEN: Mon 9/25, 4:30pm-7:30pm
- WHERE: CWA Local 1122, 3775 Genesee St, Buffalo, NY 14225
- MORE INFO: https://www.facebook.com/events/167826737128092/
- Invisible #KilltheBill peer-to-peer dialing tool
- WHAT: Like the idea of the CWA event, but can’t make it that day/time? No worries! Indivisible has a similar auto-dialer tool. Just go to the website below, sign-up and make calls when it’s convenient for you.
- MORE INFO: https://www.trumpcareten.org/calls-to-kill-trumpcare
- Emergency Healthcare Rally! (tentative)
- WHAT: The goal is to stop this bill in the Senate, but should it pass the Senate it still needs to pass the House. Rep. Chris Collins voted “yes” on the American Health Care Act and would likely vote “yes” on this bill given the opportunity. This rally will be a chance for us pressure Rep. Collins to do the right thing and vote “no!”
- WHEN: 4:30pm the day after the vote passes the Senate (if it passes the Senate)
- WHERE: Lafayette Square, 415 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14203
- MORE INFO: https://www.facebook.com/events/517393135290639/
