The Gloucester Democratic City Committee will be holding a virtual meeting on Thursday, May 13th at 7:00 PM. Members and friends may participate with video using Zoom on a computer or mobile device or may call in using a traditional phone.
Our May guest speaker, John Rosenthal, co-founder of Stop Handgun Violence, will talk about our responsibility as a state with the nation’s strictest gun ownership laws when guns are allowed to be made here and used in mass killings elsewhere. Since 2004, Massachusetts has banned the purchase and owning of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines yet gun companies are permitted to manufacture them and sell them out of state.
In April, state Democratic lawmakers, with the support of gun control advocate groups, filed HD.4192, a bill to prohibit manufacturing weapons and devices covered under the existing ban to private citizens anywhere, with an exemption for weapons that would be sold to law enforcement, the military or foreign governments.
Members should review the prior meeting’s minutes before the meeting.
This is a virtual meeting event that begins with GDCC business meeting at 7:00 PM and speaker program from approximately 7:30-8:45 PM.
To join the meeting using Zoom, click or tap here (http://bit.ly/GDCC-May-2021) when the meeting is scheduled to start. Alternatively, you can enter meeting ID 812-0302-4897 and password 725900 into Zoom to join. To join the meeting by phone, dial 1-929-436-2866, enter meeting ID 812-0302-4897, press pound (#) when asked for a participant ID, and enter password 725900.