You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Families of Gun Violence Victims Lead Rally at Texas Capitol Demanding Gun Controls

HeadlineAug 30, 2022

In Austin, dozens of gun control advocates, including the families and loved ones of victims of the Uvalde mass shooting, rallied outside the Texas state Capitol over the weekend, demanding the state raise the minimum age to purchase an AR-15 to 21 years old. This is Maggie Mireles, whose sister Eva Mireles was one of the teachers killed at Robb Elementary in May.

Maggie Mireles: “These weapons belong in the military. They belong in a war, not in the classroom. My sister did not have to die for this. It was too easy for this punk to buy these weapons and easily do what he did, because of the laws that are in place. These laws should have changed a long time ago.”

Today President Biden is visiting Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where he’s calling on Congress to pass a federal ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Biden is also requesting more money for police as part of what the White House calls its “Safer America Plan.”

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top