WATCH LIVE: Students at more than 3,000 schools across the country are expected to walk out of class this morning to protest gun violence http://cbsn.ws/2FUVYpy #NationalWalkoutDaypic.twitter.com/uMvXtn6Pc5
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Anna, a freshman in Maplewood, New Jersey, explains to
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A crowd of students has been outside of the White House for more than an hour,
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@DeMarcoReports is outside two high schools in New York City, where a scuffle broke out after 17 minutes of silence. A student stood up and said another student "did not respect one of the lives that was lost." http://cbsn.ws/2FUVYpy#NationalWalkoutDaypic.twitter.com/oCKE31sVUxShow this thread -
"This is a part of history. Tell your mom to turn on the news, because [the protests] are everywhere," says Kate Whitman, a student at LaGuardia High School in New York City who helped organize
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WATCH LIVE: Lawmakers join students in gun protest on Capitol Hill http://cbsn.ws/2FUVYpy
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"You are creating, with this walkout today and your ongoing challenge to all of us ... you are creating a drumbeat across America -- a drumbeat that will echo until we get the job done," Rep. Nancy Pelosi says http://cbsn.ws/2FUVYpy
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"To every politician sitting in Congress, working behind us, you get to decide who lives," Montgomery County, Md., student says. "When the commander-in-chief’s best solution to the country's gun problem is more guns, you know we have a moral problem in this White House.”pic.twitter.com/1uRFLKd2Nq
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“Their right to own an assault rifle does not make as does not outweigh our right to live," student says. "If any elected official gets in our way, we will vote them out and replace them ourselves." http://cbsn.ws/2FUVYpy
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“The NRA has made me public enemy No. 1 and I am proud of it,” Sen. Chuck Schumer says. “We have been fighting for 10 years. Every time, the viselike grip of the NRA on the necks of some of these politicians has succeeded, but this time it won’t.” http://cbsn.ws/2FUVYpy pic.twitter.com/ICqzq1naZy
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My parents "never had to worry about someone barging into their classroom with an assault rifle and slaughtering everyone in their class. That is an American tragedy," Maryland student says http://cbsn.ws/2FUVYpy
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"There is no compromise. We are not seeking a Republican solution or a Democratic solution," Maryland student says. "We are seeking an American resolution." http://cbsn.ws/2FUVYpy
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"You, the young people of this country are leading the nation," Sen. Bernie Sanders says. "All across this country, people are sick and tired of gun violence, and the time is now for all of us together to stand up." http://cbsn.ws/2FUVYpy pic.twitter.com/HS08Pf5xZi
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"In an ideal world, the twenty 1st graders & kindergartners who died at Sandy Hook would be in middle schoo...the 32 students who died at Virginia Tech would be at work. The students at Stoneman Douglas would be eating lunch right now," student says at
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These kids are amazing. I'm so proud of them and thrilled they will be our future leaders. You took a horrible tragedy and turned it into a strong & necessary movement. We are with you. You WILL succeed.
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I hope they are likewise remembering the kids in the Kentucky schools that have been shot to death also.
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Wow conservatives bitching about protests. Such a shock.
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Every person has different opinions. That’s why people protest. It’s almost like you don’t know what a protest is.
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Well played troll. Because if anyone is going to force a high school child to do anything it’s the school. Poor kids are also being shot at, at an alarming rate maybe they should idk do something about that. Like a protest would help.
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