There
is usually a silent peace vigil on Fridays, from 5 to 6 PM, sponsored by
Homewood Friends and Stony Run Meetings, outside the Homewood Friends
Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St. The next scheduled vigil is on Mar. 4.
Black Lives Matter. Since
this is a First Friday, there will be a potluck dinner afterwards, followed by
a DVD showing.
The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee, Baltimore Quaker
Peace and Justice Committee of Homewood and Stony Run Meetings and Chesapeake
Physicians for Social Responsibility are continuing the FILM & SOCIAL
CONSCIOUSNESS DVD SERIES. The DVDs will be shown at Homewood Friends
Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21218, usually on the First
Friday. At 7:15 PM, from January through June, a DVD will be shown with a
discussion to follow. There is no charge, and refreshments will be
available. The series theme is CHANGE IS INEVITABLE.
On Fri., Mar. 4 see BABE [Australia & USA, 1995] One
of the best films about nonviolence, this comedy-drama family film was co-written
and directed by Chris Noonan. It is an
adaptation of Dick King-Smith's 1983 novel “The Sheep-Pig,” also known
as “Babe: The Gallant Pig” in the USA, which tells the story of
a pig who wants to be a sheepdog. The main animal
characters are played by a combination of real and animatronic pigs and Border Collies.
After seven years of development, BABE was filmed
in Robertson, New South Wales, Australia. The talking-animal visual effects were done
by Rhythm & Hues Studios and Jim Henson's Creature Shop. The film was a
box office success and grossed $36,776,544 at the box office in Australia. It has
received considerable acclaim from critics: it was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, winning Best Visual Effects. It also won the Golden Globe Award
for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and
the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film. Call
410-323-1607 or email mobuszewski [at] verizon.net.
www.commondreams.org/news/2016/02/25/we-do-not-need-militia-toddlers-handguns-kids-law-advances-iowa
Thursday, February 25, 2016
'We Do Not Need a Militia of Toddlers': Handguns for Kids Law
Advances in Iowa
If approved, bill would allow children of all
ages to use handguns as long as they are under adult supervision
In Iowa, children under 14 may
soon be able to handle "a pistol, revolver or the ammunition" under
parental supervision. (Photo: yakiim sem/flickr/cc)
A bill allowing children of all
ages to handle real guns passed the Iowa House of Representatives on Tuesday
and is on the way to the state Senate, where lawmakers will consider making it
legal for minors under 14 to have "a pistol, revolver or the
ammunition" under parental supervision.
The bill passed 62-36 in the
state House. Rep. Kirsten Running-Marquardt, a Democrat who voted against the
bill, told local
media that the bill "allows for one-year-olds, two-year-olds,
three-year-olds, four-year-olds to operate handguns."
"We do not need a militia of
toddlers," Running-Marquardt said.
Currently, children in Iowa can
use shotguns and long guns while under adult supervision, but not handguns. The
bill would allow them to do so as long as the parents are at least 21 years old
and maintain "visual and verbal contact at all times with the supervised
person."
Rev.
Cheryl Thomas, policy director at Iowans for Gun Safety, said the bill was
designed to weaken the state's gun laws. The advocacy group petitioned the
House on Monday, urging lawmakers to reject the bill.
Last week, the gun control advocacy group
Violence Policy Center released a report that
found the firearms industry is advertising to children as young as grade-school
age "for financial and political gain."
"As household gun ownership has steadily
declined and the primary gun market of white males continues to age, the
firearms industry has set its sights on America’s children," the report
states. "Much like the tobacco industry’s search for replacement smokers,
the gun industry is seeking replacement shooters."
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Donations can be sent
to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD
21218. Ph: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski [at] verizon.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/
"The master class
has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.
The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject
class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially their
lives." Eugene Victor Debs
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