On Tuesday evening a group of survivors of the Marjory Stoneman shooting traveled to Tallahassee by bus to make an appeal at Florida’s Capitol. The survivors and supporting protestors held a single message: It is time for action right now. However, when Democrats proposed a bill that would ban assault-type weapons like the AR-15, the House took it off the table.
Florida’s students aren’t the only ones calling for action either. Walkouts are happening all around the county as high schoolers have taken the call for gun control into their own hands by protesting gun violence on their own.
In Chicago on Wednesday, hundreds of students at Oak Park and River Forest High School walked out of their classrooms while holding banners that demand changes to current gun regulations. The same thing happened in Maryland when three Montgomery County high schools had students walk out.
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D.C. students also walked out of school and went to the White House, where local students congregated in protest.
Additionally, two major protests have already been scheduled in March. The Women’s March Youth EMPOWER group is planning a 17-minute national school walkout on March 14.
Another march will take place on March 24, called March for Our Lives, and put together by student organizers, including those from Parkland.