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 300 Capitol Ave Hartford CT 06106  See map
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More must be done to keep our children safe.


The grassroots, bi-partisan organization MARCH FOR CHANGE is providing a platform for people to rally in Hartford on February 14th demanding safer gun laws in the state of CT.


 Since the Newtown tragedy there has been a groundswell of support for this movement.  That said, as an organization we need support in our community in order to ensure the critical mass that will enable change in the state house. We are not looking to ban guns, we are simply looking to enact laws that will make gun ownership in our community safer for our children.


The analogy being made to our group is that of the MADD model; it took a vocal group of angry and energized moms, demanding change in the drinking/driving laws to get the concept of a "designated driver" into the vernacular.  We believe we can change the conversation, change the culture, change the laws.  


We believe this is our opportunity to truly make a difference for our children’s future. To register to take a Bus to Hartford, for directions, and for more informationgo to the MARCH FOR CHANGE website:www.marchforchange.org

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Lisa Buchman (Editor) May 17, 2013 at 11:20 am
This looks so great, thanks Elise! Just curious what are the age ranges of participants—do anyRead More local teens re-enact? Thanks for posting this as an announcement, if you also post it to our calendar, it will stay there until the day of the event. Just click on events at the top of the page. Thanks!
Richard Hastings May 8, 2013 at 03:39 pm
Dear Mr. Gladstone: Your comments provide for a great way of starting or continuing a discussion andRead More for that I am thankful. The fact which you cited provides for a compelling argument to further your position on "tort reform" regarding how medical malpractice awards have allegedly been steadily increasing, however it is contrary to the information provided to us by the United States government. The U.S Department of Heath and Human Services recently published its statistical findings which indicate that medical malpractice awards have steadily decreased over the past 11 years. (http://www.npdb-hipdb.hrsa.gov/servlet/DataTablesByStateServlet?selectedTab=Tabular&stateCode=US&tableNum=Table1) Further, according to the Institute of Medicine, preventive preventable medical errors kill almost 100,000 Americans every year and injure countless others. In fact, if the Centers For Disease Control were to include preventable medical errors as a category, it would be the sixth leading cause of death in America. One might surmise from this data that we have an epidemic of medical malpractice cases but not medical malpractice lawsuits. I would suggest that investigating ways to prevent these medical errors might provide for a more holistic solution to this systemic problem.
Porter Gladstone III May 6, 2013 at 05:03 pm
Im thinking of writing a book called "parasites, medical malpractice lawyers and theRead More exaggerations of claims." Or maybe "crash course--why personal injury lawyers are ruining this country." Medical malpractice awards have increased at a rate of roughly 12% per year for the last 40 years. When we are aghast at the cost of soaring college costs just consider that at this rate, the cost of Yale tuition would be 115,000 a year, as opposed to 43k. And remember we are all appalled at how fast that has risen. A crash course in how all of this parasitical work, costs all of us so dearly when we pay our taxes (medicare/medicaid) or insurance company.