Salsabil Qaddoura is tired of all the violence and lack of action. At only 15, she started a Students Demand Action chapter in her high school after seeing the affects gun violence had on her classmates.
“We only care when it affects us personally, but need to think of our interests as a nation. Not just us individually," Qaddoura said.She started a Students Demand Action chapter in her high school after seeing the affects gun violence had on her classmates.
After the recent mass shooting at an elementary in Tennessee, she says these deaths are all too commonplace in our country. On Saturday, the coalition, along with other advocacy groups, hosted a community forum called Words Matter: Shifting the Dialogue About Gun Violence.“One of the predominant causes is poverty and racism. We have a system that’s baked in. When we’re in this situation where we have so many injustices and people feel hopeless, they sometimes respond with gun violence," McCracken said.The state no longer requires a handgun permit to legally carry, conceal or transport a handgun.
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