Aurora masacre families ask for gun violence conversation at presidential debate

Relatives of eight of the 12 victims who died at "The Dark Knight Rises" screening in Aurora Colo., asked Jim Lehrer, the moderator of the first presidential debate, to ask the candidates about gun violence.

By Keith Coffman,?Reuters / October 1, 2012

Family members and victims leave court after a hearing for suspected movie theater shooter James Holmes in district court in Centennial, Colo., on Sept. 20. In a letter, family members of the victims asked for gun violence to be addressed in the presidential debates.

Ed Andrieski/AP

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Relatives of victims of a?Colorado?movie theater shooting rampage demanded on Monday that President?Barack Obama?and?Mitt Romney?address gun violence in their first presidential debate this week in?Denver.

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In a letter to debate moderator?Jim Lehrer, relatives of eight of the 12 people who died at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in July urged him to ask the men who want to lead the country about mass shootings in?Colorado?at Wednesday night's debate.

"To ignore the problem of gun violence where two of the worst shootings in US history took place -?Aurora?and Columbine - would not only be noticeable by its absence but would slight the memories of our loved ones killed," the letter said.

James Holmes, a former?neuroscience?graduate student, has been charged with murder and attempted murder in the July 20 rampage, one of the worst USoutbursts of gun violence in recent years. In addition to those killed, 58 people were wounded.

That rampage took place about 15 miles (24 km) from the scene of a 1999 shooting at?Columbine High School, where two students shot dead a teacher and 12 students before committing suicide.

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