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Shannon Watts, founder of gun control advocacy group Moms Demand Action, shared a video from a survivor of the Sandy Hook shooting who last night was on campus when a gunman killed three people at Michigan State University:

While Congress last year passed a modest package of gun control proposals after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives is unlikely to approve any new legislation to restrict firearm access. Gun safety advocates believe the best courses of action are either through executive orders signed by Joe Biden, or at the state level.