A group of children from across Georgia traveled to the state Capitol to share their experiences with gun violence and urge lawmakers to take action. The children's testimonies were powerful and moving, highlighting the devastating impact that gun violence has on families and communities.
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“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.” “We have to have processes and procedures in place for not just the intentional shootings, but for those that happen unintentionally as well,” Jones said.killed at Apalachee High School were students. Dr. Kiesha Fraser Doh, a pediatric emergency physician representing Georgia Clinicians for Gun Safety, told committee members that the number of Georgia children 17 and younger who died from gun violence increased from 78 in 2018 to 154 in 2022.
Jorryn Butler, 18, said many of his friends buy guns from people old enough to legally purchase them. “It’s not hard” to get a gun, he said. “It’s literally right in your face.”Lawmakers in both chambers earlier this year considered legislation to encourage safe gun storage, which is shown to reduce firearm deaths and injuries among young people. Georgia’s Senate passed legislation that would exempt firearm safety devices from the state sales tax.
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