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Cook County Alliance Pledges to Fight to Pass Assault Weapons ReferendumThursday, August 10, 2006 Special to suffredin.org Chicago, IL * A coalition of anti-violence groups today pledged to work hard to ensure that Cook County voters send a powerful message to state legislators this fall: They want assault weapons off the streets. A referendum on the subject is on the Cook County ballot for election day November 7. Joining together this morning at the Cook County Morgue, they pledged time, funding and volunteers to push for passage of the referendum. Referring to where they were gathered, Jennifer Bishop, State Director for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence said "we're tired of Cook County children ending up here. And we'll do whatever it take to get the state legislature to follow the will of the people, instead of the orders of the special interest gun lobby." Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin joined Bishop, Cook County Sheriff Candidate Tom Dart and Siretha Woods and Denise Reed, the mothers of young Englewood assault weapons victims. The supporters of the referendum say they're raising money to support the referendum push. "We want to send a clear message to the Legislature," Suffredin said. The referendum will be in the form of an instruction to the State Legislature to act to ban assault weapons from public sale in Illinois. It will read "For the health and safety of children and the entire community, shall the State of Illinois enact a comprehensive ban on the manufacture, sale, delivery and possession of military-style assault weapons and .50 caliber rifles?" Deanna Woods, who at a child's birthday party earlier this year threw herself over children to shield them from the gunfire that killed her niece, Siretha White, said she will never forget how "the bullets kept coming and coming." Denise Reed, the mother of Starkesia Reed, said "we've got to get rid of these weapons so no other mothers go through what we've gone through." State Representative Edward Acevedo is the chief sponsor in Springfield of a bill to ban the weapons. He could not attend the event, but sent assurances that he is committed to get it passed next year. As the nation's largest, non-partisan, grassroots organization leading the fight to prevent gun violence, the Brady Campaign, working with its dedicated network of Million Mom March Chapters, is devoted to creating an America free from gun violence, where all Americans are safe at home, at school, at work, and in our communities. ###
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