Mindy Finklestein

March 14, 2012 By Administrator 1 Comment

Remembering the North Valley Jewish Community Center Shooting

Mindy Finkelstein was in the right place at the right time – playing capture the flag on a sunny morning with five and six year old campers at the North Valley Jewish Community Center’s summer camp. On their way to the arts and crafts, though, it all went wrong.

That’s when Mindy was shot … along with three campers … by a self-proclaimed new-Nazi, out on parole and clinically insane. He got his weapon, a semi-automatic weapon, at a gun show. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activists Tagged With: gun, gunshow loophole, North Valley Jewish Community Center, violence

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