City Council Speaker Christine Quinn became the latest New Yorkers to sign on to the Daily News petition to ban assault weapons.
Quinn wrote her John Hancock on the petition Sunday morning â€" and urged other New Yorkers to join the newspaper’s campaign for banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
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"I'm very grateful for the Daily News for all the attention they're bringing to the desperate need for the assault weapons ban to be re-passed," she said.
"I wanted to make sure, as an elected official, I sent not just a message of support of what the paper was doing, but I hoped I could urge other New Yorkers to sign the petition," she added. "I wanted to make sure they don't let 2012 end without putting their name on it."
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More than 66,500 people have signed the petition since it was first printed in the News last week.
Quinn said she was further inspired to join the effort after hearing NRA head Wayne Lapierre double down on his comments resisting any new gun restrictions and calling for armed security in schools on “Meet the Press†Sunday morning.
"It was the most shocking disconnect from reality I think I have ever seen, and it was just callous," she said.
"I hope we have millions and millions of people sign this petition," Quinn said. "There are families in Connecticut without children to wrap presents for. There are families burying their children tomorrow on Christmas Eve. ... All we're saying is people shouldn't get to have military-style weapons in their homes."
edurkin@nydailynews.com
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