Activists and lawmakers from Connecticut were among those at a gun control rally in Washington, D.C., following a House Judiciary Committee hearing on an assault weapons ban.
Po Murray is with the Newtown Action Alliance, the group that formed after the 2012 Newtown shooting.
“My neighbor killed 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School seven years ago. One AR-15 turned our neighborhood, our town, our state, our nation upside down. Ban assault weapons! Ban assault weapons!”
U.S. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut also spoke at the rally.
The House of Representatives passed two background check bills in February that would give the FBI more background check powers and extend the time gun sellers have to wait before completing a sale. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has not allowed those bills to come to a vote in the Senate.
