HOUSTON — Hundreds of people protested for gun control outside the annual National Rifle Association convention here Friday, days after the country’s latest mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, chanting, “Protect our kids, not guns!” and hoisting signs that read, “No more thoughts and prayers,” and, “Your hobby isn’t worth our kids’ lives!”
Courtney Harris, 29, of Houston, attended the protest with her three daughters, ages 8, 6 and 11 months. They carried signs: “How many more kids?” and listing 10 mass shootings in the U.S. in recent years.
After Tuesday’s school shooting in Uvalde, in which 21 people were killed, including 19 children, Harris said she kept her eldest daughters home from school out of fear. It didn’t matter that Uvalde is 270 miles to the west.
