Will Riley , an 18-year-old high school senior from Carlsbad High School in Carlsbad , New Mexico , organized the event with the help of the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund . Riley stated in the aftermath of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting , " I 'm watching the news and I see they 're saying , ' We have to do something about this . We have to enact some sort of gun control legislation because this is what the kids are asking for . ' And I 'm thinking , ' I 'm not asking for that . I look at my friends and I think ' They 're not asking for that . ' " Riley wrote an op-ed for the '' Carlsbad Current-Argus '' on April 11 , 2018 , where he wrote about the walkout to garner interest
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
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