President Joe Biden is calling for a ban on assault weapons following a wave of mass shootings including one that left 19 children and two teachers dead in Uvalde, Texas last week. And the U.S. House of Representatives is considering the Protecting Our Kids Act - a wide-ranging package of legislation billed as common sense gun control. Mary Helen Abel is a volunteer with Moms Demand Action in Mississippi. She says the national efforts reflect local attitudes toward gun violence solutions
Mississippi Edition - 6/3/2022 - Gun Violence Prevention with Mary Helen Abel
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Several hundred students, parents, concerned citizens and anti-gun advocates marched in downtown Jackson, Miss., Saturday, March 24, 2018, to demand stricter gun laws in the U.S. Efforts to address gun violence have intensify following a wave of mass shootings .
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