Join Us to Tell Your Congressman to Support Gun Control - Friday, February 22 at 2:00

STOP GUN VIOLENCE NOW!  Those four simple words need to be amplified in deafening proportions into the ears of most of our Republican congressmen (yes….men because we have no women in our congressional delegation in New Jersey).  Organizing for Action is a brand new, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the interests of the ordinary citizen in this country by supporting issues important to them.  It is completely issue driven.  I am one of the leaders of that organization and would like to let you know that gun violence is one of the first issues to be addressed.  Almost every person has a story to tell about gun violence; whether it has touched their lives personally or touched the lives of people they know.  The NRA has such a hold on Congress and we need to break that hold.  We can no longer allow the NRA to dictate the rules surrounding guns or the interpretation of the Second Amendment.  There are so many issues about gun control which are important, like banning assault weapons and multiple bullet magazine clips, mental illness issues, violent video games…..but the issue we are first addressing is to adopt a bill requiring universal background checks on all people buying a gun or receiving a gun as a gift.  We are sponsoring a Day of Action on Friday, February 22………and Ocean County has two events scheduled for this date.  One is a visit to our 3^rd District congressman, Jon Runyan and the other is a visit to our 4^th District congressman, Chris Smith.  We want to go there and tell our personal stories, find out their position on gun control, let them know that they need to “….do the right thing” in supporting gun control bills and register and leave our names with their aides so the congressmen have a written record of our visit.  Both of these visits are at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 22…and here are their addresses and phone numbers:

Jon Runyan-3rd Congressional District
600 Mule Road, Unit 6

Toms River, NJ 08757

Phone: (732) 279-6013

Chris Smith-4th Congressional District

108 Lacey Road
Suite 38 A
Whiting Shopping Center
Whiting NJ 08759
Phone:  (732) 350-2300

We really need a good physical response to this Day of Action.  We must let our neighbors know that there is a real movement to change our gun laws protect our citizens, especially our children.