"You can look her in the eye while you cleanse her bullet wounds, and you can tell her to her face why you are opposed to keeping her safe. Why a semi-automatic rifle is more valuable than her life, she said. She added: To our lawmakers and people in power: who the hell is going to do something? Are you courageous or are you a coward? Do you care about our kids? Don't tell us the answer, show us. Prove it."
"Some parents whose children were wounded in the recent deadly school shooting in Minnesota are demanding greater gun safety measures as the divided legislature gets ready to debate the state's response this week. Mothers and fathers have gone public to highlight the acute suffering being endured by their children in the aftermath of last month's attack by a shooter that killed two children and injured 17 others while they were at prayer at the Annunciation Catholic school, traumatizing the community in south Minneapolis."
"Among the families who met Vance were the parents of 12-year old Lydia Kaiser, who underwent brain surgery to remove bullet fragments. In a letter addressed to Vance, Lydia's father Harry Kaiser said: On just this one issue of gun violence, will you please promise me, as a father and a Catholic, that you will earnestly support the study of"
Parents of children wounded in a school shooting in south Minneapolis demand stronger gun safety measures as the divided state legislature prepares to debate a response. The attack at Annunciation Catholic school killed two children and injured 17 others while they were at prayer. Malia Kimbrell testified that her nine-year-old daughter Vivian St Clair suffered two gunshots in the back and one in the arm and demanded an immediate ban on semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines. Kimbrell challenged lawmakers to show courage and promised to hold them accountable. Vice-president JD Vance met several affected families.
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