(13 Mar 2018) STUDENTS DEMANDING ACTION AFTER THE MASS SCHOOL SHOOTING IN PARKLAND, FLORIDA...
HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO FOCUS THE COUNTRY'S ATTENTION ON TOUGHER GUN LAWS....
WHEN THEY TAKE PART IN A NATIONWIDE WALKOUT THIS WEEK.
SOUNDBITE (English) Casey Sherman, Parkland Shooting Survivor:
"We are just high school students and we've managed to create this movement and it's really incredible."
IT'S BEING ORGANIZED BY A YOUTH-LED BRANCH OF THE WOMEN'S MARCH ORGANIZATION CALLED EMPOWER.
SOUNDBITE (English) Tamika Mallory, Women's March Co-President
"I think that there's a special place in most of our hearts for young people. And when our legislators hear young people coming forward, how do you ignore that?"
STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ARE EXPECTED TO LEAVE THEIR CLASSROOMS ON WEDNESDAY AT 10 A.M. FOR 17 MINUTES,
TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE 17 VICTIMS AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL.
SOUNDBITE (English) Winter Minisee, Walkout Organizer:
"There have been a lot of people criticizing like, why are we going to listen to a bunch of 17-year-olds who don't have the credentials to be talking about these things? But historically, youth have led all the major movements in America."
THE SCHOOL MASSACRE HAS LED TO RENEWED DEBATES ABOUT GUN CONTROL AND SCHOOL SAFETY AT ALL LEVELS.
SOUNDBITE (English) Delaney Tarr, Student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School:
" Because of these gun laws, people that I know, people that I love have died and I will never be able to see them again."
SOUNDBITE (English) President Donald Trump:
"We're gonna do something about this horrible situation that's going on. We're all going to figure it out together."
BUT THE STUDENTS AREN'T WAITING ON THE SIDELINES FOR LAWMAKERS TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS.
SOUNDBITE (English) Winter Minisee, Walkout Organizer:
"Me being able to push that emotion into activism and actually making something out of it, I think it's definitely eased my nerves because change is coming."
A RALLYING CRY FOR A NEW GENERATION REFUSING TO BE SILENT.
KRYSTA FAURIA, ASSOCIATED PRESS, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.

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