Moderator: Actress, Author and Activist Merrie Lynn Ross – is an internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning filmmaker, actress, and author of 8 books. Starring in 35+ TV & films she is known as daytime’s first comedienne; giggling her way into 26 million viewer’s hearts on ABC's "General Hospital" A renowned child advocate, honored by Presidents’ Clinton and George W, she worked with Oprah at the Presidential Summit. Merrie Lynn co-created “Morph America” and “Peace Smarts” curriculums: serving over two million families, students, and teachers to create a peace culture inside/out, from the classroom
WHEN: Monday,May 13
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TIME: 7:00 PM
WHERE: Pickelz Restaurant, (151 South Beverly Drive)Parking in back of restaurant and two hours free parking in Beverly Hills at Montage Hotel 2 hours before 6PM; $5.00 after
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TICKETS: Food included– $20.00 ADA and PDLA members $15. at Montage Hotel 2 hours before 6PM; $5.00 after
Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America
A provocative history that reveals how guns—not abortion, race, or religion—are at the heart of America's cultural divide.
Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America is a groundbreaking reexamination of one of today’s most controversial issues. Weaving together the dramatic story of a landmark Supreme Court case and the remarkable hidden history of guns in America, Adam Winkler shows how gun rights—and gun control—have shaped the nation in fascinating and unexpected ways. From the Founding Fathers, who had burdensome gun laws today’s gun lobby would never accept, to the Black Panthers, who launched the modern gun rights movement, Gunfight offers surprising insight into America’s gun culture. It reveals how the Ku Klux Klan began as a gun control organization; how the frontier towns of the Wild West had the strictest gun laws in the country and very little gun violence; and how race and racism have long shaped our regulation of guns. Using the lessons of this history, Gunfight maps out a way to break the current stalemate on guns and restore reason to the gun debate.
