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June 22, 2016

20 Arrested for Blocking NRA Driveway to Call for Assault Weapons Ban
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Twenty people were arrested Tuesday after staging a die-in and blocking
the driveway to the National Rifle Association's headquarters in
Fairfax, Virginia. About 100 people held an overnight vigil to mourn the
Orlando victims and call for a ban on military-style assault weapons.
Medea Benjamin, head of the group Code Pink, denounced Congress' failure
to pass gun control.

Medea Benjamin: "Our democracy is broken, just like our gun laws are
broken, just like our hearts are broken, just like our lives are broken.
If we had a real democracy, we would have had those laws passed
yesterday."



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