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> News Advisory:
>
>
> -- Sonia Wills, mother of final sniper victim, wants to ban all assault
> weapons - including Bushmaster XM15 that killed her son
>
>
> -- Strong support revealed for S. 1431 and H.R. 2038
>
>
> WHAT: Press conference to commemorate the one year anniversary of the
> DC-area sniper attacks and call for supporting S. 1431 and H.R. 2038 -
> identical bills that will both renew and strengthen the federal assault
> weapons ban. Violating the spirit of the 1994 law, the gun industry has
> manufactured "post-ban" assault weapons like the Bushmaster XM15 used in
> last year's sniper shootings. "Post-ban" assault weapons are identical to
> those banned, except for minor cosmetic changes.
>
>
> The current ban will expire Sept. 13, 2004 unless President Bush and
> Congress act.
>
>
> VISUALS: Replica of an Uzi assault weapon
>
>
> WHERE: Russell Senate Office Building, Rm. 385
>
>
> WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1:30 p.m. EDT
>
>
> WHO: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.); Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.); Sen.
> Jon Corzine (D-N.J.); Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.); Rep. John Conyers
> (D-Mich.); Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.); Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.)
>
>
> -- Sonia Wills, Mother of Montgomery County bus driver Conrad Johnson,
the
> 13th and final sniper victim
>
>
> -- Dr. Sheldon Teperman, MD, assistant professor of Surgery, Trauma and
> Critical Care Services, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y.
> http://www.csgv.org
>
>
> -- Sonia Wills, mother of final sniper victim, wants to ban all assault
> weapons - including Bushmaster XM15 that killed her son
>
>
> -- Strong support revealed for S. 1431 and H.R. 2038
>
>
> WHAT: Press conference to commemorate the one year anniversary of the
> DC-area sniper attacks and call for supporting S. 1431 and H.R. 2038 -
> identical bills that will both renew and strengthen the federal assault
> weapons ban. Violating the spirit of the 1994 law, the gun industry has
> manufactured "post-ban" assault weapons like the Bushmaster XM15 used in
> last year's sniper shootings. "Post-ban" assault weapons are identical to
> those banned, except for minor cosmetic changes.
>
>
> The current ban will expire Sept. 13, 2004 unless President Bush and
> Congress act.
>
>
> VISUALS: Replica of an Uzi assault weapon
>
>
> WHERE: Russell Senate Office Building, Rm. 385
>
>
> WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1:30 p.m. EDT
>
>
> WHO: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.); Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.); Sen.
> Jon Corzine (D-N.J.); Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.); Rep. John Conyers
> (D-Mich.); Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.); Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.)
>
>
> -- Sonia Wills, Mother of Montgomery County bus driver Conrad Johnson,
the
> 13th and final sniper victim
>
>
> -- Dr. Sheldon Teperman, MD, assistant professor of Surgery, Trauma and
> Critical Care Services, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y.
> http://www.csgv.org