Students move to ‘out’ gun pollies
SURVIVORS of the horrifying Florida high school massacre have channelled their pain into political activism.
A group of Parkland teens is organising a demonstration in Washington DC on March 24, March For Our Lives.
The students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are determined to ensure that the massacre of 17 students and staff is the last.
“Please stop allowing us to be gunned down in our hallways,” Emma Gonzalez, a high school senior, told Fox News Sunday.
The teens are calling on students around the country to demand action from politicians they blame for doing nothing on gun control in the face of mass shooting after mass shooting.
“People keep asking us, ‘What about the Stoneman Douglas shooting is going to be different?’ because this has happened before and change hasn’t come,” Cameron Kasky, an 11th-grader, told ABC’s This Week.
“This is it.”
The FBI admitted to ignoring a tip about 19-year-old gunman Nikolas Cruz and President Trump has pointed to the FBI mistake and mental health problems in the wake of the shooting.
He’s declined to endorse any gun control policies.
The teens want more from Mr Trump as well as Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Governor Rick Scott and the National Rifle Association.