The rotunda of the Texas state Capitol echoed Monday with pleadings from more activists who gathered in Austin to demand the legislature take action on gun reform.
Family members of the victims of the Uvalde shootings react after a Texas House committee voted to take up a bill to limit the age for purchasing AR-15 style weapons in the full House in Austin, Texas, May 8, 2023.The rotunda of the Texas state Capitol echoed Monday morning with pleas from more than 160 activists, among them more than a dozen, who gathered in Austin to demand the legislature take action on gun reform.
In the morning, the protesters chanted "raise the age" and "do your job" at lawmakers as they headed to their offices. By the afternoon, the bill passed the Community Safety Committee and is now on its way to the House Calendar Committee, marking a win for the advocates.
"I'm so sorry I'm not strong today. Maybe that's what y'all need to see. Because at the end of the day, I'm just a mom who wants my daughter back who doesn't want another mom to know my pain," said Rubio, a journalist and a mom of six, as tears rolled down her cheeks.
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