FRANKFORT, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — Advocates for gun safety packed the Capitol to rally lawmakers to pass stricter policies on firearms.
“This is the issue of the moment. We are tired of losing young people to gun violence,” ONE Lexington Director Devine Carama told the audience. Several stories from those who’ve witnessed the violence firsthand were shared. In 1993, Nathaniel Thompson witnessed a classmate murder his teacher and a janitor before holding his class hostage.
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“The recovery from gun violence is absolute hell. My classmates and I were sitting in what we thought was one of the safest places that we could be, school,” Thompson said.
“Even as recently as yesterday in Kansas City, the trauma and the aftermath of mass shootings wreak havoc on entire communities. And the terror of those moments echos through the generations,” Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman said.