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Students To Rally Against Gun Violence At University of Dayton

WYSO | By Jess Mador
Published October 4, 2019 at 7:02 AM EDT
Thousands fill Fifth St. in the quater-mile stretch of business and entertainment venues of the Oregon District for a vigil honoring the victims of the August mass shooting.
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Thousands fill Fifth St. in the quater-mile stretch of business and entertainment venues of the Oregon District for a vigil honoring the victims of the August mass shooting.

Students at the University of Dayton plan to rally Friday, Oct. 4 in favor of gun reform. Organizers say they coordinated the campus protest to mark the two-month anniversary of Dayton’s deadly August mass shooting that killed nine people and injured another three dozen others.

Student organizer Cierra Stewart says she wants lawmakers to strengthen background checks and tighten firearm-sales regulations.

“People shouldn't be able to buy assault weapons legally, with the potential for just what happened in the Oregon District on that day," she says, "so, I don't think regular civilians or just anyone in America should have access to those guns.”

The rally is scheduled for the University of Dayton Kennedy Union patio  from 3-5 p.m. For more information, visit Students Demand Action’s website at everytown.org/studentsdemand/

On Monday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine says he’ll unveil the language of a proposal to address gun violence. 

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Jess Mador
Jess Mador comes to WYSO from Knoxville NPR-station WUOT, where she created an interactive multimedia health storytelling project called TruckBeat, one of 15 projects around the country participating in AIR's Localore: #Finding Americainitiative. Before TruckBeat, Jess was an independent public radio journalist based in Minneapolis. She’s also worked as a staff reporter and producer at Minnesota Public Radio in the Twin Cities, and produced audio, video and web stories for a variety of other news outlets, including NPR News, APM, and PBS television stations. She has a Master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. She loves making documentaries and telling stories at the intersection of journalism, digital and social media.
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