Students Call For Pro-Gun Control Marches

By Tom Knighton

For survivors of the Parkland shooting, it’s a tense time. They feel lucky to be alive, for one thing. For another, they’re still in shock over the loss of their classmates.

More than that, though, is the fact that they felt so powerless during the assault. All they could do was run. Now that it’s over, they’re angry over that sense of powerlessness and are lashing out. They want to feel powerful again, to try and feel like they’re working to make sure they never feel that powerless again.

As survivors of Wednesday’s school shooting demand that it be the last such massacre, marches are being planned around the country to amplify the students’ message that action must be taken to end gun violence.

The marches share one mission: to put pressure on Congress to pass gun reform and make schools safer.

Fourteen students and three teachers were killed and many injured when a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida last week.

The shooting was at least the eighth at a US middle or high school this year and has reignited a debate over gun control.

In an emotional rally Saturday in Fort Lauderdale, politicians and Marjory …Read the Rest

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