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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"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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Do not make this the story when so many peaceful protests are happening. This will be pushed as if this was the norm. Stop making it about the bad.
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Strong emotions at play.
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There are, especially when you have someone there trying to agitate others to discredit the message with displays of violence.
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Laughable
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What's so laughable?
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He probably thinks children begging to be protected by the adults in charge is funny.. what a shame these people are
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Seriously? With all the students around the country protesting peacefully - not to mention how they organized this by themselves - and you have to find one fight and tweet it out to the world.
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Watch the whole video....it's inspiring that these young folks can spot someone trying to agitate and detract the message. It'll give you hope, ma'am
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Very proud of the children leading adults who should know better. The children are leading the way!
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While protesting against violence they became violent.
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How did CBSNews misinterpret it? If they did misinterpret it, it would be good of you to clear that up with them because this detracts from the message. :)
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Oh geesh. He was likely deranged. I hope someone reported him to the authorities. I'm sorry, regardless of where people stand on issues, there's no reason to mock those who lives were lost. Political issues often become heated, but common courtesy should still be maintained.
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