Brattleboro Candlelight Vigil to Honor the Victims of Sandy Hook on Thursday, Dec. 12th at Pliny Park
GunSense VT will hold a candlelight vigil honoring the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook mass shooting in December, 2012. The vigil will be held at Pliny Park on Main St. in Brattleboro from 4pm to 6pm on Thursday, Dec.. 12.
The 2012 tragedy in Newtown, CT, spurred the creation of GunSense VT, which has gone forward to spearhead public safety reforms in the Green Mountain State (e.g., waiting periods; safe storage; raised purchase age of a firearm; extreme risk protection orders/ERPO; background checks; banned guns in polling places; banned ghost guns; banned straw purchasers; domestic violence protection; and limited magazine capacity).
We still have work to do:
Gun Violence is the Number 1 cause of death of U.S. children (Source: ATF Director Steven Dettlebach)
Our nation suffered 650 mass shootings in 2023 with 43,042 deaths. More than 36,000 survived with crippling injuries (Source: ATF Director Dettlebach).
Join us on Thursday, Dec. 12th. Light a candle & stand with us. (We'll provide candles if you need.)
For more information, contact Mel Martin, mel@gunsensevt.org
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