AUSTIN, Texas — The rotunda of the Texas state Capitol echoed Monday morning with pleas from more than 160 activists who gathered in Austin to demand the legislature take action on gun reform.
Monday marked the last day the Texas legislature could vote on House Bill 2744 -- which would raise the age to buy assault rifle-style weapons from 18 to 21 -- out of committee to be heard for further discussion.
Fifteen of those protesters in the crowd were Uvalde families who lost children in the May 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary that killed 21 students and teachers. "Here we are begging for a vote on the last day to make it happen," she said, hours before the bill passed the Community Safety Committee."They have chosen the NRA and their own interest over their constituents over and over again. You have no right to play Russian roulette with our lives. Our children are not safe. Our families are not safe. We are not safe. Prove me wrong."
"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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