REHOBOTH BEACH, Del.- A candlelight vigil honored those who were killed at Sandy Hook and all victims of gun violence.
The vigil, which saw dozens of people come out, was held on the eve of the tragic mass shooting 11 years ago.
"I just couldn't believe it, I thought it (Sandy Hook) was a one time incident," said Carol Psaros, who was a teacher for 30 years and is the co-lead of the Beaches chapter of Moms Demand Action. "But I would see after that occurred that the incidents of gun violence, whether it was a church or a supermarket or school or college, that they didn't stop, they increased."
The vigil aimed to remember those lives lost, but also look at the different gun safety regulation that has been worked on since the mass shooting.
For Rev. Dr, Vicki Gordy-Stith, who is also a member of Moms Demand Action and is the pastor of Epworth United Methodist Church off of Route 1 in Rehoboth Beach, gun safety is not a political issue.
"I feel like it's a human issue because none of us want people to be killed by guns," she said. "We might have different ways of approaching it. But I think if we can have a conversation, at least we can find ways that we agree on."
While there were a few tears shed at the vigil, the feeling of hope for a better tomorrow was at the front of every speech and thought.
