Parents of victims in recent mass shootings urge Congress to take action on gun control

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% :Lucretia Hughes, a witness from the DC Project and Women for Gun Rights, argued that more laws won't make a difference in reducing gun violence rates.
50% : The hearing took place as House members were expected to vote Wednesday afternoon on a package that would increase federal gun regulations.
48% : Parents of children who were killed or injured in the mass shootings last month in Buffalo, N.Y. and Uvalde (Texas) urged members of Congress to quickly take action on gun control.
47% : "At Women for Gun Rights we believe education is the key to safety and not ineffective legislation."
46% : "If hearing from me and other witnesses today doesn't move you to take action on gun laws, then I invite you into my home to help clean Zaire's wounds, so that you can see up close the damage done to my son, my community," Zeneta Everhart, mother to Zaire Goodman and a survivor in the Buffalo shooting.

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