Students occupy Arizona buildings to protest gun violence

 

April 22, 2018



PHOENIX (AP) — High school students occupied the House and Senate lobbies and the governor's office at the state Capitol Friday in the latest protest against gun violence.

The students with the Phoenix March for Our Lives group rallied on the anniversary of the 1999 school shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado. The protest was one of many by students across the country following a February shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead.

The students were met at the Capitol by about a dozen armed gun-rights supporters who waved American flags and used megaphones to shout at...



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