UPDATED - Florida shooting survivors announce national march against gun violence
Source: Politico
By CRISTIANO LIMA 02/18/2018 11:11 AM EST
Five survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida announced plans on Sunday for a nationwide march, as well as a demonstration in Washington to call for legislative action to prevent gun violence.
During a spate of TV appearances Sunday morning, students Jaclyn Corin, Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky and Alex Wind unveiled plans to mobilize students to urge lawmakers to act in response to Wednesday's fatal shooting in Parkland, Florida, that claimed the lives of 17 of their fellow classmates and school staffers.
"We're marching because it's not just schools. It's movie theaters, it's concerts, it's nightclubs," Wind told NBC's "Meet the Press." "This kind of stuff can't just happen. You know, we are marching for our lives, we're marching for the 17 lives we lost. And we're marching for our children's lives and our children's children and their children."
The national demonstration, set to take place March 24, will feature calls for lawmakers to take up legislative remedies to improve mental health and expand regulations on guns, the students said.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/18/florida-shooting-march-gun-violence-416863
UPDATE:
Florida students plea with Congress: Its about the guns
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Cameron Kasky speaks at a rally for gun control at the Broward County Federal Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Saturday. (Rhona Wise/AFP/Getty Images)
By Devlin Barrett February 18 at 11:26 AM
Students of the Florida school where 17 people died last week said Sunday they will organize nationwide marches for gun control next month and try to create a badge of shame for politicians who take money from the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups.
We are losing our lives while the adults are playing around, Cameron Kasky said on CNNs State of the Union. Kasky, a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., has been part of an outpouring of anger from students who survived the shooting, many of whom have publicly blamed President Trump and NRA-supported politicians for creating the conditions that led to the shooting.
This is about us begging for our lives; this isnt about the GOP, this isnt about the Democrats, this is about us creating a badge of shame for any politicians accepting money from the NRA and using us as collateral, said Kasky.
An NRA spokeswoman declined to comment.
Kasky and other students said they are organizing March for Our Lives rallies in Washington and major U.S. cities on March 24 to demand action on gun violence.
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bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,424 posts)Young folks are blasting the dotard!
kiri
(796 posts)Years ago--about 1956--I read in the New Republic: "It is the glory of youth to think, to protest, and to rebel."
It was our duty to pass on to younger people the honor of protests, from civil rights, Vietnam, social justice, black lives matter. I hope we succeeded.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,048 posts)jalan48
(13,886 posts)HootieMcBoob
(3,823 posts)pandr32
(11,614 posts)msongs
(67,441 posts)mtngirl47
(991 posts)and lawmakers and our fellow Americans will see millions of us who are for gun control.
(I'm going to join in the march....making some calls to see if I can get a trip to Washington together)
JPK
(653 posts)msongs
(67,441 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Perhaps consider paying for the journalism they provide?
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)backtoblue
(11,345 posts)Fluke a Snooker
(404 posts)Thank Gaia.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)NJCher
(35,732 posts)I was impressed with the tone of determination.
I would join that march in NJ in a heartbeat.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)The biggest reason GOP is able to win elections is low turnout, ESPECIALLY amongst young people who tend to identify as Dems.
This gun violence issue is motivating kids like nothing else. It is going to get young people involved in politics and voting. That is nothing short of a disaster for the GOP billionaires that are trying to control our country.
sueh
(1,826 posts)ancianita
(36,136 posts)ffr
(22,671 posts)I'd stand up for her or stand along side her any day. She speaks with wisdom.
hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)I stand in awe of these young people and I am so very proud of them.
mpcamb
(2,875 posts)Many of them will fall.
Cha
(297,669 posts)TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)is certainly not the only kind of violence that is wrong or that should be stopped. a lot of "gun violence" probably starts out as other kinds of violence.
woodsprite
(11,924 posts)Its good to concentrate on one core idea, especially going up against the NRA.
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)Then let Republicans REFUSE to re-instate the ban,talk about it,bring it to a vote.....
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I can certainly see how a march against gun violence would be counter-productive to many current narratives.
Why not celebrate all holidays on Christmas rather than just one? Christmas is only the tip of the holiday iceberg, and a lot of celebrations probably starts out on other holidays.