Standing in a field of white and orange flowers symbolizing victims from America’s gun violence epidemic, Democratic lawmakers call for gun control legislation at a news conference in Washington in the wake of deadly mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. The National Gun Violence Memorial installation features 40,000 white flowers and 5,000 orange flowers, the latter representing the annual increase in the number of deaths from gun violence in recent years. The memorial is organized by Giffords, a gun control advocacy group co-founded by former Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a mass shooting in 2011 but was left with language and walk impairments. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES