Parkland parents, survivor seek support of businesses on gun control
February 13, 2020, 7:11 p.m.
A day before the second anniversary of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, parents of one of the victims, along with survivor David Hogg, came to Boston on Thursday to unveil an initiative aimed at encouraging businesses to support gun safety laws.
The logo that they hope businesses will prominently display features a picture of Joaquin Oliver, who was one of the 17 victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Wrapped around the picture are the words “gun-safety-certified.”
“We should probably be home crying because tomorrow is the second year without being able to hug our beautiful son Joaquin, but instead of that, we decided to move forward and become part of a solution to prevent what happened to Joaquin from happening again,” said Manuel Oliver, his father.
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