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Families Of Parkland Shooting Victims Urge Legislature To Pass Gun Package

"We must be the last families to suffer the loss of a loved one due to a mass shooting at a school," the families wrote. The Florida House of Representatives takes up the bill for a vote Wednesday.

As Florida lawmakers draw closer to a vote Wednesday on a gun-safety package aimed at reducing school shootings, families of the 17 victims killed in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are urging

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