Some of those who survived mass shootings have made it their mission to stop another violent incident from happening.
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“We have a toxic relationship with firearms in this country,” he said. “Very powerful, smart marketing folks have taught us to believe that guns make us more masculine, that guns make us more patriotic, they’ve built this emotional bond between human beings and an instrument of death.
Emily Cantrell said she took this picture because she wanted to enjoy the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival as much as the woman she saw in the crowd.When asked what it was that lit the fire under her to get up and do something to stop another shooting, she said, “It was the plane ride home from Vegas, where I realized I need to do something.”
The result – bump stocks, which make semi-automatic weapons into fully automatic weapons, were outlawed. “It’s incredibly emotional,” she said. “The day that passed, and then being in the governor’s office as he signed it, there are really no words.”“We have made amazing progress here in Washington state, and there are other states that reach out to us at the Alliance for Gun Responsibility asking what is going on over there? How are you doing what you do? And can you come over here and help us out? So, the alliance is starting to do replication work,” she said.
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