ALBANY — As the nation reels from two mass shootings that killed dozens of people over the weekend, two area teens plan to address gun violence.
Fiona Davis-Walsh of Albany will be lobbying Congress this summer, while Isaac Hadam of Moultonborough, a co-founder of the Constitutional Awareness Pact, says the topic will come up at his organization's convention next month.
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