On Sunday, the father of slain WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker reiterated comments he made on Wednesday, saying he would push for gun control legislation. "They messed with the wrong family," he said.
Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were shot and killed live on air by a former employee of their Virginia television station. Her father, Andy Parker, told CNN that her family and boyfriend, WDBJ7 anchor Chris Hurst, would "hold the politicians' feet to the fire" in order to enact "real, constructive" legislation that would "get guns out of the hands of people who should not have them." He added: "You always think there's a tipping point. We always thought when Gabby [Giffords] was shot, something would happen; with Sandy Hook, something would happen; with Aurora, something would happen; and it never did."
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