http://whyy.org/cms/news/government-politics/2009/05/27/anti-gun-activists-stage-rally-near-city-hall/9215 News and Information from WHYY in Philadelphia Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:54:03 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://whyy.org/cms/news/government-politics/2009/05/27/anti-gun-activists-stage-rally-near-city-hall/9215/comment-page-1#comment-277 Phawker » Blog Archive » GUNS N’ ROSES: Judge Acquits Gun Shop Protesters Wed, 27 May 2009 18:59:20 +0000 http://whyy.org/cms/news/?p=9215#comment-277 [...] RELATED:  About a hundred people rallied in the rain in support of 12 activists on trial yesterday for blocking the entrance to a gun store. They were arrested back in January. The protesters say the owner of the store refused to sign a pledge of ethical conduct for gun sales. They want gun store owners to do things like videotape each sale, use a computerized system to trace gun crimes, and scrutinize I.D.’s. Three hundred and fifty t-shirts draped around Dilworth Plaza today bore the names of the 2008 gun violence victims from Philadelphia, Chester and Camden. But Sherry Ryan, from Mothers in Charge, says it will take more than t-shirts to stop the traffic in illegal guns. MORE [...] [...] RELATED:  About a hundred people rallied in the rain in support of 12 activists on trial yesterday for blocking the entrance to a gun store. They were arrested back in January. The protesters say the owner of the store refused to sign a pledge of ethical conduct for gun sales. They want gun store owners to do things like videotape each sale, use a computerized system to trace gun crimes, and scrutinize I.D.’s. Three hundred and fifty t-shirts draped around Dilworth Plaza today bore the names of the 2008 gun violence victims from Philadelphia, Chester and Camden. But Sherry Ryan, from Mothers in Charge, says it will take more than t-shirts to stop the traffic in illegal guns. MORE [...]

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