Here s what teens, adults say about addressing gun violence
ISABELLE TAFT, The Sun-Herald
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GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) One by one, Gulfport Councilwoman Ella Holmes-Hines asked the children gathered around her what they want to be when they grow up.
“A ballerina.”
“A policeman.”
Holmes-Hines was a speaker at last weekend s Stop the Violence block party in Gulfport, organized in response to recent shootings around the city. Many of the children wore T-shirts that said Stop the Violence; some were so young that the shirts grazed their feet.
“Every child has a dream,” Holmes-Hines said. “It is up to us. that we protect each and everyone of them.”