Family members of school shooting victims targeted the Houston home and congressional...
Patricia Oliver Change, mother of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting victim Joaquin Oliver, stands outside one of 52 school buses that parked outside U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's downtown office Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Houston.Family members of school shooting victims targeted the Houston home and congressional office of Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday, the first stop in their nationwide school bus caravan demonstrating for tougher gun regulations.
Manuel Oliver, whose 17-year-old son Joaquin Oliver was shot and killed in 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., said the campaign is targeting lawmakers who accept campaign contributions from the NRA, hoping to influence voters before the mid-term elections in November. Among the items is a letter written by Oliver’s son when he was 12 for a school project on gun control. The letter called for universal background checks.
Oliver said this is the first time his family has shared his son’s letter. He delivered a copy of it to Cruz’s home where a security guard took it and said he would give it to the senator.
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