'I've grown up in the midst of our nation's gun violence crisis. My generation is frequently called the 'mass shooting generation''
After the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February, I went with my mom to a Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She had been a volunteer for a while, but before the Parkland shooting, I hadn’t considered my role in preventing gun violence. After it, I felt like I had to act and knew there must be more students like me could do to help end the gun violence crisis.
Turns out lots of other young people came to the meeting, too, and we all got together and decided to form our own Students Demand Action chapter. Since that day we’ve been hard at work registering and pre-registering voters, phone banking, canvassing, and participating in local eventsI’ve grown up in the midst of our nation’s gun violence crisis. My generation is frequently called the “mass shooting generation.” We’ve grown up with lockdown drills, fearing that our school might be next.
And this worry that gun deaths are on the rise is backed up by research. New data was recently released by the CDC showing that 2017 was the third year in a row
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