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At 11:32 a.m. Thursday, the 600-pound bell at Northeast Portland’s Augustana Lutheran Church rang 21 times – once for each child and adult fatally shot two mornings before by an 18-year-old inside a Texas elementary school.
The bells rang during a news conference held inside the church by faith leaders of gun advocacy group Lift Every Voice Oregon. They demanded the state’s elected officials enact legislation to help prevent future mass shootings.
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