"Lie-In" in the park urges more gun control in the U.S.

Last night there was a protest in Meyers Park, here in the Grove from 7 to 8 pm.

It was a protest of local citizens who demonstrated to bring attention to gun violence, urging the Florida Legislature and U.S. Congress to pass more common sense gun laws.

It was a "lie-in," where people against gun violence lied down in groups of 32 to recall the 32 innocent victims murdered at Virginia Tech last April. The groups remained lying for just a few minutes to highlight the short length of time it takes to purchase a gun in the U.S.

"Florida is doing little to protest its citizens against gun violence and is allowing dangerous people to have easy access to guns," said Dana S. Quist, the primary organizer of the Grove protest. "We need the United States Congress to do more at the federal level, too."

Cartoon by Brittany Williams