Thousands of Students Protest Against Gun Violence in the U.S

Across the United States Thousands of schools students walked out of class on Wednesday to demand gun control and stricter gun laws. It was part tribute and part protest  against gun violence at  Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Florida that killed 17 people, a month ago.
In honor of the 17 people nearly 3,000 Stoneman Douglas students walk out of class for 17 minutes. As crowds swelled across the country, some students made a spontaneous decision to continue rallying off campus after the walkout and sends a loud message to adults.
“By more than one school doing this, it shows politicians and lawmakers that we want change to happen,” senior Audrey Diaz said. “And the next generation is prepared to make that happen.”
Principal Ty Thompson of Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, commended his students for their strength over the last few weeks and praised them for their Never Again campaign for gun reform. “We are going to make change. It’s already started,” he told the crowd of 3,000.
And in California and Las Vegas, hundreds of students gathered to push for stricter gun laws. “This is the only country in the world where these mass shootings happen regularly,” said Quinn Bosselman, a student in Huntington Beach, CA.
Student organizers behind the day of action said “they feared that introducing more guns or police into schools could turn schools into prisons, with dangerous consequences for students of color”.
“We are standing in solidarity with the youth from the mass shooting, but we also know the repercussions of what’s going to happen next could fall on black and brown people,” said Keno Walker, who helped local high school students organize walkouts in Miami.
More than 100 students walked out of class and took a knee at Booker T Washington high school in Atlanta. But Daniel Rogov, A junior in Brooklyn, New York, said, “I’m just mad there’s no action by our government representatives”
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