[applause] erin kerwin: hello. my name is erin kerwin, i have two children, and i have the honor of introducing hillary clinton today. i live in a beautiful community not far from here, and in another time we could have posed in a norman rockwell painting. to me the devastating consequences of gun violence have always been a concern. in what feels like a past life, i was a social worker. i handled mostly domestic violence and sexual assault cases. what struck me over and over was he immideacy of gun violence consequences. watching the assault weapons ban expire in 2004, i could not understand why we could not make progress or enact policies to protect gun violence and death from guns. last month everything changed for our family. a woman not much different from anyone else in our family was shot and killed on our street. it was a sunday evening. there is no explanation for this killing. my first thought went to my kids. thomas who is a little bit too wigly to be here today, is in first grade, and eleanor is my four

so without any further adieu, erin kerwin. erin: hello, i'm going to have to cheat a also with my paper, i'm not as well practiced with this. my name is erin kerr-inened -- erin kerwin and i'm the mother of two children and have the honest of introducing hillary clinton today. i live in manchester and the home is three miles away from where we are right now. it's a beautiful community and in another time we could have posed in a norman rockwell painting. for me, the devastating consequences of gun violence have always been a concern. and what feels like a past life, i was a social worker and i handled mostly domestic violence and sexual assault cases. what struck me over and over was the immediacy of gun violence. when guns enter a conflict, there's no chance to reconsider. it's just over. watching the brady assault weapon ban expire in 2004, i could not understand why we could not make progress or enact policies to prevent gun violence and death from guns. last month, everything changed for our family, a woman, not so differe