Moms Demand Action reacts to the NRA holding its convention in Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Native gun management advocates put together for the arrival of the Nationwide Rifle Affiliation Conference on the Indiana Conference Heart.

Jennifer Frazier is a volunteer for Indiana Mothers Demand Motion. She has two kids and pulled her youngest out of public college as a result of they have been afraid of being in a college capturing.

“The NRA values cash over human life,” Frazier stated.

The group doesn’t plan to protest in the course of the conference however will maintain an “In Their Footwear” occasion on Monument Circle Sunday, April 16.

“There might be footwear representing all of the victims of gun violence in Indianapolis this 12 months,” she stated. “I help folks having weapons of their properties and defending themselves and conserving them locked up and conserving them secure. The people who find themselves accountable gun house owners don’t have quite a lot of issues with our insurance policies. We aren’t attempting to infringe on anyone’s rights or freedoms, however I ought to have the suitable to have the ability to go to the grocery retailer, to the financial institution, to exit in public, to exit to a sporting occasion, and never must worry of shedding my life.”

The NRA despatched this assertion to Information 8:

“The NRA’s annual assembly is really the occasion of the 12 months for NRA members and law-abiding gun house owners. There’s something for the entire household right here. There’s an exhibit corridor with 14 acres of all the newest weapons and kit, dozens of seminars the place members can get extra educated on a variety of subjects — from Second Modification regulation, to greatest self-defense practices, to changing into a greater sportsman or girl. A few of the nation’s main politicians and thinkers might be talking at a star-studded occasion on Friday. And there are girls’s and children occasions all through. For a full concept of what’s occurring, go to nraam.org

The conference will start on April 14-April 16.