Sentences with phrase «lost by gun violence»

Working with visual emblems of civic engagement, Hank Willis Thomas presents 15,093 and 15,580 (both 2018), embroidered fabric works each recalling the American flag but with stars that number lives lost by gun violence in recent years.

Working with visual emblems of civic engagement, Hank Willis Thomas will present 13,471 (2016) and 15,589 (2018), embroidered fabric works each recalling the American flag but with stars that number lives lost by gun violence in recent years.

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The gun control group founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has endorsed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal for those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence to lose their guns.

Leah Gunn Barrett, the executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, said an audit conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives found that in 2013, 3,174 guns were lost or stolen from gun shops in New York state, with 4,017 lost or stolen in 2014.

Sandy Hook parents Mark and Jackie Barden, who lost their youngest son, Daniel, in the shooting (and are also featured in Kim A. Snyder's more elegiac Sundance premiere, «Newtown»), are the first among many family members of gun - violence victims profiled by Soechtig and returning «Fed Up» narrator - host - exec producer Katie Couric.

After his father died from gun violence, Blackmon was raised by a strict mother, Stacie Blackmon, who «refused to lose me to the streets,» he said.

They were joined by fellow members of «The Mass Shooting Generation» from across the country, some as young as 11, who also lost friends and loved ones to gun violence.

Naomi Wadler, 11, a student from Virginia, said she spoke for all African - American girls lost to gun violence whose stories were ignored by the media.

«We more than anybody else understand the violence that comes through certain guns, we more than anybody else understand what it's like to lose somebody, we more than anybody else understand what it's like to have a beautiful community like Parkland and to have it taken away from us by the media and by everyone else and by Nikolas Cruz who just ruined its image.

On Wednesday, as news of student walkouts around the country powered the news cycle, Hudson tweeted: «I am completely inspired by the students and communities standing up for the future safety of everyone and to honor those we've lost from senseless acts of gun violence.