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Students stage national walkout to protest gun violence

US news March 14, 2018
The students walked out of classrooms at 10am on Wednesday across time zones for 17 minutes to show solidarity for the 17 killed in the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School a month ago and to push for changes in gun legislation.

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Today, 1 month after of the day that changed our lives forever, we will join the school walkout. We will join the walkout for every one of those 17, and for every other victim of gun violence. We will join for those that are still here. We will join for you.

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Covering a walkout this morning at an elementary school in Virginia, and the 11-year-old organizers had a press packet ready for me.

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JUST IN: formed a heart on their track field as a part of the in honor of the 17 students killed in Parkland, FL just one month ago

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Every student at this walkout suddenly lay down and now their parents are watching and taking photos of this and everyone is totally silent.

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I couldn’t walk out today at home with my classmates at douglas, but today I walked out at Columbia University. Power to the students. ✊🏼

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I went back to class and everything was normal. Everyone is happy. Me and my 3 friends here aren't. This isn't 17 minutes for us, this is the rest of our lives. Keep talking and keep listening.

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Look at us, we're high school students. Look at the impact we have made. This is for our 17 angels, and this is for our country.

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A young girl is passing out these pins in Brooklyn.

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A common theme in the student speeches is how it’s irrational people can legally buy a gun before they can legally buy a beer.

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Students are now leaving the White House to march to Capitol Hill, where they will rally for gun control:

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To the Virginia students taking a stand against gun violence today: I’m with you. It’s time for Congress to take action.

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Sometimes you have to get in trouble--good trouble, necessary trouble--to make a way out of no way.

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New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo joins students protesting for stricter gun laws in New York City as part of .

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Students at Booker T Washington High School in Atlanta talking a knee as part of the protests.

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On , students in New York City protest to demand action on gun violence

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Do you think you have the power to make change? 12-year-old student: "By myself, I don't think I have the power. But together with all these people here, I think we can make a change."

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One of the most popular chants I've heard at the DC : "Hey Hey NRA, how many kids have you killed today?"

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We walked to the memorials at pine trails❤️

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Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses crowd through a megaphone: "You, the young people of this country, are leading the nation."

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One Virginia teacher is encouraging students to ‘walk up’ to others, not just walk out. “Walk up to the kid who sits alone and ask him to join your group. Walk up to the kid who never has a voluntary partner and offer to be hers.”

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Extremely proud to call myself a charger today. What we did was incredible. 💙⚡️💛

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Student choir at Ruth Asawa School For The Arts in San Francisco

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I’m in Wichita today, where I covered a high school walkout for gun reform. Two older men I’ve met here - one former military man, one retired farmer - said they hunt and are proud gun owners. They told me they do not understand why anyone would ever need an assault weapon.

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We usually hear about the gun control debate in terms of pro/con/red/blue, but there are so many more in-betweens than that. For the proud gun owners I met today, they see banning everyday people from buying assault weapons as common sense, plain and simple.

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Several hundred students at Newtown High School in Sandy Hook, CT walk out in protest of gun violence on .

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WATCH: At Columbine High School, students release balloons one at a time in honor of the 17 victims of the MS Douglas High shooting.

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Spartanburg, South Carolina

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Students of Miguel Contreras Learning Complex make their voices heard

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14 desks and 3 podiums stand empty at Cooper City High School in remembrance of the 17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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Mt. Diablo High students break through locked gates to participate in gun violence walkout

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The media will only show students in favor of gun control during today's walkout. I've received dozens of emails from high school students with another story to tell, and who feel bullied into acting as props for an agenda they oppose.

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