The NRA is having a fundraiser at the Fairgrounds on Saturday, April 28^th.  Veterans For Peace, Monterey Chapter 46, is organizing a peaceful, non-violent protest demonstration that day at 4PM across the street from the entrance to the Fairgrounds and we invite everyone to join us who opposes the NRA’s refusal to allow any sort of gun control regulations, in general, and their opposition, in particular, to a ban on military assault-type rifles from being sold to the pubic.

The members of Veteran For Peace have all been trained in the use of assault rifles.  Those of us who were in combat zones carried them around all day.  Some of us killed people with them.  That’s what they’re made for – killing people.  They’re not meant for hunting, or personal protection, or target shooting. They’re meant for killing people and they are very good at doing that.  The members of Veterans For Peace do not think people should be allowed to be walking the streets of our cities with these weapons.

We will also be protesting the bad judgment and insensitivity of the management of the Fairgrounds for allowing the NRA to hold its event there so soon after the slaughter of the high school kids in Florida.  Some of us haven’t gotten over that yet.

Every one is welcome to join us.  Kids, high school and college students, working people, old retired folks – everyone.  Bring a sign or a banner, if you like, or just come as you are.  The important thing is to show up and be counted among the citizens who are standing up to the NRA and saying, “No more!”.