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Today, 32 Americans, from across the nation, will be on Capitol Hill.

These 32 are black and white, men and women, young and old. The one thing they have in common is that their lives have been forever changed by senseless gun violence. They have lost loved ones, or been shot themselves, by people who should never have had a gun. They are coming to Washington to demand that our elected representatives listen to the American people and take common sense measures to protect our communities.

Why April 16? Because five years ago on that day at Virginia Tech, a dangerously mentally ill young man committed the worst mass shooting ever in the United States.

Why 32? Because 32 were killed at Virginia Tech â€" and every day 32 people on average are murdered with guns in America.

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