AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)- June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month and it is to raise awareness for gun violence in the United States.

Phyllis Jackson knows first-hand about gun violence. In 2019 Jackson's 22-year-old son was shot and killed.

"My son, Gerald Waldon, was killed here in Augusta, he befriended an individual at work. And that individual, along with three others, came to came to the house, lured my son out of the home, and literally within the same neighborhood, they had planned to kill him. And they did just that. They killed him and left him in the neighbor's yard."

Ever since that tragic event, Jackson has been helping to raise awareness about the danger of guns.

"Kids are supposed to be able to be kids. Teenagers are supposed to be able to be teenagers. We can't afford

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