DEBATE COMES AT RIGHT TIME, SAYS ADVOCATE OF GUN CONTROL.Byline: David Greenberg The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Daily News Staff Writer Although tonight's debate on gun control at Cal Lutheran was scheduled before the tragic Jonesboro, Ark., murders, its organizers said the talk could not come at a more appropriate time. John Hitchcock, a Pasadena-based gun control activist and a yet-to-be announced National Rifle Association National Rifle Association (NRA) Governing organization for the sport of shooting with rifles and pistols. It was founded in Britain in 1860. The U.S. organization, formed in 1871, has a membership of some four million. Both the British and the U.S. member, are scheduled to discuss the pending gun control legislation in the state and U.S. legislatures. ``These types of horrible events just point out the need to discuss gun control and find out how we can solve these problems,'' said Reva Fetzner, special programs coordinator for California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Lutheran University's ministry. Two youths with assault weapons killed four students and a teacher in Jonesboro, Ark., last week. In January, a weapon similar to one used in the Arkansas Arkansas, river, United States Arkansas (ärkăn`zəs, är`kənsô'), river, c.1,450 mi (2,330 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., central Colo. killings was used to kill five people at an Orange County Caltrans yard. The debate is one of about six sponsored each year by the Global Peace and Justice Committee, a student-run arm of the campus ministry. Although the committee maintains a pro-gun control stance, Fetzner said she is hoping for intelligent views in a non-Jerry Springer-like forum. As many as 100 people are expected to attend the event, which begins at 7 p.m. in the Nelson Room, near the campus cafeteria cafeteria: see restaurant. . It is free to the public. A question-and-answer period will follow. |
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