Cameras were embedded the student activists including Emma Gonzalez, and parents of victims in the days immediately following the February 14 mass shooting
"Now we're trying to change gun laws", he said. "Many of these communities are disproportionately affected by gun violence, but they don't get the same share of media attention that we do".
"Right now, I'm feeling inspired because clearly so many people that are teenagers, oh my god, that were standing up for what they believe in", said Harrison. The NRA, which joined Twitter in 2009, has 636,000 followers of its main account.
"Congress has a duty to end the daily tragedy of gun violence in America. And I'm here to march for all of them".
Tears roll down the face of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez as she observes 6 minutes and 20 seconds of silence while addressing the March for Our Lives rally, March 24, 2018 in Washington, D.C. As of noon on Saturday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan had not tweeted about the march. "We [had] support all over the world", said Gonzalez. He's also a vocal opponent of LGBT rights.
While it is absurd and heartbreaking that children have had to take on the responsibility for their own safety, their tenacity and resilience inspires hope that real, progressive change is on the horizon as they represent the future voters and lawmakers of our nation.
This is what Leslie Gibson tweeted: "There is nothing about this skinhead lesbian that impresses me and there is nothing that she has to say unless you're a frothing at the mouth moonbat".
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President Donald Trump inspects U.S. -Mexico border wall prototypes in San Diego, Calif., on March 13, 2018. Meanwhile, the president suggested the Pentagon pay for the estimated $25 billion wall.
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The City Council in Los Alamitos voted last week on an ordinance to exempt the city in northern Orange County from the state law. Nelson said he'll broach in closed session whether to join a federal lawsuit against the state or launch its own litigation.
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But Rey has argued that his behavior stems from his French culture, which is "more direct and expressive". The server came into the manager's office, near tears, and said he refused to work with Rey any longer.
Congress passed a $1.3 trillion spending package on Friday that include a bill that incentivizes state and federal authorities to report more data to the country's gun background check system.
They're on the cover of TIME magazine; their speeches go viral; they managed to rally over 800,000 people to the country's capital on the weekend: they're the teens who organised the March For Our Lives protest while still working through the grief of losing their friends at school.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who is part of Senate Democratic leadership, released a video in support of the students Saturday.
"Fight for your lives before it's someone else's job", she said, closing out her speech.
The freshman, and her siblings, Evan, 16, and Lauren, 17, also Douglas students, said they never imagined they would one day visit the nation's capital under these circumstances.
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