A group of teens and more than a hundred supporters staged a "lie-in" outside the White House on Presidents Day to pressure lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws. The group had started organizing the event by seeking 17 demonstrators to lie down for three minutes to symbolize how long it took for Nikolas Cruz to gun down 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida last week. Initially, they hoped to have 17 of their closest friends attend the demonstration. But word of the event spread on social media, and it ultimately drew more than a hundred supporters. In the end, this is only the start. We are so inspired by the brave students from Parkland in the wake of this atrocity, and hope that legislators will begin to hear and act upon the voices of our generation.
I believe this act of compassion is amazing and very admirable. I hope the governed will toughen up the open carry law and all laws pertaining to guns. I hope this lie-in made a step into a gun controlled environment.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/19/politics/white-house-protest-teens-gun-control/index.html
Not to hype up any tension or cause drama, but what's your view (and anyone else seeing this) or opinion on the question that seems to be running among social media lately: "Who is at fault? Guns or People?"
ReplyDeleteSteps are needed to be taken in order to see change in this hard time and I'm personally hopeful that the people sitting on their high horses can get off of them and realize that guns regulation is needed if not illegal at this point. Forget 2nd amendment right when the blood of children is spilled.
ReplyDeleteLondon Hibbs- I think peaceful protests are a good way to stand up for what you believe in. School shootings are terrible tragedies and the US has had so many!
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