PHILADELPHIA -- The mother of a man who died in the Orlando nightclub shooting last month brought delegates to their feet at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Christine Leinonen spoke as part of a gun violence theme on Wednesday night.
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She asked why "commonsense" gun policies weren't in place when her son died.
"I never want you to ask that question about your child," Leinonen said, which was met with a standing ovation from the crowd.
Leinonen stood on stage with two survivors of the shooting at the Pulse nightclub that claimed her son, and her son's boyfriend.
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"It takes about five minutes for a church bell to ring 49 times. I know this because, last month, my son Christopher, his boyfriend Juan, and 47 others were murdered at a club in Orlando."
She says her son's grandparents met in a Japanese internment camp, "so it was in his DNA that love always trumps hate."