Class Credit for Attending Anti Gun Symposium in Pgh

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http://www.duq.edu/handgun/


Duquesne University is proud to present an historic gathering to address a growing crisis in America

Symposium topics include gun violence in our schools, in our cities, and directed at public officials.
Featured Speakers »

For complimentary tickets to this historic symposium, register online or call us at 412-396-5131.
This symposium is eligible for 2 hours of Act 48 credit.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

3:00-5:00pm
Free and open to the public
Power Center Ballroom
Forbes Avenue
Duquesne University

Featured Speakers(red emphasis added by me)

Jim Brady – President Ronald Reagan’s press secretary, shot during assassination attempt on the President in 1981; namesake of “Brady Handgun Bill”
Marisa Randazzo – former Secret Service Agent who specializes in terrorism and threat
Dr. Diane Strollo – clinical professor of radiology at UPMC whose daughter was injured but survived the Virginia Tech tragedy in 2007
Tom Mauser – A father whose son Daniel was killed at Columbine High School in 1999
David Hemenway – Author of Private Guns: Public Health. Director of Harvard Injury Control Research Center and Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend – Special video appearance by former Lieutenant Governor of Virginia; daughter of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, niece of President John F. Kennedy, both of whom were murdered by assassins
Detective Jill Smallwood-Rustin – Firearms Tracking Unit, Pittsburgh Police Dept.
Cynthia A. Baldwin – moderator – partner, Duane Morris LLP; retired justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court (I can only GUESS at her stance )

Also Invited – Government Leaders from Pennsylvania; Official from Pennsylvania NRA







But hey, you can't say that they are BIASED... there IS an "official" from the PA NRA on the list.


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[Johannes_Paulsen]

Free and open to the public, eh...?

[Sebastian]

Actually, NRA does these types of symposiums too, which qualify for Continuing Legal Education for Lawyers (except in New Jersey, because they suck). This is something all advocacy groups do.

[eXceLon]

Interesting. I've signed up to attend, though I'll have to make sure that my work schedule can accommodate it.

I don't know how much audience participation is going to be allowed, but I'm going to have to set aside some time to come up with some tough questions.

The real trick is not to come off as a pro-gun party crasher, but to ask tough fact-based questions that the anti-side would find difficult to answer.

[General Geoff]

If I were there, I'd try my damndest to point out that the entire symposium is based upon a false premise (gun violence). How does it come to pass, that the only type of violence described by an inanimate object, includes guns? What about knife violence? Or Alcohol violence? Or car violence? How about baseball bat violence, or brass knuckles violence?