Posted on Jun 12, 2022
‘Never again, again.’ Kansas City rallies for gun safety laws in Missouri and Kansas
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Following a recent wave of mass shootings and gun violence, people at a March for Our Lives rally called for a ban on assault weapons, universal background checks, and red flag laws.
Meredith Bills and her friend, Joni Hall, found it hard to believe that they had to use the same old signs again on Saturday to help a crowd call for gun safety laws in response to yet another wave of mass shootings.
Bills and Hall were marching buddies at the March For Our Lives rally in 2018, which was organized after the school shooting in Parkville, Florida. This time, Bills and Hall were using their old signs they made for the rally created in response to the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas.
“We’re doing ‘Never again,’ again,” Bills said. “We’re heartbroken humans, is what we are, and we’re sick of acting like there’s nothing we can do.”
About 100 people gathered under shade trees in Gillham Park on a day where temperatures reached into the 90s. They held signs reading, “Enough is enough,” or “Protect kids not guns.” Saturday’s March For Our Lives rally in Kansas City was one of hundreds nationwide, the largest held in Washington D.C.
Meredith Bills and her friend, Joni Hall, found it hard to believe that they had to use the same old signs again on Saturday to help a crowd call for gun safety laws in response to yet another wave of mass shootings.
Bills and Hall were marching buddies at the March For Our Lives rally in 2018, which was organized after the school shooting in Parkville, Florida. This time, Bills and Hall were using their old signs they made for the rally created in response to the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas.
“We’re doing ‘Never again,’ again,” Bills said. “We’re heartbroken humans, is what we are, and we’re sick of acting like there’s nothing we can do.”
About 100 people gathered under shade trees in Gillham Park on a day where temperatures reached into the 90s. They held signs reading, “Enough is enough,” or “Protect kids not guns.” Saturday’s March For Our Lives rally in Kansas City was one of hundreds nationwide, the largest held in Washington D.C.
‘Never again, again.’ Kansas City rallies for gun safety laws in Missouri and Kansas
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."When asked whether it worked to have school districts that allow staff to carry guns in classrooms, as Missouri allows, Lucas said: “No, no, it does not.”
Brennan repeatedly referred to gun violence in the city, with the FBI ranking it as the eighth deadliest in terms of murder rates. When asked what a locally-driven solution might be, Lucas pointed to a measure that curbs access to guns by domestic violence offenders.
“[P]revention is probably the most important step not just to local gun violence that we see every day, but also mass shootings. If you just have people showing up after a scene, as we’ve seen, tragically in Uvalde, and around America, then we will never get in front of this problem,” Lucas said."
..."When asked whether it worked to have school districts that allow staff to carry guns in classrooms, as Missouri allows, Lucas said: “No, no, it does not.”
Brennan repeatedly referred to gun violence in the city, with the FBI ranking it as the eighth deadliest in terms of murder rates. When asked what a locally-driven solution might be, Lucas pointed to a measure that curbs access to guns by domestic violence offenders.
“[P]revention is probably the most important step not just to local gun violence that we see every day, but also mass shootings. If you just have people showing up after a scene, as we’ve seen, tragically in Uvalde, and around America, then we will never get in front of this problem,” Lucas said."
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