Photos: Breanna Moore's parents push for 'Bree's Law'

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Cindy Moore shakes hands Rep. Mark Neuman, left, as she and her husband Butch Moore, right, met with legislators in the Anchorage LIO during a special session on Monday, June 8, 2015. The couple lost their 20-year-old daughter Breanna who was allegedly shot by her boyfriend nearly a year ago. They are advocates of a provision to the Alaska Safe Children's Act called Bree's Law that would provide violence education in public schools. Rep. Chris Tuck walks past in the background.

Just about every day, a mother and father arrive at the Alaska Legislature's Anchorage office to plead with lawmakers. Their names are Butch and Cindy Moore and they are getting a blunt education in politics in this fraught season of Alaska lawmaking.

Cindy Moore looks familiar: Her corkscrew curls and soft features mirror her youngest daughter, Breanna Moore. Police say Breanna was shot and killed by her boyfriend at an Anchorage Hillside home a year ago this month. After her death, her family dedicated themselves to passing a law they say might have saved their daughter from a violent relationship that turned deadly.

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