by Drick Boyd | Aug 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
On a cold January afternoon four and a half years ago, I was arrested along with seven others for sitting down and blocking the entrance to Colisimo’s Gun Store on Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia. Over the course of two days twelve people in all were arrested for...
by Drick Boyd | Oct 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, September 30, Colismo’s Gun Shop on Spring Garden St. in Philadelphia closed its doors for the last time. Once ranked by the Brady Campaign as the fifth worst gun shop in the country when it came to allowing straw purchases of illegal guns, this was a...
by Drick Boyd | Sep 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yesterday (Sept 22), a group of us who have been leaders in Heeding God’s Call met to plan and strategize as to our next actions in the local gun violence prevention movement. A significant part of our conversation centered around what are next moves should be...