Columbine 25 years later: Parents still fighting for gun reform [Video]
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Columbine 25 years later: Parents still fighting for gun reform [Video]

Saturday will mark 25 years since Columbine High School, just outside Denver, Colorado, became synonymous with a national tragedy. Twelve students and one teacher were killed in a mass shooting that gripped the nation. 

Tom Mouser, who lost his son Daniel in the massacre, appeared at the U.S. Capitol this week to remind lawmakers in Washington that there is more work to be done to prevent school shootings. 

Data compiled by Education Week found that there were 38 school shootings in the U.S. that resulted in injuries or deaths in 2023. 

“I came here this week to remind the nation of the lives that were lost,” he said. 

The Biden administration recently announced a new rule that would close the so-called gun show loophole, which for years did not require background checks in some transactions outside of gun stores.

“It took 25 years to get here,” Mouser said. “We cannot wait another 25 years to …

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