Paul Helmke

July 7, 2009 - 8:49am
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MAYORS JOIN GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES IN PRAISING LEGISLATURE FOR PASSING “ONE HANDGUN A MONTH” BILL

MAYORS JOIN GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES IN PRAISING LEGISLATURE FOR PASSING “ONE HANDGUN A MONTH” BILL

 
TRENTON- Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, Mayor Jerramiah Healy of Jersey City, Mayor Douglas H. Palmer of Trenton, and Mayor Robert Bowser of East Orange today joined the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence President Paul Helmke in praising the New Jersey State Legislature for passing the “One Handgun A Month” bill through both the Senate and the Assembly. 

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May 22, 2008 - 11:18am

Brady campaign endorses Lautenberg

Frank Lautenberg today received the endorsement of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

The organization, founded by former Ronald Reagan press secretary Jim Brady, who was paralyzed after being shot during the assassination attempt against Reagan in 1981, pushes for stricter gun control measures.

On a conference call with reporters, Sarah Brady, who co-founded the organization with her husband, characterized Lautenberg as a stalwart champion of gun control. 

“I’ve worked with him for years.  What a dynamo and what a leader he has been for us.  It’s one thing to just vote with us and to agree with us, but Senator Lautenberg has been in the forefront,” she said.

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