Activists push for action on National Gun Violence Awareness Day – live news



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Campaigners will be wearing orange as a tribute to Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old shot dead in Chicago in 2013 Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.01pm BST Billionaire Charles Koch’s conservative political network is launching four new PACs, CNN reports. The groups will back incumbents in primaries who have sided with Koch’s positions on trade, immigration and other issues. His organization, Americans for Prosperity, is working to distance itself from Donald Trump and his wing of the Republican party, CNN reports. 2.01pm BST More than three quarters of Americans support upholding the Roe v Wade decision legalizing abortion, according to a new poll. In the NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll, a total of 77% of Americans said they support keeping the landmark decision in place in some form, while 13% want it overturned. Americans are split, however, on how many restrictions there should be on abortion access: 26% say they want to keep Roe but add more restrictions, 21% want to expand it to allow abortion in any circumstance, 16% want to keep it in its current form, and 14% want to keep it while removing some abortion restrictions. 2.01pm BST Family members of people killed by guns explain why they are pushing for action: Today, I #wearorange for my mom, Dawn. She was the principal who was murdered in the Sandy Hook School shooting in 2012. She was just 47 years old. She was tiny, beautiful, super intelligent and perfect in every… https://t.co/aokgaYv2Ew Today I #WearOrange for Joyce, my mom. She was only 27yo when she shot & killed herself. I wish she would’ve held me rather than that gun. I wish I knew what it sounds like to hear her say ‘I love you’. To my fellow gun violence survivors, my is with you today pic.twitter.com/VNGXcY7DUS I #WearOrange in honor of - my husband, who died by gun suicide - my two daughters, who lost their father to gun suicide - @kharyp, whose mother died by gun suicide - @CelKanpurwala, whose father died by gun suicide pic.twitter.com/rU7UpOslyb Tomorrow, Marsha Lee will be one of thousands of Americans who will #WearOrange in honor of a loved one whose life was cut short by gun violence. For her, it’s her son Tommy. Read her #MomentsThatSurvive story: https://t.co/k7RiPYE22m pic.twitter.com/cf6AQgVsBK 2.00pm BST Filmmaker Spike Lee called for Hollywood production companies to pull out of Georgia over its law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The Associated Press reports: Most studios that have commented have said they’re waiting to see if the so-called “heartbeat” law actually takes effect next year, or if the courts will block it. But at the arrivals line for Denzel Washington’s AFI Lifetime Achievement tribute Thursday, Lee said now is the time for Georgia-based productions to “shut it down” and boycott the state’s booming film industry to drive change. Lee acknowledged that a mass exodus could dent livelihoods, but cited black bus drivers affected by the Civil Rights Movement-era boycott in Montgomery. 2.00pm BST Presidential rival Seth Moulton offered some backhanded praise after former Vice President Joe Biden reversed himself last night and opposed the ban on using federal money for abortions, known as the Hyde amendment. “Now do the Iraq War,” tweeted Moulton, a Massachusetts congressman. Bravo to @JoeBiden for doing the right thing and reversing his longstanding support for the Hyde Amendment. It takes courage to admit when you’re wrong, especially when those decisions affect millions of people. Now do the Iraq War. 2.00pm BST Rep. Eric Swalwell is running a presidential campaign specifically targeted at ending America’s epidemic of gun violence, as the Guardian’s Richard Luscombe reports today. He launched his campaign two months ago near Parkland, Florida, alongside survivors and families of victims of the high school mass shooting there. 1.02pm BST Today, activists across the United States will be marking National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and wearing orange as a symbolic call for safety and an end to shootings. Wearing Orange Day started as a tribute to Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old from Chicago who was shot to death in 2013, just a week after performing at Barack Obama’s second inaguration. The murder of Hadiya, a charismatic honor student was one of the few Chicago shootings to get national attention. Michelle Obama attended her funeral. But it was Hadiya’s high school friends, including Nza-Ari Khepra, who began organizing locally to break the cycle of violence, including trying to address structural inequities in Chicago and asking people to wear orange – the color of hunter safety – for gun violence prevention. Today on National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Americans from coast to coast are wearing orange to honor victims and survivors of gun violence, and to call attention to this crisis that takes 100 lives and injures hundreds more every single day. #WearOrange pic.twitter.com/0p1FWadXlN Continue reading…


Activists push for action on National Gun Violence Awareness Day – live news

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