Thousands of high school students, many still far from voting age, are streaming out of schools across the country today to protest against gun violence[1] in the wake of last month’s mass shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people.
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“It’s all thoughts and prayers; it’s all talk,” he told ABC News. “After a gun violence tragedy there’s a speech talking about how we need change but there never is change.”
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The event, which began at 10 a.m. across every time zone, was officially scheduled to last 17 minutes -- one minute for each of the victims gunned down in the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. But many students are rallying for much longer.
To the students at Stoneman Douglas, Daniel's message is, “Keep making your voices heard. While the politicians might stop talking about this, we’re not done.”
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Over 3,000 walkout events were registered to take part in today's call on Congress to pass tighter gun control laws, according to ENOUGH National School Walkout, the event organizers.
The walkouts are across the nation, from Michigan to Maryland, from Colorado to California, and from the White House to Washington state.[2]
"Remember why we are walking out," Stoneman Douglas survivor Lauren Hogg wrote on
