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2,000 high school students in Cary walk out of class to demand tougher gun laws
More than 2,000 students walked out of Green Hope High School on Wednesday to demand political changes to try to end school gun violence following the recent Florida school shooting massacre.
The majority of Green Hopes 2,900 students walked out of the Cary school to gather on the football field and hear from fellow students and elected officials who called for changes such as stronger gun-control laws. Some of the most impassioned pleas Wednesday during the 75-minute walkout came from two Green Hope students who used to attend Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed on Feb. 14.
This is not a political issue that we should be divided on, but one that should unite us to strive towards a common goal, said Green Hope student Deb Bhattacharya, who fought back tears as she recalled her former Florida classmates. Never again should any school go through the pain that Parkland is facing still.
We must spark that change. We must push for reform and be a part of something bigger than ourselves. - The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC
More than 2,000 students walked out of Green Hope High School on Wednesday to demand political changes to try to end school gun violence following the recent Florida school shooting massacre.
The majority of Green Hopes 2,900 students walked out of the Cary school to gather on the football field and hear from fellow students and elected officials who called for changes such as stronger gun-control laws. Some of the most impassioned pleas Wednesday during the 75-minute walkout came from two Green Hope students who used to attend Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed on Feb. 14.
This is not a political issue that we should be divided on, but one that should unite us to strive towards a common goal, said Green Hope student Deb Bhattacharya, who fought back tears as she recalled her former Florida classmates. Never again should any school go through the pain that Parkland is facing still.
We must spark that change. We must push for reform and be a part of something bigger than ourselves. - The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC
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Wow! 2,000 high school students in Cary walk out of class to demand tougher gun laws (Original Post)
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Feb 2018
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backtoblue
(11,344 posts)1. That's huge! 2,000 kids!
uponit7771
(90,348 posts)2. Yep, NRA boogyman ... this is their Nam
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
RIP OFF THE SHOCK COLLAR
WE DONT NEED COMFORT, WE NEED CHANGE
All Power to The Kids
RIP OFF THE SHOCK COLLAR
WE DONT NEED COMFORT, WE NEED CHANGE
All Power to The Kids
Stinky The Clown
(67,817 posts)4. Ha! My nieces and nephew all graduated from that HS.
They're scattered to the four winds now, but that was their school.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)5. Mazel tov!
Love these kids!
demigoddess
(6,644 posts)6. hey kids!!