Teens — Vote out NRA pols

STUDENTS in Brooklyn declared war Wednesday on lawmakers who have resisted meaningful gun control, and registered for their own weapons — the right to vote.

“I had never had the chance to register because I wasn’t old enough,” Galeel Cora, 18, a student at Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School said at a rally in Prospect Park. “And now I can vote for things that are important to me. We want to win the fight for gun control.”

For many students, the Prospect Park rally was the second demonstration of the day. They joined thousands of students across the country who walked out of classes to call for greater gun control in the wake of the Florida school shooting that killed 17 people on Valentine’s Day.

The Prospect Park rally, organized by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, began with a moment of silence after which students read the names of the victims killed when a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

“I’m sick and tired of the mass shootings,” said Chris Stauffer, 17, a senior at Bard High School and vice chair of the Youth Progressive Policy Group.

“I think young people now more than ever need to have a voice in the government that represents them. We need to lower the voting age. It should be lowered to 17. There’s a bill in the Assembly now called the Young Voter Act.

“We want to have a sustained movement,” Stauffer said. “We know they’re listening to us now. But will they still be listening to us in a year?The only way they’ll listen to us is if we have the power to vote.”