Students Taking Action for Gun Reform
February 23, 2018
This past week the United States suffered another mass school shooting with seventeen casualties. We have seen a roar within the Parkland, Florida Students who have decided to keep the conversation of gun control rolling. Many of these students have expressed their urgency and anger towards the Government’s lack of response for gun reform, towards the mass shootings. The survivors were given the opportunity this past Wednesday at the Parkland Town Hall hosted by CNN, to speak to lawmakers Florida senator, Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson. Along with NRA representative Dana Loesch that had a heated conversation with Senior Emma González who spoke last weekend at a gun control rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Emma González recently spoke out about the lack of gun control laws within the state of Florida as well in the United States, pointing out the President’s donations from the National Rifle Association, “If the President wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy and how it should never have happened and maintain telling us how nothing is going to be done about it, I’m going to happily ask him how much money he received from the National Rifle Association.” She compared the acts our neighboring countries had done to deal with mass shootings and access to rifles. Her speech has been publicized and can be seen all over social media.
Along with Emma González, many students across the country have protested in peaceful walk outs from school classes speaking about the necessity for gun control and regulations. Florida students took a bus to their state capital calling for a ban on assault rifles.
Students who live in the Washington D.C. region walked of school to protest for gun reform in front of the White House. Students from Monatana, Washington, Maryland and New Jersey all have walked out of their classes in protest for gun reform. These students are certainly not going to keep quiet and what seems, to continue this fight for gun reform in America.
Senior Sydney Thompson, shared her opinion on the students protesting across America, “I think it’s good that students are protesting and they should because a lot of kids lost their lives during the tragedy.” She then shared her opinion on kids being able to have their voice, “It’s refreshing to see kids being able to strand up for themselves and in what they believe in. They’re not staying quiet and actually using their voice which not all of people have the bravery to do.”
