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Parkland shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez calls on lawmakers for gun reform

US news February 17, 2018
During a rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student made an impassioned plea to US lawmakers to reevaluate gun control laws following Wednesday's deadly mass shooting.

At the gun control rally at Ft Lauderdale City Hall

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"We call BS!" Student from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School leads chant on lawmakers' responses to gun violence after school shooting.

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Emma Gonzalez, a student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is on TV right now, leading the charge, and inspiring us ALL to do better.

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Parkland student survivor at anti-gun rally right now: “This isn’t just a mental health issue!!! He wouldn’t have been able to kill that many people with a knife!!!” Wow.

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Emma Gonzalez is a hero. She's calling out Trump and the NRA by name at this rally. Getting people to reply to NRA talking points with "We call BS!" Most are. A few visibly uncomfortable adults on stage. But not many.

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Here’s the speech from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez at an anti-gun rally happening today in Fort Lauderdale //

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"To every politician who is taking donations from the NRA, shame on you!" Says Emma Gonzalez, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Student in at rally in .

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Anti gun rally in Ft. Lauderdale

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"This is something that people cannot get used to. This is something that we cannot let keep happening," said , a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who survived the shooting.

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Students, teachers, friends, sons, daughters, fathers, family — here are the 17 people who tragically lost their lives in the Florida school shooting.

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