Thousands rally to support gun control
Demonstrators want Obama’s gun proposals passed
Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Washington Saturday to support President Barack Obama's gun control initiatives and calling on Congress to support them.
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<b>--SUPERS</b>--</p><p>:08 - :15</p><p>Lori Bennett</p><p>Participant in March for Gun Control</p><br /><p>:31 - :33</p><p>Dick Heller</p><p>Gun Rights Advocate</p><br /><p>:35 - :40</p><p>WRIC</p><p>Friday</p><p>Richmond, Virginia</p><br /><p>January 25, 2013</p><br /><p>:52 - 1:06</p><p>Colin Goddard </p><p>VA Tech Massacre Survivor</p><br /><p>1:13 - 1:23</p><p>Richard Feldman</p><p>President, Independent Firearm Owners Assoc.</p><br /><p>1:27 - 1:33</p><p>Lori Bennett</p><p>Participant in March for Gun Control</p><br /><p>
<b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p><p>Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Washington today to support President Obama's gun control initiatives and calling on Congress to support them. </p><p>Chris Mozingo has the story...</p><p>
<b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p><p>LORI BENNETT IS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO EVENTS LIKE THIS. </p><p>THIS IS HER FIRST DEMONSTRATION.</p><p>"Newtown just tore my heart out. Honestly didn't feel this emotional since 9-11, living in New Jersey. It's just all too close to home. I'm a mother to a 6-year-old and two older children and enough's enough."</p><p>MARCHING BEHIND A BANNER THAT SAYS, "WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER, WE STAND A CHANCE"...</p><p>LED BY LOCAL AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS...</p><p>SOME DEMONSTRATORS TARGETED THE N-R-A WITH THEIR SIGNS, WHILE OTHERS HELD UP NAMES OF GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS. </p><p>ACROSS THE STREET, A COUNTERDEMONSTRATION.</p><p>DICK HELLER WAS THERE.</p><p>"It's a dangerous city when people are disarmed." </p><p>BOTH RALLIES COME A DAY AFTER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HIT THE ROAD TO PROMOTE THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN FOR NEW FIREARM LAWS. <pi></pi></p><p>SEVERAL HIGH-POWERED SPEAKERS ADDRESSED THE CROWD AT THE GUN CONTROL MARCH...</p><p>BUT PERHAPS THE MOST POWERFUL TESTIMONY CAME FROM COLIN GODDARD...</p><p>A SURVIVOR OF THE 2007 MASSACRE AT VIRGINIA TECH.</p><p>"We need to challenge any politician who thinks it's easier to ask an elementary school teacher to stand up to a gunman with an AR-15, than it is to ask them to stand up to a gun lobbyist with a checkbook."</p><p>THE INDEPENDENT FIREARM OWNERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT SAYS GUN VIOLENCE WON'T BE SOLVED WITH A BAN.</p><p>"What is going to be the impact on the future ban of those magazines and guns on criminals or crazy people? Zero. Nada."</p><p>BUT LORI BENNETT HOPES FOR BETTER ODDS THAN THAT. </p><p>"The bottom line is, we can't prevent all the violence, but if Adam Lanza went into that school without all those bullets, lives would've been saved."</p><p>I'M CHRIS MOZINGO REPORTING.</p><p>
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