CONWAY — The owner of White Mountain Firearms said he came away impressed after having a conversation with a group of Kennett High Schoolers about guns.
On March 14, students at Kennett High School, Kennett Middle and Fryeburg Academy joined the National School Walkout to commemorate the one-month anniversary of the shooting of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
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