In Farmers Branch, dozens of protesters with March for Our Lives stood outside Texas Senator John Cornyn's office today to protest gun violence.
It was led by 22-year-old David Hogg, who survived a mass shooting at his own high school in Parkland, Florida in 2018 and then went on to co-found the organization.
"This is the first time I've been in the state of Texas talking about this issue and there aren't 40+ people with AR-15's outside of this protesting us across the street," he said."Let's figure out where we can find and actually have a conversation. Not just as Democrats or Republicans, or gun owners and non-gun owners, but as Americans united against gun violence.""We saw what was happening on the news and felt like there was something we can do," 6th grader Cate Journagan said.
"I think it's really important that we're out here working together to get our cause done which is meaningful gun reform and gun legislation with background checks which would really help with preventing further shootings in schools," 11th grader Maura Journagan said. In response to today's protest, a spokesperson for Senator Cornyn's office said the Senator has been engaged in bipartisan conversations this week on potential legislation and listed Cornyn's legislation that has been signed into law to keep guns out of the wrong hands and bolster mental health treatment:
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