Obviously, there were marches and stuff across the nation and even in other countries, all to take some sort of action, action that they really don’t want to discuss. They just want to screech that Congress should do something, as we see across all sorts of articles, which are light on policy proposals and long on feelings
‘Never again!’ Students demand action against gun violence in nation’s capital
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in the nation’s capital and cities across the country Saturday to demand action against gun violence, vividly displaying the strength of the political movement led by survivors of a school massacre in Parkland, Fla.
Organized by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a gunman killed 17 last month, the March for Our Lives showcased impassioned teens calling on Congress to enact stricter gun-control laws to end the nation’s two-decade stretch of campus shootings.
Hundreds of “sibling protests†took place across the world, from New York City — where demonstrators spread across 20 blocks — to Jonesboro, Ark., a small city marking the 20th anniversary of a middle-school shooting that left four students and a teacher dead. Gun-rights advocates mounted counterprotests in Salt Lake City, Boise and Valparaiso, Ind., where one sign read “All Amendments Matter.â€
Although the D.C. march was funded by Oprah Winfrey, George and Amal Clooney, and other celebrities, Stoneman Douglas High students have been its faces. Their unequivocal message to legislators: Ignoring the toll of school shootings and everyday gun violence will no longer be tolerated.
“To the leaders, skeptics and cynics who told us to sit down, stay silent and wait your turn: Welcome to the revolution,†Cameron Kasky, a Stoneman Douglas student, said to a crowd that packed at least 10 blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue. “Either represent the people or get out. Stand for us or beware. The voters are coming.â€
And if you read this article, or ones at other news outlets, you won’t find actual policy proposals. How is Congress supposed to read your minds? What if they Take Action, but it’s not the action you want? It is cute how some are using their 1st Amendment rights (as pushed by adult gun grabber groups) to take away the 2nd Amendment Rights of citizens, the latter which helps protect the former. Oh, and while
Because many of the demonstrators were children, authorities in the nation’s capital said they took extra security precautions. By day’s end, police had reported no violent altercations or other problems, despite a small contingent of counterprotesters decrying efforts to toughen gun laws.
That’s right, their anti-2nd Amendment rally was protected by all sort of armed security.
Emma González, 18, took the stage in a drab olive coat and torn jeans, speaking of the “long, tearful, chaotic hours in scorching afternoon sun†as students waited outside Stoneman Douglas High on the day of the shooting.
With a flinty stare, tears streaming down her face, González stood silent on the rally’s main stage for nearly four minutes — evoking the time it took Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz to carry out his attack. The crowd began chanting, “Never again.â€
Nothing says “listen to me” like dressing like a hobo. Her silence was a great reminder of the failure of the deputy at the school. And the failure of the Sheriff’s department, local police, FBI, school system, and others pre-shooting.
This story, like most, avoids mentioning policy proposals, because those speaking didn’t really offer more than platitudes of “never again” and stuff. It seems they all want to give up their ability to defend themselves, making themselves what is referred to as “victims.”
(Reason) “Guns are for the police and the government,” a 13-year-old girl confidently assured me.
Awesome. We should totally listen to the wise wisdom of a worldly 13 year old, one who wants to become a Victim.
Here’s a dare: try and repeal the 2nd Amendment. Go for it. Let’s see how you fare.
But, while the vast majority of speakers avoided exposing their true intentions (gun grabbing), some in the audience didn’t. We get gems like
https://twitter.com/NickAPappas/status/977611400179867648
Sigh. And this
https://twitter.com/robbysoave/status/977602668486160384
A ship in a harbor is safe. But that’s not what a ship is for.
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They were rallies that would not have happened without the fervor of the students: teenage survivors of last month’s massacre in Parkland, Fla., frightened high schoolers in the Midwest, unnerved university students in the Northeast.
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