Gov. Wolf, activists and religious leaders gathered in Philadelphia to rally against gun violence and call out lack of leadership on gun safety measures.
Still fresh from the horrific murder of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, politicians from the Delaware Valley, religious leaders and community activists took aim at Republican leadership in the state house and Senate for failing to hold a vote on gun safety legislation.
"Let’s be clear, I’m willing to blame people. People who don’t want to take a vote on life-saving legislation and don’t want to put up considered bills. That’s something I’m willing to do because they’re costing lives," stated Adam Garber, from CeaseFirePa. Hundreds gathered at Congregation Rodeph Shalom to directly respond to Republican legislative leaders, including Speaker of the House Bryan Cutler and House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, who denied a vote on proposed gun safety laws this week.
"Did you know that gun violence is now the number one cause of death in children and teens in America? That is horrendous and unacceptable. And what’s the republican leadership in Pa. doing about it? Nothing," Gov. Wolf stated.One local leader tells FOX 29 despite all the work that he believes needs to be done at the legal level, to address gun violence, real change, in his mind, starts at home."I emphasize this when I can say this, it starts at home.
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