Empty seats at US graduations reveal toll of gun violence: ‘We’re losing our kids’

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Across the US, high school graduations are serving dual roles as rites of passage for teenagers entering adulthood and memorials for those who were killed – often with guns – before they could don their caps and gowns.

 

Amid rows of optimistic graduates are empty seats adorned with regalia or grieving parents who are there to walk the stage and accept diplomas on their children’s behalf.

 

Some of the youths were killed before they reached their senior year, others in the days, weeks or months leading to their graduation.

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/14/us-gun-violence-student-children-deaths-high-school-graduation