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A local community action group says it plans to honor recent victims in Florida’s school shooting and solicit support for common-sense gun laws.

One-DC (Dubois County) is a group of community action-oriented individuals who are planning a coordinated event to invite the public to honor victims of gun violence and show support for common-sense gun laws by placing flags on St. Charles Street in Jasper this Sunday, February 25th at 2pm. (1435 St Charles St).

In a release One-DC says that in addition to flag placement, they will also be collecting signatures to send to Rep. Buchson, Sen. Young and Sen. Donnelly asking them to support common sense gun laws that include background checks, keeping guns out of the hands of domestic abusers, supporting gun safety technology as well as laws that require safe storage of firearms to prevent accidental child gun deaths.

Members of One-DC will be placing 695 orange flags representing lives lost in mass shootings since Columbine (1999). Each flag represents one life and the victim’s name has been written on the flag. Organizers will be placing these orange flags in a heart shape. (Data gathered from Washington Post and victim’s names verified. Definition of mass shooting used: 4 or more killed. This number does not include: gang or domestic violence shootings)

They will also be placing white flags to represent all other gun deaths in the United States since Sandy Hook (2014). One-DC will be placing 2400 white flags. Each flag will represent 25 gun deaths, to total nearly 60,000 gun deaths since 2014.
(Data was gathered from www.gunviolencearchive.org)

One-DC mission statement states they are an inclusive, action-oriented community of individuals striving to make their voices heard and turn their values in to action. They will work for progress on local, state and national levels toward their common goals of civil and human rights, equality and justice for all and celebrate diversity in all of its forms.

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