Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke spoke to gun safety advocates in Newtown, Connecticut, Wednesday.
O’Rourke appeared at a town hall-style event as a guest of Newtown Action Alliance, a group formed after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that killed 20 children and six educators.
Heidi Alvarez approached O’Rourke for a hug after the event.
“I lost someone I loved dearly in the shooting. And I just miss her so much. And just having someone like him be the voice for the people that can’t speak anymore and be the voice for people who’ve lost loved ones, it just really means the world to me.”
During the event O’Rourke endorsed a national version of Ethan’s Law, the Connecticut law passed after the death of a 15-year-old Guilford boy, in response to a question from the boy’s father. The law requires guns to be locked away in homes with minors.
