after i pleaded to god, please, don't let him kill me, marshall brett williams who had served an 11 1/2-year sentence for second-degree murder on the marine base at quantico, virginia, then stood up and walked around the room. he let me go that day but without my leader, without my protector, without the person that i would have grown up with to lead me and guide me through this life. and at the age of 13, i wanted to take my own life because it was unbearable. but i've come from that room, that room at 10 years old to this hill to let congress know that guns in the hands of people like marshall brent williams, guns in the hands of people like george zimmerman do not belong. please, i'm coming from that room to plead with you, to beg and to demand and to ask you, please reject the george zimmerman vigilante act. and please sign this statement of principle. stand with us, us 32 here today, and the 32 victims who lost their lives at virginia tech years ago. stand with us today to make a difference and all communities across america, please stand with us. it's senseless violence. and wit