San Rafael Mayor Gary Phillips has “had it simply lowering the flag,” he said.
In the wake of a wave of mass shootings, the mayor of a Northern California town ordered all his city’s flags to fly at half-staff until Congress acts to stop gun violence.
“San Rafael will not wait any longer to express our impatience with those in Congress to take steps to address this issue on behalf of everyone,” said Phillips, who since 2011 has served as mayor of the nearly 60,000-person city. Congress hasn’t acted on gun control legislation in more than two decades. It has taken steps, however, to curtail the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from studying gun violence.
Phillips’ announcement comes shortly after three mass shootings sparked national mourning and outrage. One of those occurred less than 100 miles from San Rafael in Gilroy, California, where a gunman killed three people and wounded 13 others at the town’s famous garlic festival.
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