Virginia Tech Families Turn Grief Into Cry For Gun Laws

Omar Samaha wore a suit to talk to state lawmakers yesterday. It was the same suit he wore to his younger sister Reema's funeral in April after she and 31 other students and teachers at Virginia Tech were shot and killed by Seung Hui Cho.
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Brigid Schulte and Anita Kumar

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