I Hate to Pick Nits

but I'm going to do it.

Washington: Members of the Sikh community joined other religious leaders in urging the US Congress to pass strict gun control laws to prevent the recent surge in gun violence in the country, including the one at a Wisconsin Gurdwara in 2012. The religious leaders gathered on the National Mall in Washington on Friday amidst a makeshift graveyard -- 3,300 grave markers in all representing the number of people who have died in gun violence since December's massacre in Newtown -- to emphasise the huge toll of gun violence in America.

How many of the 3,300 people to die a firearm related death since December were criminals? How many were suicides? How many people kept themselves or others from harm using a firearm during the same period? It's time for folks to see the bigger picture. Go read it.
Also, I have to point out that "...pass strict gun control laws to prevent the recent surge in gun violence..." doesn't make sense.