...one of the Posse members and myself headed across town to the Columbus suburb of Worthington, ...to join in a protest outside Congressman Tiberi's office calling for Congress to pass stricter gun laws. This week the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence (OCAGV) has been coordinating events across Ohio as part of anti- gun violence campaign called Ohio Sit-In to #DisarmHate. The Worthington protest was scheduled to take place between 1:00 to 2:00 pm, though by the time my friend and I arrived at 1:00 several dozen people already lined the sidewalk outside Mr. Tiberi's office at 250 East Wilson Bridge Road waving signs, some provided by the OCAGV, From time to time we broke into a chant of "Disarm Hate!" or One of every few cars that passed us by honked in support, though one youngster driving a Jimmy John's delivery vehicle slowed down to give us the finger, and another guy shouted as he drove by, "Why don't you get a job?!" The local TV station was there, I got into a conversations with several of my fellow protesters, ...which is promoting a tax-ballot issue to raise the Columbus tax rates by 1/2% to fund job-training internships "to keep residents from falling off the financial edge while waiting out the economic recession and the return of higher paying jobs into our cities." We sat in for a symbolic 8 minutes since an Ohioan falls victim to gun violence every 8 hours. Pat Tiberi's office released the following statement in response to the sit-in: “Congressman Tiberi supports the Second Amendment and preserving the constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans. Regarding expanding background checks, Congressman Tiberi believes we need to ensure current laws are properly enforced to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and terrorists, while also ensuring we are protecting the rights of responsible and lawful gun owners.” Which was basically saying nada. But that's okay, it's not over yet. There's going to another Ohio Sit-In to #DisarmHate demonstration tomorrow The address is 3790 Municipal Way, Hilliard, OH 43026. http://www.10tv.com/article/dozens-protesters-picket-rep-tiberis-office-hoping-stricter-gun-laws
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