Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • August 28, 2013 Area National group urges background check legislation The Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America – New Jersey Chapter recently hosted a successful lemonade stand on Rock Road in Glen Rock. The group’s symbolic lemonade stands are being held across the country in an effort to pressure Congress into passing background check legislation this fall. “Congress gave America lemons in April when the Senate failed to pass common sense legislation that would have expanded background checks on all gun sales. Moms were disappointed by the Senate’s failure to act, but we were not deterred, and we’re making lemonade out of the lemons we were given,” said Bonnie Chalek, a member of the NJ Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. “Our lemonade stands are our way of taking a stand: American moms demand new and stronger gun laws, and we’re not going away. Congress must act to pro- tect our children and families from gun violence.” Organizers of the Glen Rock event noted that close to 100 people signed postcards addressed to Congressman Scott Garrett urging him for common sense gun laws in this country, and background checks in particular. The local chapter reported that numerous people who signed the postcards identified themselves as being gun owners. These postcards were hand delivered to Congressman Scott Garrett’s Glen Rock office after the event. (continued on page 14) MDA members with Assemblyman Tim Eustace, Rev. Kath- leen Green of the Unitarian Society, and Steve Tencer of the Bergen County Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence.