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Preparations underway for Wednesday's National School Walkout

Preparations underway for Wednesday's National School Walkout
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Alex Wong
<p>WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 21: Students hold up their hands as they participate in a protest against gun violence February 21, 2018 outside the White House in Washington, DC. Hundreds of students from a number of Maryland and DC schools walked out of their classrooms and made a trip to the U.S. Capitol and the White House to call for gun legislation, one week after 17 were killed in the latest mass school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)</p>
Preparations underway for Wednesday's National School Walkout
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It's been nearly a month since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 students and faculty members lost their lives.

Since that shooting in Parkland, Florida survivors and students across the country are turning their grief into activism and advocacy.  Part of that effort is a national school walkout planned for Wednesday, March 14th.  More than 2,500 walkouts are planned including ones in the following local schools and districts:

  • Kenmore-East (Town of Tonawanda)
  • Lancaster
  • Amherst
  • Niagara Falls
  • Depew
  • Hamburg
  • St. Mary's (Lancaster)
This is what students are hoping Congress will do as a result of Wednesday's walkouts:
  • Ban assault weapons
  • Require universal background checks before gun sales
  • Pass a gun violence restraining order law that would allow courts to disarm people who display signs of violent behavior.

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