Coalition Against Gun Violence

Too Many Victims – Join Our Vigil

Matt — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:22:03 +0000

Sunday, January 8, 2012 @ 10am sharp (Rain or Shine)
Gather @ Santa Barbara CountyCourthouse – corner Anacapa/Anapamu
Host: Coalition Against Gun Violence, A Santa Barbara County Coalition

The City & County of Santa Barbara are joining with communities across America as One, Sunday, January 8, 2012 to honor and remember the victims of gun violence and their families who continue to mourn and suffer from this senseless act of violence in Tucson, Arizona one year ago Jan 8, 2011. By joining together in a national vigil Americans can come together as a nation to reflect upon the toll that gun violence takes on our families and communities; and to ponder upon the true nature of peace and nonviolence in our cities and our nation. We will also stand with thousands of other Americans whose loved ones have perished due to gun violence annually, reminding ourselves that all loved ones matter.

Representative Lois Capps will address the community. Mayor Helene Schneider will present a Santa Barbara City Proclamation and Supervisors Janet Wolf and Salud Carbajal will present a County Resolution. The ceremony will commence at exactly 10:00 a.m. At 10:10 a.m. the Bell will toll and the victims’ names of the Tucson gun
violence will be read. Members of the Santa Barbara faith community will also be memorializing this event in their various congregations on this day.

This national event was initiated by Brady Campaign. Our information may be seen on their website: www.toomanyvictims.com.

Please download the flyer here: Too Many Victims Flyer (650.52 kB)

RSVP on Facebook here.

Mayor Cory Booker’s urgent call

Matt — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:44:31 +0000

Congress is on the verge of passing a law that would deny states the right to decide who can carry hidden, loaded guns. But Newark Mayor Cory Booker is fighting back.

Check out Mayor Booker’s passionate new video, then help spread the word by sharing it with your friends and family.

Mayors and law enforcement professionals are on the frontlines of protecting their communities every day. The decisions they make shouldn’t be overruled by Washington politicians with nothing to lose when gun violence and crime start soaring.

Watch Mayor Cory Booker’s “call to our common sense” and make sure your friends and family see it right away:

http://www.ourlivesourlaws.org/mayorbooker

Source: Mayors Against Illegal Guns

17th Annual CAGV Luncheon

Matt — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:18:19 +0000

The COALITION AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE announces its 17th Annual Luncheon to be held April 15, 2012 at an elegant new location in Santa Barbara.

We are thrilled to announce another dynamic speaker, LORI SALDAÑA, the original author of legislation to ban Open Carry in California. That legislation was reintroduced as AB144 and just signed into law by Governor Brown October 9, 2011. She is a former member of the California State Assembly from the 76th Assembly district (central San Diego) and is currently running for U.S. Congressional Dist. 52 in San Diego. Look for further updates.

Please mark your calendar now for April 15, 2012.

Carson City , NV (9-7-11)

Matt — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:16:29 +0000

A man armed with an AK-46 assault rifle shot five uniformed National Guard members eating breakfast at an IHOP restaurant. Four people were killed and eight others were wounded in the attack. The owner of a nearby restaurant said, “This happens in third-world countries, not here.”

Copley Township, OH (8-07-11)

Matt — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:15:30 +0000

Seven people, including an 11-year-old, were slain before police spotted the suspect who engaged the officers in gun fire and was killed. Police said a family argument that led to the shooting rampage had been sparked by out-of-town guests who were there for a family reunion. The gunman was identified as Michael Hance, age 51. The following chain of events was released by police: 1) Gunman shoots girlfriend, Rebecca Dieter, who, although shot multiple times, was the sole survivor; 2) Gunman runs to adjacent house, and shoots the girlfriend’s brother and four bystanders at the home; 3) Gunman chases two more bystanders through some backyards, shooting one of them outside a house; 4) Gunman enters another home and shoots one person and leaves; 5) The final victim was an 11-year-old boy hiding in a basement; and 6) Gunman shoots at police officer and another citizen, and is shot and killed by the officer. In all, police said there were four different crime scenes as a result of the shootings.

Cupertino, CA (10-5-11)

Matt — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:14:29 +0000

Shareef Allman, 47, became upset during a safety meeting at Permanente Quarry where he worked. He left and returned with a handgun and rifle and began shooting at the 15 workers at the meeting. He killed 3, Manuel Pinon, 48, John Vallejos, 51 and Mark Munoz, 59. Six others were wounded, some critically. He ditched his car some distance away and attempted a carjacking, wounding the female driver, and fled on foot. He was not found until the next day, when he was shot by law enforcement. In Allman’s car police found a shotgun, a handgun and two rifles. All of these were weapons owned by a man who had been known by the community as a non-violent person not known to own guns.

Carpinteria , CA (8-29-11)

Matt — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:13:49 +0000

In Our Own Backyard: Weapons Cache Found. Multiple calls were made by neighbors who heard gunfire in Carpinteria on August 29, 2011. Similar reports had occurred last April. The cache included an AK-47 rifle, an SKS rifle, a fully loaded drum magazine, two loaded banana style magazines for the AK-47 and one banana style magazine for the SKS rifle, two practice grenades and an unregistered handgun. The District Attorney’s Office was asked to charge the shooter with malicious and willful discharge of a firearm, possession of an assault weapon and possession of armor piercing ammunition.

New York, NY (6-09-11)

Matt — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:13:03 +0000

Tysha Jones, 16 was killed and five men were shot on popular Brighton Beach boardwalk. The area was packed with youths on the annual Brooklyn-Queens Day. Two men approached the victims who were sitting on a bench. Iloune Drive, 19, was apprehended and charged with 2nd –degree murder. The other man is still being sought. Drive has a multiple arrest record going back to 2008.

Riverside, CA (9-25-11)

Matt — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:12:17 +0000

Jeff Hall, age 32 and father of five children was shot at his suburban home by his 10-year-old son. Hall was regional director of the National Socialist Movements, a neo-Nazi group based in Detroit. The boy, who suffered regular beatings by his father, knew exactly where to find the .357 magnum revolver. He told police he “went downstairs with the gun, pulled the hammer back, aimed the gun at this dad’s ear while he was asleep and shot him.” Then he went upstairs and hid under his bed. Krista F. McCary, the boy’s stepmother has been charged with five felony counts of child endangerment and four counts of criminal storage of a firearm. McCary, 26, told police her husband “kicks, hits and yells” at him more than the other four children.

Orcutt, CA (8-12-11)

Matt — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:10:57 +0000

Cinch Machado, age 4 was fatally wounded when his father was clearing his rifle after target shooting. A round appears to have accidently fired, sending a metal fragment into the boy’s eye. Cottage Hospital doctors were unable to save him.