haas, lori haas has advocated for gun safety, for gun violence prevention. she's now the virginia state director at the coalition to stop gun violence. and days like this are hard for the country, they're certainly hard for the survivors. they are a particular kind of hard for family members who have been through this sort of thing so traumatically before. ms. haas, thank you for being with us tonight, i appreciate you taking the time to be here. >> thank you for having me, rachel. >> obviously there have been a lot of mass shootings and even mass school shootings since the one your daughter survived in 2007. i can't imagine, though, how -- what kind of renewed trauma it must be for you and your family every time there's another horrific incident like this. >> it is renewed trauma. it's renewed trauma for many, many, many families, dozens if not hundreds, and now thousands of families who have been traumatized today, last week, the week before, the week before. you know, we see this over and over and over again. and yet we have no action by those who are ele