School gun violence has touched community after community that never thought it would happen there. With Friday’s mass school shooting in Connecticut leaving 20 first-grade children and seven adults dead, new debate about the hot-button issue of gun control is sparking back up as legislators around the country, including in North Georgia, consider what’s best for their community, state and nation.“It’s paramount that we protect the innocent lives of our young people,” said Sen. Butch Miller, R-Gainesville. “Our hearts go out to the families and all those affected by this tragedy beyond measure.”Other Gainesville-Hall delegation members said they believe legislation on issues surrounding the mass killing will come up in the state’s legislative session starting next month, including concealed weapons, mental health services and gun ownership rights and responsibilities.
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