HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- They are trauma surgeons, police officers, high school students, mothers and fathers. For the last nine months, they've worked together brainstorming ways to make our schools and community safer when it comes to guns.
Today, Mayor Sylvester Turner presented four legislative recommendations from his Commission Against Gun Violence platform, established back in May, after the Santa Fe High School shooting that killed eight students and two teachers.
Rhonda Hart is part of the commission. Her 14-year-old daughter, Kimberly Vaugh, was shot four times and killed at Santa Fe High School.
"I wish I didn't have to be here for this reason. Nobody wants to be here because their child was shot at school. But it's really nice to see this moving forward," said Hart. "In Texas, it's an uphill battle to talk about gun violence prevention but this is a good step."
The committee introduced the following recommendations: