Posted on 02/20/2018 1:36:43 PM PST by C19fan
Grief and rage over one of the deadliest school shootings in modern American history have forced some lawmakers to begin to rethink their positions on gun control, and a powerful chorus of teenage voices is pushing those in Florida to limit access to semiautomatic rifles.
Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where 17 people were killed last week, are traveling on Tuesday to Tallahassee, the state capital, to call for a ban on assault rifles. The direct appeal to the Legislature follows protests outside schools, social media appeals and national television appearances.
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Funny they aren’t airing the opinions of the kids who said gun control wouldn’t have stopped it and/or that there should be more armed people in schools to deter such evil....why aren’t their voices being blared out???
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