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White House to honor Texas gun control advocate
The White House will honor John Woods, a University of Texas at Austin Ph.D. graduate, and eight others on Thursday as Champions for Change in reducing gun violence in their communities.
John Woods was an undergraduate at Virginia Tech during the 2007 massacre there. Woods girlfriend and 31 others died in the Blacksburg, Va., killings.
Woods helped found and now serves on the advisory board for Texas Gun Sense, a charity that promotes fact-based educational information about gun policies.
He has spoken out against campus carry bills introduced in the Texas Legislature, saying in 2012 that he doubted concealed handguns on campus would make much difference in such an incident.
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/03/white-house-to-honor-texas-advocate-against-gun-violence.html/
John Woods was an undergraduate at Virginia Tech during the 2007 massacre there. Woods girlfriend and 31 others died in the Blacksburg, Va., killings.
Woods helped found and now serves on the advisory board for Texas Gun Sense, a charity that promotes fact-based educational information about gun policies.
He has spoken out against campus carry bills introduced in the Texas Legislature, saying in 2012 that he doubted concealed handguns on campus would make much difference in such an incident.
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/03/white-house-to-honor-texas-advocate-against-gun-violence.html/
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White House to honor Texas gun control advocate (Original Post)
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Apr 2014
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billh58
(6,642 posts)1. John Woods is just one
of many gun control advocates who are making a difference in the fight against gun violence. Being publically recognized by President Obama and our country shows just how much opinions are changing with reagrds to the menace of too many guns in too many wrong hands.
CTyankee
(65,302 posts)2. there you go again...
harping against the 2nd Amendment that is sacrosanct...
billh58
(6,642 posts)3. Yep, according to the
right-wing NRA apologists any mention of gun control is akin to treason and sedition against the Tea Party, and shows total disrespect for the Amurican Way.
CTyankee
(65,302 posts)4. we have a few of those here...
but, of course, they are not NRA apologists, no indeedy...