Thousands converged for a protest to counter the gun rights convention after multiple mass shootings within the last month.
her repeated attempts to pass gun control legislation over more than 20 years. Jackson Lee served on a congressional task force formed after the deadly 1999 high school shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado.
“If there’s someone who is scared, and mumbling, and afraid to stand for these children and their teachers and schools about gun safety, you should know and vote them out,” sheChas Moore, leader of the Austin Justice Coalition, a nonprofit focused on combating racial and social injustice, was also in the crowd of protesters and said that gun violence is prevalent in communities of color.
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