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Today, Feb. 21, 2018, in front of the Old Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, one week after the worst mass shooting at a high school in U.S. history, students, parents, and activists descend on Florida Capitol at Tallahassee to rally (#NeverAgain rally) for gun control in Florida.

“We want change! We want change! We want change!” the chant was heard over and over again….

More than a dozen speakers, including representatives, senators, activists, and students share their desire for change, with the crowd chanting in agreement.

These students and activists also held meetings throughout the day with Florida lawmakers and officials (such as Governor Rick Scott and Education Commissioner Pam Stewart) from both parties  to discuss gun legislation.  The governor was scheduled to speak to groups of students at 5:00 pm. Florida House Minority Leader Janet Cruz told the crowd at the rally, “There’s no reason that children in the United States of America should understand how it feels to lives in a war zone. Our legislative process here, you know what it is? It’s bulls—t!”

(Be sure to view these videos below.)

 

As high school students begin mobilizing following last week’s shooting, the Florida State House blocked debate on a measure to ban many semiautomatic guns. Yet as the gun debate continues, is now the time for real reform? The panel discusses.

It is sobering to hear the words and data presented by this young lady below:

Much remains to be seen.  These Florida high school students are articulate and compelling. They have created a national movement that may be exactly what is needed to see through the necessary legislative changes. We wish these Florida students all the best! Keep in mind that seniors will be able to vote while other high school students can lobby their parents, friends, relatives, to vote.

On Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, CNN held a town hall with Bill Nelson, Marco Rubio and survivors and parents of victims of the Parkland, FL, shootings, below:

 

 

The full town hall meeting, below:

Andrew Pollack, a father of one of the 17 victims who died in last week’s Florida shooting, said he was speaking Wednesday because his daughter couldn’t. “We as a country failed our children,” he said. “This shouldn’t happen.” He asked how it was that America could protect its airports, its concerts, its embassies and even the elevators at the Department of Education, but not its schools. “How many schools, how many children have to get shot? It stops here with this administration and me. I’m not going to sleep until it is fixed. And Mr. President, we’ll fix it. Because I’m going to fix it. I’m not going to rest,” he said, below:

You may also be interested in these articles below:

• • National School Walkout on March 14 & March For Our Lives on March 24, 2018

• A Time For Reflection
• Ben Dickmann, Florida Man Voluntarily Surrendered His AR-57 To Lead By Example

*Central Floridians, if you’re interested in the March For Our Lives in Central Florida area (March For Our Lives-Orlando, Lake Eola Park on March 24, 2018, between noon and 3:00 pm), please go to:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1955765691352981/

* To see if your community has organized March For Our Lives event, please go to: https://www.facebook.com/pg/marchforourlives/events/

Gathered, written, and posted by Windermere Sun-Susan Sun Nunamaker
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