Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español.

Gun violence prevention advocates gathered Monday with some survivors of Nevada’s deadliest shootings in a virtual roundtable to call for sweeping reforms they say are long overdue.

From the 2017 massacre on the Strip to the 2023 tragedy at UNLV, roundtable participants described trauma that continues to reverberate through classrooms, families and communities — and they urged state and federal leaders to act before more lives are lost.

“Gun violence has been taking our lives, has been taking our loved ones,” said Imer Cespedes-Alvarado, founder of Youth Voice of Nevada and a UNLV student who was on campus during the Dec. 6, 2023, shooting that killed three professors and injured a fourth. “That’s why Democrats, Republicans, indepe

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