‘Gun Debate Is Over’ After Rally In Washington

The message was clear: a change needs to be made in how we regulate firearms in our nation.

“I feel like it’s kind of our responsibility to get the word out, because we are the current students and our lives are in jeopardy, ultimately”, Reilly said. As produced by Lucinda Shen and Emmeline Zhao, and edited by James Fields, the compilation offers a revealing glimpse into the thoughts, passions, and priorities that are guiding so numerous students who marched over the weekend – and who may march again during walkouts planned for April 20. I also met a woman from Sandy Hook and she told me that she thought something would be done after the tragedy at her kids’ school, but nothing changed.

On a grassy patch by the windmill in Sag Harbor, there were 17 white cardboard coffins, each with the name and age of someone who died in the Parkland shooting. “They are more than welcome, they have their space”. “It’s a big part of our lives, our young lives, as kids”. I want gun safety.

“I was born the year after Columbine”, Avros said.

The reality is, in countries where guns are restricted or even outlawed, the number of gun violence deaths are extremely uncommon. It’s always running through my head. “We just need to make change happen, and it will happen if we do it”.

Both Kukoda and Doumbia have a history of political activism at the college, having organized an event similar to this one for the anniversary of the Women’s March together earlier this semester. “It was incredible seeing their leadership”. I can only describe the small moments that led up to it-the blocked off streets, the scattered sign holders walking towards 12 St. and Pennsylvania, the official starting location for the march. Student organizers also arranged for there to be stations for people to register to vote before the upcoming elections later this year. Shootings will not happen again – a big & very cheap deterrent.

“I think that volunteering is just one of the ways to show support not only for Parkland students, but students in general”, Greenhouse said. Student organizers of gun control rallies that drew hundreds of thousands to U.S. streets vowed on March 25, 2018 there will be no letup in their campaign for reform. Blatt described how marchers stood in front of a man holding up anti-abortion signs to peacefully challenge him and reject his ideology.

“We have enough on our hands to worry about with testing, with over-large class sizes”, she said. Equally upsetting and disgusting, but more confusing than anything. Through videos, performances, and through real children’s stories, we, as a group representing Berkshire County, Mass., were completely strengthened in our fight. “I fully saw it as a very strategic move”. It has been really hard on the people where I am from.

“We stand with these students, and our hope is that their voices will guide our leaders to take action that will seriously address gun violence”. I chose to march on a whim, so my family and I made the 4-hour drive from our home in North Carolina, marched for a few hours, then went home.

While the marches attracted more than 1 million people across the USA on Saturday in hopes of tightening gun laws, the Parkland, Fla. teens at the head of the movement know the road will be long and change won’t be easy.

For many parents, the march served as an outlet to empower their children through necessary discussions.

University of Maryland professor Dana R. Fisher has been surveying rallies and protests in the nation’s capital since Donald Trump’s inauguration in preparation for an upcoming book on the “Resistance” to the president. As an educator, Guagliardo expressed that her hope is to equip her students with knowledge and to empower them, but until recently, students have also embraced that role. However, she believes strongly in supporting gun control efforts, especially those coordinated by students.

March for our lives attracted the attention of citizens nationwide including celebrities who took to social media to document their support of the protest.