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Highland Park Parade Shooting Survivors Push For Assault Weapons Ban

Leaders from the organization March Fourth will meet with 30 senators Wednesday.

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"The public needs to know that the Senate can do something about mass shootings. And they can do it this month," said Kitty Brandtner, founder of March Fourth.
"The public needs to know that the Senate can do something about mass shootings. And they can do it this month," said Kitty Brandtner, founder of March Fourth. (CBS)

By Jackie Kostek, CBS Chicago:

CHICAGO (CBS) — On the five month anniversary of the Highland Park parade shooting, there is an urgent plea on Capitol Hill from survivors and physicians from across the country. They are converging in Washington, D.C. once again to push the Senate to pass a ban on assault weapons before the end of the year.

Leaders from the organization March Fourth say they absolutely will not stop fighting but they will be back to square one if the Senate doesn't pass this bill to ban assault weapons. So with Congress in a lame duck session, they are traveling to D.C. Monday for closed-door meetings with more than 30 Senators on Wednesday, pleading with them to not wait to pass this bill for the sake of children.

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