Patch.com: 'Pass The Ban' March Urges Senate To Pass Federal Assault Weapons Ban

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HIGHLAND PARK, IL — Advocates for a reinstatement of a federal ban on assault weapons plan to gather in front of the U.S. Capitol this week in an effort to sway enough senators to send a bill to the president's desk.

The "Pass the Ban" march is organized by March Fourth, a nonprofit group founded by North Shore residents shortly after the July 4 Highland Park mass shooting.

Nine days after the the Independence Day parade massacre, the group organized a trip to Washington, D.C., where survivors and families of victims from the recent mass shootings in Highland Park and Uvalde, Texas, called on the U.S. House of Representatives to ban assault-style weapons.

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