Vice President Joe Biden is set to unveil a set of ideas about controlling gun violence as early as Tuesday. One possibility is cracking down on those who lie about their backgrounds, which is drawing wide support already, according to The New York Times. As Joel Connelly reported on seattlepi.com, a march against gun violence in Seattle drew hundreds Sunday. Protestors are going to be looking for action in Olympia as well as D.C. Connelly asked a pointed question about gun control to a CityClub panel of legislators on Friday and used it for the pointed passage in his story, which was first posted Sunday night:
The rally and march followed by two days a Seattle City Club forum at which incoming Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom, a past sponsor of gun legislation, predicted there will be no assault weapons ban passed in Olympia this year. Tom signaled that gun safety will not be a high priority of his coalition of 24 Republicans and two dissident Democrats.
But, argued leading marchers Sunday, the assassinations of 20 first graders and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut has changed the landscape.
“The key is to keep building, that it won’t be like the Occupy movement,” said Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes.At several points, Connelly highlights the role of clergy members.
