Students in some Iowa schools walked out of classes Friday morning to join a national protest on the 19th anniversary of a school shooting in Colorado. Thirteen students were killed and 24 were injured by the two gunmen at Columbine High School on April 20th, 1999 — before today’s high school seniors were born. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds says there is “no one single answer” to school safety.
Senate President Charles Schneider, a Republican from West Des Moines, says the Iowa legislature is setting aside 35 million dollars in grant money to help schools pay for safety upgrades to buildings, like lock down systems or stronger classroom doors. But Schneider, like the governor, suggests new gun regulations are not on this year’s agenda.
Students involved in the protests are calling for gun law changes.
