Young students protest against gun violence at Georgia Senate meeting

Associated Press/Report for America

ATLANTA (AP) — Students as young as five demanded stricter gun laws Thursday at the Georgia Capitol, weeks after a deadly school shooting northeast of Atlanta. They marched around the building and into the a senate committee meeting on safe gun storage legislation. Sen. Emanuel Jones, a Decatur Democrat the committee’s chairman, led the students as they chanted “No more gun violence! End gun violence!” Lawmakers discussed safe storage devices, mental health support, and penalizing people who help children access guns. Georgia’s Senate and House passed safe storage legislation earlier this year, but neither of the bills made it through the other chamber.