Ashbey Beasley rushed to Covenant School in Nashville on Monday, the site of America’s latest mass shooting, and the Highland Park parade massacre survivor felt a familiar wave of grief, anxiety and anger.
“Are you freaking kidding me right now?” she told the Chicago Tribune by phone as she drove to the scene. “What are our lawmakers doing? Like, what are they doing? I cannot believe this is happening.”Beasley had stopped in Nashville on her way back from her 12th trip to Washington since the July Fourth Highland Park tragedy, where she was on a no-holds-barred mission to convince members of Congress one by one to pass a federal assault weapons ban.
“Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens,” Beasley said shortly before Fox News, which ran her comments live nationwide, cut away. “It has overtaken cars. Assault weapons are contributing to the border crisis and fentanyl. She doggedly pursues availabilities for one-on-one meetings, and rarely gets discouraged when the answer is “no” or “not now.”
Through her efforts, Beasley has become acquainted with figures known nationally and among gun violence survivors for their activism, such as Newtown Action Alliance co-founder Po Murray, and has earned the respect of local legislators such as U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Highland Park. Beau Beasley, 7, addresses a crowd about an assault weapons ban at the National Mall on March 24, 2023, as his mother, Ashbey Beasley, holds a megaphone for him.
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