One week after a gunman took the lives of 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSD) in Parkland, Florida, students across the country stood in solidarity with students from MSD and walked out of their classes to demand action on gun control.
Time and again after mass shootings, we see a call to action, but Congress has failed to pass a single piece of legislation strengthening our nation’s gun laws despite one tragic story after another. After the Valentine’s Day shooting at MSD, and thanks in large part to the teenagers from that school who have rallied together for change, things might be different this time around.
In fact, President Trump, under pressure from the Florida students, ordered the Justice Department to issue regulations banning bump stocks, and he also has expressed support for several pieces of bipartisan legislation related to background checks. Unfortunately, Trump also suggested giving teachers a bonus to carry guns in their classrooms.
[For more on this story by Rachel Marshall, go to http://jjie.org/2018/03/05/don...prevention-supports/]
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