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EXTREMISM ON GUNS LEADS TO FIMIAN’S DEFEAT IN NRA’S HOME DISTRICT November 4, 2010 Washington, D.C.—Gun violence prevention advocates and Virginia Tech survivors applaud voters in Virginia’s 11th congressional district for handing a stinging loss to Republican candidate Keith Fimian. While a wave election was sweeping the country and the rest of the Commonwealth, Fimian finds himself 820 votes behind Democratic incumbent Rep. Gerry Connolly pending a possible recount. DISCOVERY BUILDING TRAGEDY AFFIRMS ILLEGITIMACY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE September 3, 2010 Washington, D.C.—The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence strongly condemns the actions of James Jay Lee, the gunman who took hostages Wednesday at the Discovery Communications building in Silver Spring, Maryland, and was later killed by law enforcement. This unnecessary tragedy was the result of Lee’s embrace of violence as a way to advance his political agenda. |
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