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Gun-rights groups to celebrate "Guns Save Lives Day" on the anniversary of the Newtown shooting

On December 14th - exactly two months from now - it will be the one-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, which resulted in the deaths of 20 children and 6 adults.

How will several gun-rights groups, including the national Second Amendment Foundation, the Citizens Committee for the Rights to Keep and Bear Arms, and DefendGunRights.com, honor that day? By celebrating "Guns Save Lives Day" across the 50 states.

That's right. On a day when 20 6- and 7-year old kids were shot and killed while at school, which left this nation heartbroken, several guns-rights groups will be celebrating "Guns Save Lives Day." Yes, tell that to the 26 families whom lost a loved one via guns on that horrific day.

This is an extremely insensitive move by these gun-rights groups. It would be one thing to hold such events on a non-nationally significant day when it comes to acts of gun violence, and quite another when they're held on the same day 26 people, including 20 children, were shot and killed while at school. No matter how these groups try to spin matters, December 14th will never be viewed as a day where guns saved lives. It'll be viewed as a day guns destroyed the lives and dreams of 20 6- and 7-year old kids while at school.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/10/11/2770371/newtown-anniversary-gun-event/

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