New gun control law Biden signed will save many lives. But we are going to need more.

The White House's event to celebrate the new gun safety law is happening the same time the Supreme Court sent the message that guns have more rights than women.

The White House’s celebration on Monday of the landmark gun control bill that President Joe Biden signed into law recently serves as a reminder of a reality: the two of us should never have met. In fact, we wish we had never gotten to know each other. We live more than 1,000 miles apart, have no familial connection, and do not travel in the same professional circles.

Yet we have become part of an exclusive and tragic circle of gun violence survivors. One story nearly took the life of a healthy 17-year old high-school senior after a football game, and the other was the senseless massacre at Parkland that ended in the murder of 14-year old Jaime Guttenberg. While our tragedies are separated by nearly 25 years, we came to know each other through our fierce devotion to trying to translate our pain into action. 

Dr. Joseph Sakran shows scarring from the operation that saved his life after he was shot in the throat and Fred Guttenberg holds a picture of his slain daughter, Jaime.W.G. Dunlop / AFP via Getty Images; Jose A. Iglesias / El Nuevo HeraldAs the Senate prepared to vote on the first piece of gun legislation in three decades in late June, survivors and advocates were invited to bear witness to this long-awaited change. As we waited in one of the committee rooms for debate on the bill to come to an end, the emotion in the room was palpable. 

Parents who had lost children, children who had lost parents and those who had been shot themselves — all gathered during a unique moment in time that some of us have been working toward for decades. 

As we waited in one of the committee rooms for debate on the bill to come to an end, the emotion in the room was palpable.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/new-gun-control-law-biden-signed-saves-lives-but-its-just-beginning-rcna37367


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