Title: Teen gunman kills 17, injures 17 at Parkland, Florida high school - HISTORY
Headings: Teen gunman kills 17, injures 17 at Parkland, Florida high school
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Teen gunman kills 17, injures 17 at Parkland, Florida high school
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Content: Chants for “No More Guns!” broke out at candlelight vigils and over a thousand people showed up to funerals in the days after. Student survivors took to social media to make their anger known, giving interviews and becoming activists for gun safety legislation. One student, David Hogg, went from school newspaper reporter to activist when his plea to legislators in a CNN interview went viral. “ Please, take action ,” he begged lawmakers. On March 24, less than six weeks after their lives were shattered by violence, students helped organize the March for Our Lives, a demonstration in support of gun violence prevention. Students across the country were encouraged to stage walkouts, and a rally was held in Washington, D.C. There, anti-gun violence protesters from around the country—some survivors of school shootings, and others whose daily lives were affected by gun violence—celebrities, and other activists, spoke to a crowd of thousands, demanding legislative change. Three weeks later, Florida Governor Rick Scott, a supporter of the NRA, responded. He signed a bill imposing a 21-year-old legal age requirement for gun purchases and a three-day waiting period on all gun transactions. The law also controversially permitted the arming of some school employees.