(HOUSTON (AP) – Some students at the Texas high school where a gunman killed 10 people want laws requiring firearms to be locked away at home and accessible to only the owner.
The group of Santa Fe High School students spoke Friday at an event organized by March For Our Lives, formed following the deadly February shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.
The students also called for enhanced security at schools and mental health background checks for anyone trying to buy a firearm.
They say their intention is not to take firearms from responsible owners.
The father of a 17-year-old boy accused in the May 18 Santa Fe shooting has said the teen took his father’s guns from a closet.
Texas already bans making firearms accessible to children under 17.
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