CAMDEN, N.J. - The seemingly never-ending violence in Philadelphia has local moms calling for change. On this Mother’s Day weekend, some women with a group called Moms Demand Action say they don’t want gifts or breakfast n bed.
They want people to demand change in Washington D.C. regarding gun control."It’s hard to go on living without my son," stated mom Elizabeth Echevarria.
11 years ago, Echevarria’s son, Nicholas, was shot and killed on the streets of Camden. Not a day goes by that she doesn’t think of the 19-year-old college student and how his life might have turned out."He didn’t get to meet a girl or have a wife, or get married.
You know, the big mother son dance at the wedding. No children. Nothing," Echevarria said.That’s why Elizabeth and dozens of others joined Moms Demand Action to call on Congress to ban assault weapons.Kevalyn Tiggett brought her grandsons from Vineland, New Jersey because she says gun violence is something they are all too familiar with every day in society."It’s showing them that getting involved, no matter how small, no matter how big, it makes aw difference," Tiggett said. "Their friends see them getting involved, so they might want to get involved.