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Retired Navy Rear Admiral James Barnett agreed. "We're for gun rights. Nobody is trying to affect anybody's second amendment rights," he said.
Instead the group of veterans will join Giffords and Kelly in their fight for "commonsense" changes in gun-ownership regulations, including expanded background checks and limiting of high-capacity magazines. Some members will lobby members of Congress; others will write op-eds, Kelly said. And some in the group are simply lending their high-profile names.
Link: gabrielle-giffords-gun-control-group-expands-veterans
Here is a list of some local members who are apparently in need of education:
Former Captain Bill Kingston, US Marine Corps, New Castle, NH
Former Captain and Vietnam veteran Ralph Siewers, US Army, Sedgwick, ME
Former Lieutenant Junior Grade Robert Austin, US Navy, Norwalk, CT
Former First Lieutenant Marx Bowens, US Naval Reserve, Worchester, MA
Former First Lieutenant David Small, US Army, Middleboro, MA
Former First Lieutenant Ann Marie Briggs, US Air Force, Kennebunkport, ME
Former Radarman 1st Class Michael Taccardi, US Navy, Norwich, CT
Former Sergeant Frank Gifford, US Navy, Oakland, ME
Former Sergeant Thomas Adamski, US Air Force, Oxford, CT
Former Corporal Kevin McGowan, US Army, Danbury, CT
Former Specialist 5 Howard J. Kendall, US Army, Yarmouth Port, MA
Former Private First Class Sidney Cholmar, US Army, Berkshire, MA
Former Lance Corporal, Robert Raiche Sr., US Marine Corps, Manchester, NH
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