BENTON, Ky. — The teenagers in rural Kentucky decided they were fed up after a 15-year-old with a handgun turned their high school into another killing ground, murdering two classmates. Like so many other students, they wrote speeches and op-ed essays calling for gun control, they painted posters and they marched on their State Capitol. It started with sideways looks and laughter from other students in the hallways, they said. In a more liberal city like Parkland, Fla., or at a rally in Washington, these students might have been celebrated as young leaders. Many residents and students agreed with them, saying that gun control would not stop the bloodshed at America’s schools.

Source: New York Times May 22, 2018 09:00 UTC