'It's simply insane to watch our children get killed and look to guns for an answer,' RevDrBarber said, criticizing a bill that would let faculty members carry firearms in schools.
at the Covenant School in Nashville, in which three 9-year-old children and three adults were murdered. Other demonstrators carried signs with messages including"Faith without action is dead" and"Every day, 120 people in America are killed with guns."
"Have these deaths scared us to life yet?" Barber asked the audience gathered at McKendree United Methodist Church in downtown Nashville."It's simply insane to watch our children get killed and look to guns for an answer." ;“RIGHT NOW: Tennessee Students Demand Action leaders are marching to the State Capitol with students, @MomsDemand volunteers, and #MoralMondays activists to protest a dangerous bill to arm teachers in the state. Watch live: https://t.co/gA59foi92z;”"It's never about just one issue," the Repairers of the Breach and Poor People's Campaign co-chair continued."You are here today and you care about banning assault weapons and dealing with guns.
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