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Hundreds of students assembled outside of the Tennessee State Capitol on Monday in the wake of a school shooting in order to call for lawmakers to pass new gun control measures.

The students were reacting to a shooting at Antioch High School near Nashville, Tennessee, during which a seventeen-year-old killed one classmate and injured another before killing himself. The protests came as Tennessee lawmakers started to meet for a special session.

Tennessee Democratic State Representative Jason Powell, a former teacher who represents the district that includes Antioch High School, joined the students at the protest, asking Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee to include gun control as part of the session agenda.

“I am disappointed yet again we are talking about another school shooting in Nashville,” Powell remarked to local news. “Antioch is a great place to live. We continue to take no action.”

Powell also hosted a moment of silence inside the Tennessee State Capitol to honor Dayana Escalante, the sixteen-year-old who was murdered in the incident. The students meanwhile assembled outside of the building with posters advocating for various gun control policies.

“I have two children in the schools,” the lawmaker added. “Every day when I drop them off I am terrified they may lose their life to gun violence. No parent should fear that in our city or state.”

Lee and other Tennessee Republicans have previously advocated for gun control measures like red flag laws in past sessions, such as one which followed the shooting at the Covenant School, where a self-described transgender shooter murdered three children and three adults.

Critics of red flag laws assert that such proposals undermine the right to bear arms by allowing law enforcement and members of the judicial system to confiscate firearms without due process.