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- Members of the Parkland, Florida, community took to Washington, DC, on Saturday for the “March for Our Lives” protest, honoring their friends and loved ones who were fatally shot last month at Marjorty Stoneman Douglas High School.
- Parkland students have been at the center of the gun debate in the US.
- Some of the student survivors who have been pushing for change have already helped pass school safety legislation in Congress.
Friends and families of the victims of last month’s shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, joined thousands of other protestors on Saturday in a call for increased gun control.
On February 14, a gunman shot and killed 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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