Mothers across North Carolina are marching and speaking out at events tomorrow to raise awareness of how gun violence affects families. Joslyn Simms, who lost her son Rayburn to gun violence eight years ago this month, will be speaking at tomorrow's rally in Durham.

鈥淭oo many of our children are being killed senselessly because these guns are out on the street," Simms says. "Most policemen don't have guns like these kids have now. It's too easy to get an AK-47. It's too easy to go to these gun shows and get guns and bring them back to North Carolina. We need to do background checks to make sure they don't have easy access to these weapons.鈥�

She says recent independent polls suggest 90 percent of North Carolinians support background checks for all gun buyers. Senator Richard Burr voted against legislation that would have closed loopholes that make it easy for criminals to get guns. Senator Kay Hagan voted in favor of expanding background checks. Rallies will be held tomorrow in Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Durham.