Texas families are among those staging a 'sit-in' in the nation's capital, calling on Congress to pass gun reform to reduce the number of mass shootings in the U.S.
For Cross and his wife Nikki, it’s just the latest attempt in a year’s worth of efforts to tighten gun laws after their 10-year-old son Uziyah Garcia was among 19 fourth graders and two teachers killed in a Uvalde elementary school.
Cross said this week’s"Survivor’s sit-in" comes after numerous meetings and phone calls with lawmakers have failed to move the needle. “I shouldn’t be here. None of these people should be here, you know? But this is our life now, because part of our heart, a part of our soul, was ripped from us when we lost our kids. So we have to do this,” he said.
After Texas lawmakers failed to vote on a bill to raise the minimum age required to buy assault rifles before the legislative session ended late last month, Cross refused to accept defeat.That includes standing alongside survivors and those who’ve lost loved ones in mass shootings in Parkland, Newtown, Highland Park and beyond to demand action before another community joins their ranks.
“There has to be a change. You know, the old way isn't working, so it's on us and that's what we have to do. Because no matter what we say or do, it's not going to bring Uziyah back. But it can protect another child, and that is what matters,” said Cross.
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