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Jersey City – Mayor Healy to join One Million Moms for Gun Control for Jan. 26 rally

January 18, 2013

One Million Moms for Gun Control – NJ has been overwhelmed by the response of our New Jersey elected officials, especially Mayor Healy’s office. As we rally together, we want to send a powerful message to Washington that we will not back down. We demand reform.

— Mandi Perlmutter, North Jersey Chapter, 1MM4GC

Jersey City's recent gun buyback we very successful in removing weapons from the streets.

Jersey City’s recent gun buyback we very successful in removing weapons from the streets.

By E. Assata Wright

JERSEY CITY — Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy and representatives of the North Jersey Chapter of One Million Moms for Gun Control have announced plans to rally on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 11 a.m. to advocate for tougher national and state gun control laws. The rally will take place in Lincoln Park, at West Side and Belmont Avenues.

Born in the wake of the Newtown, Conn. shootings last month, One Million Moms for Gun Control has planned similar rallies across the country on Monday, Jan. 21 to mark the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and the civil rights leader’s legacy of nonviolence. Local chapters that were unable to hold rallies on the 21st have selected Saturday, Jan. 26 as an alternate day on which to rally for gun control. A national march in Washington is also planned for the 26th.

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