Students plan 3 big gun reform protests this spring. Trump and Congress may act before then
by Anna Giaritelli | Feb 19, 2018, 4:54 PM
Students from 200 cities across the country are planning walk-outs and protests on three dates this spring to demand Congress tighten gun control laws in the wake of the Valentine's Day massacre in Parkland, Fla.
Teen responses are unlike others that have followed similar school shootings in recent years because students, not just lawmakers, are the ones who are calling for change.
Survivors of the shooting spree at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland have appeared daily on television networks to call for their lives, not gun rights, to be protected.
Many of these teen activists are minors and unable to vote in elections, prompting others to step in and help them organize and plot their next moves.
The Women's March Youth EMPOWER organization plans the first event, referred to as #Enough, on the one-month mark after the shooting.
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