Florida School Shooting Survivors To March On State Capitol For Tougher Gun Laws
About 100 students and more than a dozen adult chaperones have arrived in the state capital, Tallahassee, ahead of a planned march to demand legislative action to prevent future school shootings.
by Scott Neuman
Feb 21, 2018
3 minutes
Updated at 6:35 a.m. ET
A week after a gunman killed 17 people at a Florida high school, students who survived the attack are set to bring their #NeverAgain protest movement to the state Capitol to demand action on guns and mental health.
Last Wednesday's shooting has galvanized students at the high school, who have begun to turn their grief into a call for action. However, it is likely to be an uphill battle to get one of their key demands – and had been expelled from school for disciplinary reasons.
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