Diane Nagell, 74, and Gail Perelstein, 72, traveled from the inner suburbs of Minneapolis to attend the town hall. Nagell, a nurse, said she has seen firsthand the damage of gun violence and felt energized by the commitment among those in the room to do something. She said her daughter is a teacher who has had to develop a plan for what to do if a shooter enters her school.
“That’s scary,” Nagell said. “I’m older, and we never had to worry about things like that. You know, it’s just a violent world for our children.”
Perelstein, a retired teacher, said she was glad she attended.
“I just wish there’d be more people who are not as interested, who would be,” Perelstein said. “It’s like preaching to the choir.”
Minnesota Star Tribune reporter Ryan Faircloth contributed to this story.
Gov. Tim Walz takes the stage Saturday alongside Gabby Giffords, a former U.S. representative from Arizona who became a gun violence prevention advocate after she was shot in the head in 2011, ahead of a Stand Up for Gun Violence Prevention town hall organized by the Minnesota DFL at Waconia High School in Waconia. (Anthony Souffle/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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