HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — Hundreds of people, including survivors of the Highland Park Fourth of July shooting, are marching at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to pressure legislators to enact a federal ban on assault weapons.
As Highland Park and surrounding communities began to grieve in the wake of tragedy, Wilmette resident Kitty Brandtner sprung into action, founding a group called March Fourth with a mission of ensuring that the seven people killed in Highland Park are among the last Americans to lose their lives in mass shootings carried out with assault-style weapons.
On Tuesday night, Brandtner, fellow organizer Aubrey McCarthy and shooting survivors Emily Lieberman and Ivy Domont shared their plans and recapped a day filled by meetings with various members of the Senate and House of Representatives, including Illinois Democratic Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin.
