Weeks after four people died and nine people were injured in a school shooting northeast of Atlanta, a group of elementary school students carried signs into the Georgia Capitol Thursday as lawmakers discussed legislation that would incentivize safe gun storage.
About 20 students ranging from five- to 12-years-old — joined by a few parents and teachers from an Atlanta private school — shuffled into a state Senate committee meeting to demand legislative action on gun violence.
“This is our future generation,” 11-year old Autumn Humphries said to Senate Democrats in the room and Republicans who were watching remotely. “We are the next generation. You’re acting like you don’t care.”
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