I think the March in DC will show the strength in numbers these future voters have. Theynwill be voters by 2020 in huge numbers! We did not gomtomschool in world they have today. When elementary schools have shooter drills ( not called this in granddaughter's E'S by name), this is why the teens marching matters. I was in DC as a college student at GWU and remember quite well the marches of the late 1960 involving poverty, racism and the Vietnam War and public mobilization can matter.

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Anonymous wrote:Equate missing days of school to go to an amusement park with missing less than an hour to participate in an historic protest?

Okay then.

sophisticated reasoning not a strength for some of these posters . . .

A walk out in support of safer schools. Compared to mouse ears.

Is it any wonder these kids don't think their concerns are being heard?

In our MCPS middle school, students observed a moment of silence, read out the names of the victims, wrote letters to their congress reps/senators, and walked out 17 minutes before the school closed to assemble in the field in a peaceful and orderly fashion. They dispersed then when the school day ended to walk home or catch the bus. It was very powerful. I am so impressed how very quite and somber the mood was in the school, considering it is middle schooler.

I am a gun owner. I grew up hunting with a license. However, I have no issues with stricter gun control laws and I do not think that the right to bear arms is jeopardized with legislation that is sensible and safety oriented. Just like we do not allow people to drive cars without a license and a due process, we should not allow gun ownership without a thorough vetting of the owner and a strict licensing process. Unlike cars, guns are made to kill or deter by threat of death/injury. I want to see responsible and strict legislation so that a few bad apples are weeded out and it does not jeopardize my right to legally bear arms. There are many countries that have instituted such reforms and there is no reason we cannot be civilized and do the same.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Barf. "Teens today" are also the ones responsible for a lot of these shootings-- not sure we want "the future of our nation" in the shooters' "great hands."

If they wanted to do something moving..... organize a trash pick up. Organize a campaign to write to lawmakers. Stage a peaceful "walk in" at a gun show ON A WEEKEND.

here's a fine line between supporting and endorsing. They crossed it.

I have spent 26 years raising children. I have always gone out of my way to make sure my kids don't miss any school. It's been hammered into our brains how every day/hour/minute of classroom instruction time is extremely important. Then they cave in to this and lose all credibility with me.

Suddenly, my Disney trip when the airline rates are low doesn't sound like such a bad idea after all.

That's why we are ok going to Disney during the school year. That principal just sent a mixed message. So, now what. Kids will find something new to protest every week. They could have done it on the weekend just as well.

The same kids are the same ones bullying other kids, ignoring them, being mean, etc. who lead kids to depression and desperate measures. Gun laws help but this is a parenting and school issue (with schools providing better mental health, checking in with students - when I was at a large high school I doubt anyone knew I existed as I was not a stand out student - I even skipped class not feeling well when I could not get my parents and no one cared or said anything).

This is called deflection. Your trip to Disney has nothing whatsoever to do with this massive political action, which achieved exactly what it set out to achieve, in that there was a ton of news coverage all day.

Anonymous wrote:Barf. "Teens today" are also the ones responsible for a lot of these shootings-- not sure we want "the future of our nation" in the shooters' "great hands."

If they wanted to do something moving..... organize a trash pick up. Organize a campaign to write to lawmakers. Stage a peaceful "walk in" at a gun show ON A WEEKEND.

Barf at your post, pp.

I’m proud of them. And guess what, students in swing states do care about this. They walked out in MI, VA, PA, FL, etc. and I can’t wait for these kids to be able to vote.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Equate missing days of school to go to an amusement park with missing less than an hour to participate in an historic protest?

Okay then.

This isn't an historic protest. Seriously no one will care next year. And, the protest could have been done on Saturday.

There is deep symbolism to WALKING OUT of school to commemorate a mass shooting DONE AT SCHOOL.

So no, it could not have been done on a weekend.

I can't think of any other protest that high schoolers might want to do en masse with such a close link to school. Nothing that schools would excuse, anyway.

+1

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Equate missing days of school to go to an amusement park with missing less than an hour to participate in an historic protest?

Okay then.

This isn't an historic protest. Seriously no one will care next year. And, the protest could have been done on Saturday.

There is deep symbolism to WALKING OUT of school to commemorate a mass shooting DONE AT SCHOOL.

So no, it could not have been done on a weekend.

I can't think of any other protest that high schoolers might want to do en masse with such a close link to school. Nothing that schools would excuse, anyway.

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So what do kids accomplish by not going to class?

At a minimum, they have kept the conversation about gun violence going. Evidence? This thread.

This is so much more than gun violence. This is about mental illness, drugs,parenting, home life, school life and more. If you ban legal guns, kids will just get them illegally just like they do drugs.

Anonymous wrote:Equate missing days of school to go to an amusement park with missing less than an hour to participate in an historic protest?

Okay then.

This isn't an historic protest. Seriously no one will care next year. And, the protest could have been done on Saturday.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Barf. "Teens today" are also the ones responsible for a lot of these shootings-- not sure we want "the future of our nation" in the shooters' "great hands."

If they wanted to do something moving..... organize a trash pick up. Organize a campaign to write to lawmakers. Stage a peaceful "walk in" at a gun show ON A WEEKEND.

here's a fine line between supporting and endorsing. They crossed it.

I have spent 26 years raising children. I have always gone out of my way to make sure my kids don't miss any school. It's been hammered into our brains how every day/hour/minute of classroom instruction time is extremely important. Then they cave in to this and lose all credibility with me.

Suddenly, my Disney trip when the airline rates are low doesn't sound like such a bad idea after all.

That's why we are ok going to Disney during the school year. That principal just sent a mixed message. So, now what. Kids will find something new to protest every week. They could have done it on the weekend just as well.

The same kids are the same ones bullying other kids, ignoring them, being mean, etc. who lead kids to depression and desperate measures. Gun laws help but this is a parenting and school issue (with schools providing better mental health, checking in with students - when I was at a large high school I doubt anyone knew I existed as I was not a stand out student - I even skipped class not feeling well when I could not get my parents and no one cared or said anything).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

So what do kids accomplish by not going to class?

At a minimum, they have kept the conversation about gun violence going. Evidence? This thread.

In high school? a TON. Half the school will be 18 the next presidential election, and they are not a demographic that votes in high numbers. If politicians see that they are organized and motivated and that the gun control is an issue that will get the registered and to show up to vote? They will start to be influenced. You better believe it.

Theoretically but it will have no effect bc it will happen in states that are already blue. I have nieces/nephews in the Midwest -- Nebraska, Kansas etc. -- NO ONE walked out. Their schools even said they wouldn't be punished and yet they didn't. Bc they grew up around gun culture and in their peers' eyes, voting in any politician supporting gun control is shooting your own self in the foot if you can't get the gun of your choice at 18. So this whole -- OMG it's SOOOOO important bc these kids will be 18 by Nov. -- yeah well those kids live in NY, MD. NJ, etc., places that are already blue. It won't even matter for purple places -- for every one kid in Pa. who is for gun control, there are 2-3 that are taking the first day of hunting season off to go shooting with their dads and ain't no way they want to elect someone who will take away/make it harder to get ANY kind of gun, whether they own that one or not.

My alma mater in Wisconsin had 750 kids participate in a walkout. I believe total student body is around 1200.

Anonymous wrote:Equate missing days of school to go to an amusement park with missing less than an hour to participate in an historic protest?

Okay then.

sophisticated reasoning not a strength for some of these posters . . .

Equate missing days of school to go to an amusement park with missing less than an hour to participate in an historic protest?

Okay then.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

So what do kids accomplish by not going to class?

At a minimum, they have kept the conversation about gun violence going. Evidence? This thread.

In high school? a TON. Half the school will be 18 the next presidential election, and they are not a demographic that votes in high numbers. If politicians see that they are organized and motivated and that the gun control is an issue that will get the registered and to show up to vote? They will start to be influenced. You better believe it.

Theoretically but it will have no effect bc it will happen in states that are already blue. I have nieces/nephews in the Midwest -- Nebraska, Kansas etc. -- NO ONE walked out. Their schools even said they wouldn't be punished and yet they didn't. Bc they grew up around gun culture and in their peers' eyes, voting in any politician supporting gun control is shooting your own self in the foot if you can't get the gun of your choice at 18. So this whole -- OMG it's SOOOOO important bc these kids will be 18 by Nov. -- yeah well those kids live in NY, MD. NJ, etc., places that are already blue. It won't even matter for purple places -- for every one kid in Pa. who is for gun control, there are 2-3 that are taking the first day of hunting season off to go shooting with their dads and ain't no way they want to elect someone who will take away/make it harder to get ANY kind of gun, whether they own that one or not.

The majority of gun owners are in favor of stronger background checks and other common sense gun reforms, so I’m not sure that your argument about hunters and “purple places” makes much sense, but thanks for the anecdote

We'll get that stuff anyway - no need to march for it. What we need is an AR ban and these morons think they'll get it bc they want it bc [gasp] KIDS. Sorry kids -- $$ and lobbying power talks and you don't have any and you won't even if you're 18 by Nov.