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BainsBane

(53,032 posts) Mon Feb 18, 2013, 01:44 PM Feb 2013

The President asks for our help

"Last year, there were 443 murders with a firearm on the streets of [Chicago], and 65 of those victims were 18 and under. So that’s the equivalent of a Newtown every four months." —President Obama

Find out how you can help reduce gun violence and protect our kids—then share this so your friends can, too: http://OFA.BO/7TmuJ4