Mississippi students react to Texas school shooting

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – After Tuesday’s lethal capturing at an elementary faculty in Texas, Mississippi college students spoke out in regards to the tragedy.

The scholars stated extra must be accomplished. They known as on state and metropolis leaders to behave on gun violence prevention, in addition to tighten safety measures. College students additionally need leaders to handle psychological well being points.

“I simply can’t imagine one thing like this could occur to them on their final day of faculty for no obvious cause,” stated Eli Jefferson, a pupil at Obama Magnet Elementary College.

“Individuals type of need to put a bandage on the scenario. They are saying, ‘Effectively if it is a downside, we should always have stricter gun management legal guidelines.’ And sure, these issues are wanted, undoubtedly, however the issue is folks aren’t addressing the deep points, the systematic points that result in issues like this, equivalent to issues with training, psychological well being remedy, particularly with younger folks. When these issues are being ignored, that snowballs into the bigger tragedies,” stated Hart Jefferson, an incoming junior at Murrah Excessive College.

Erica Jones, president of the Mississippi Affiliation of Educators (MAE), stated they are going to proceed to advocate for commonsense gun legal guidelines.