Exactly one month after 17 students lost their lives in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, tens of thousands of students across the United States walked out of school in a protest for gun control.
Students held protest signs that implored the government to oppose the National Rifle Association and bring in gun control, asking if they were next.
In Chicago, students at Lakeview High School held ‘Wanted’ signs for Illinois Congressmen Peter Roskam, who has taken over $20 million in campaign donations from the NRA.
In New York City, one student put handprints on their sign, with the message: “Guns don’t die, children do.” Another student wrote: “Fear has no place in our schools.”
Yet another NYC local riffed on the entertainment rating system: “AK-47 – Rated E for Everyone”.
In Colorado, one student held a sign to commemorate the 17 victims of the Parkland shooting, while another’s simply said, “I’m scared.”
Plenty of students carried signs that simply asked, “Am I next?”
https://twitter.com/annehelen/status/973960900171329538
Atlanta 8th grader made this sign for #NationalSchoolWalkout that starts in 5 min pic.twitter.com/q7Qs6bQ0OT
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) March 14, 2018
Elsewhere, students shared their signs and other demonstrations online.
— David Mack (@davidmackau) March 14, 2018
Extremely proud to call myself a charger today. What we did was incredible. 💙⚡️💛 #enough #EnoughIsEnough #nationalwalkoutday pic.twitter.com/7whrlwd63j
— Mackenzie (@mackenzie0724) March 14, 2018
Student sign says: As a black boy, I hope one I day I have as many rights as a gun. #nationalschoolwalkout pic.twitter.com/PuIXpy5yo1
— Brett Murphy (@ladybrettgm) March 14, 2018
Thank you @RPEMS233 and @BaltCitySchools for supporting today’s #nationalschoolwalkout #enough pic.twitter.com/AkXI5jBK1x
— Robyn Stevens Brody (@rstevensbrody) March 14, 2018
These students from Bethesda Chevy Chase High School in MD did *not* get permission to come out here, did it anyway. #NationalSchoolWalkout pic.twitter.com/FFeK7q2HBy
— Nathalie Baptiste (@nhbaptiste) March 14, 2018
At The Workshop School for #NationalSchoolWalkout, students hold up sign that reads #WeCountToo pic.twitter.com/ESvU5WTSf4
— Helen Ubiñas (@NotesFromHeL) March 14, 2018
Exeter High School 10th grader Jack Anderson at today’s #NationalSchoolWalkout @seacoastonline pic.twitter.com/QDLoYF7KQQ
— Hadley Barndollar (@hbarndollar) March 14, 2018
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgUS5vZBS75/?taken-by=m_uh_lee
And of course, there are memes:
https://twitter.com/DeanlsReal/status/973954291336667137
