Students chanted for an end to gun violence as they walked from Memorial High School in West New York to rally on the school lawn Thursday morning. There, protestors had set up empty desks commemorating the 19 fourth-graders and two teachers shot to death in Uvalde, Texas on May 24. The school message board flashed each victim’s name. “We want to restrict gun laws, because we fear for our life every day and that shouldn’t go through to our head,” said one student.
U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez met with students and promised to push for national gun control measures in Washington next week, when they hope negotiators can find a compromise to break partisan gridlock and perhaps agree on less controversial items like enacting universal background checks, banning high-capacity magazines and raising the age to buy certain guns to 21.
