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Washington State Enacts New Gun Control Laws as Parkland Survivors Protest at U.S. Capitol

HeadlineMar 25, 2022

Washington state Governor Jay Inslee has signed three gun control bills into law. One measure bans firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. A second restricts untraceable “ghost guns,” while a third law limits firearms at government meetings and election spaces.

Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., survivors of the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, rallied outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday demanding federal action on gun control. Activists placed hundreds of body bags on the National Mall to represent the 170,000 people across the U.S. who’ve died by gun violence since the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day 2018. This is Parkland survivor and March for Our Lives co-founder Jaclyn Corin.

Jaclyn Corin: “The reality is, is that if we had gun safety legislation in Florida at that time and on a national level at that time, the shooter at my school would have never had access to that AR-15, and all of the following events would have never happened.”

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