Politics & Government
Mother of Slain Teen Advocates For Assault Weapons Ban
Speaking before the Evanston city council, Carolyn Murray held up the blood-stained shirt a friend was wearing the night Murray's 19-year-old son, Justin, was shot.
Carolyn Murray, whose son, Justin, was shot and killed at age 19 last November, spoke before the city council Monday in support of a proposed assault weapons ban.
Flanked by two other mothers whose sons had been killed, Murray described herself as a member of the “Morbid Moms Club.” She said she had coined the phrase while attending President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address along with other guests who had lost family members to gun violence.
“We don’t want any more members in our Morbid Moms Club,” Murray said.
To learn more about the proposed assault weapons ban, read our story on the debate at Monday night's meeting.
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