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Almost 20 years ago, two students opened fire here, killing 13 people. Looking back, it seems to have been the beginning of a generation of mass shootings.

I spoke with students at Columbine this morning. Their childhoods were wrapped in the legacy of the violence here. “It’s an issue that should have been solved when Columbine happened,” said Alessia Fortin, 16. "This is an issue that needs to be solved. Now.”

Easton Summer, 17, a junior, said he would also be walking out. The deaths at his school “happened because those two kids had weapons that should have been used in the military. Just like all the other shootings,” he said. “We do need to take action.”