Omar Samaha, a Virginia resident, took the 400-mile trip to honor his sister Reema, who was killed in the Virginia Tech shooting.

He urged congressional approval of the legislation that failed in the Senate last year that would close FBI background check loopholes, including the one that allows purchasers at gun shows to avoid these screenings.

Samaha said he attended a gun show in Richmond, Va., and was able to buy 10 guns “in less than an hour.”

“It was as easy as buying a bag of chips at a grocery story,” Samaha said.

Frank said he was not dissuaded by the number of states that loosened gun laws after Sandy Hook -- many more than those like Connecticut, Maryland and Colorado that tightened them.

Frank said comparing these states was “apples and oranges” because states that tightened gun laws made drastic changes and those that weakened them resulted in little change.

He said he was heartened by the support Team 26 received in its long ride to Washington, D.C., including from the police in Morristown, N.J., who got out of their cruisers to salute the riders and the man in Pennsylvania who shouted, “Don’t give up y’all. Don’t give up.”