Survivors and families gathered at a rally demanding action on gun violence.
August 27, 2022, 5:45 PMStephen Spillman/AP
Joe Martinez, center, stands with other attendees to remember the victims of the Uvalde school shooting during a March for our Lives rally at the Texas State Capitol, Aug. 27, 2022, in Austin, Texas.Angel Garza reads a letter to his step-daughter, a victim of the Uvalde school shooting, with Kimberly Garza during a March for our Lives rally at the Texas State Capitol, Aug. 27, 2022, in Austin, Texas.
Speakers included parents of children killed in the shooting at Robb Elementary School, families of teachers killed, and families and survivors from mass shootings across the country.
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