Students hoisted “Stand United” signs. They chanted “”Hey, hey, ho, ho – the NRA has got to go”.
These scenes played out across the country as students put down their pencils and pens and walked out of class to protest gun violence. Activists hoped it would be the biggest demonstration of student activism yet in response to last month’s massacre in Florida.
More than 3,000 walkouts were planned across the U.S. and around the world, organizers said. Students were urged to leave class at 10 a.m. local time for 17 minutes — one minute for each victim in the Feb. 14 attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Hundreds of students poured out of Lower Merion High School Wednesday morning heard taking aim at the National Rifle Association and its policies.
“We do not add fire to fire,” said senior Sarah McConnell. “And I do not feel safe in a school where I know that every teacher has a gun or that there is any gun in the school.”
The high school demonstrators at Lower Merion—like similar walkouts across the nation—did not have to be seniors to feel empowered to speak up.
“If I feel as passionately as I do about this issue, I have to speak up,” said freshman Ava Clifford. “I can’t sit there and let other people do the work for me. It’s time for me to use my voice.”
By: Fox 29 News Team
Date: March 13, 2018
Source: Fox29.com
