Protesters call for lawmakers to act on gun laws

Zoe Hecht, front left, was among the students who called for stronger gun laws at the demonstration Tuesday. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
Proposals to tighten Vermont’s gun laws saw a swell of support this week following a school shooting in Florida and a threatened plan to shoot up a school in Vermont
More than a hundred demonstrators gathered on the steps of the Statehouse in the drizzly, gray morning to call on lawmakers to take up legislation to tighten Vermont’s gun laws.G