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January 22, 2013

Hundreds March for Gun Control in New York City 
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Hundreds of people marched in New York City Monday in a show of support
for stricter gun control in the wake of the massacre in Newtown,
Connecticut. The group One Million Moms for Gun Control called on
Congress to back President Obama's plan for tighter restrictions on gun
and ammunition purchases. The group marched across the Brooklyn Bridge
to City Hall, braving frigid temperatures.

Kate Godsil-Freeman: "Children shouldn't have to worry about guns. And
like, we should have a free nation that doesn't need to depend on guns
and firearms to protect ourselves, that we should just know that we're
safe."

Mary Priest: "Really listen to the voices of moms and not to the lobby
of the gun industry, and to try to protect our lives and to value the
lives of our kids above really what is an industry voice and not the
voice of people."

Ana Maria Allessi: "We were devastated. I mean, it was devastating. And
I think — I've never marched before, and I'm going to do whatever
I can to be certain that things change."

Katie Rosenfeld: "As a mom and as a New Yorker and as an American, that
we're fed up with guns and with children getting killed and people being
unsafe. And we want change and better laws and no more of these
atrocities."

Last week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a package of
gun-control measures hailed as some of the tightest in the country.

 

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