How 6 incredible teens are standing up to America?s gun lobby
When someone calls you childish, the connotations are numerous, but never flattering: Kids are lazy, right" Don?t forget entitled and Instagram-obsessed and untrammelled by the real-world cares of their hardscrabble elders.
And yet: In the days following the recent horrific mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., ? in which 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were gunned down by an AR-15 rifle legally purchased by 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz?teens across America, but particularly in Parkland, haven?t resigned themselves to the unchecked power of the country?s unchecked gun lobby. No, that?s adult behaviour. The kids have organized.
Teens in South Florida walked out of their classrooms in protest. Stoneman survivors bussed to their state capitol in Tallahassee to demand change from legislators. They have harnessed the power of network television and social media (using the hashtag #NeverAgain) to raise awareness. There was even a lie-in at the White House. And on March 24, students and myriad other gun-control supporters will take to Washington in the March For Our Lives ? an event that has, so far, drawn support and funding from the likes of George Clooney and Oprah. Impressive, yes, but what indication is there that America?s youth will be able to make headway on an issue literally written into America?s Constitution" In a year that?s already seen 18 school shootings, and even after Sandy Hook, why is Stoneman the one to move the needle"...
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