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Student Activism Ignited
Out of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, has come a surge
of activism on the part of this nation’s young people that is unparalleled
since the 1960s when student uprisings helped effect dramatic change in the
Vietnam era, including lowering the voting age to 18.
Survivors of the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas
High School, in which 17 people were murdered and 14 were injured,
apparently have succeeded where their predecessors had not in bringing the
discussion about sensible gun regulation and gun safety to the forefront in a
national debate, and keeping it there, creating a movement -- #NeverAgain
-- that has brought gun-reform-minded people into the streets by the tens and
hundreds of thousands in little more than a month.
That effort saw its largest expression during the March 24 March for
Our Lives. Organized by students, it was attended by people of all ages
determined to change the country’s trajectory through sensible gun
regulation, from more comprehensive background checks to bans on assault
weapons and such accessories as bump stocks that make semi-automatic
weapons considerably more lethal.
The students in Parkland started the movement; students across the
country, joined by their parents, grandparents, friends and supporters,
including right here in the New York Metro area, have turned it into a
phenomenon that is defying the odds and the NRA’s firm grip on many of
those in power to push for change.
That change can’t come too soon. Since Parkland, there have been four
more school shootings. Seven more people have died and four more have
been injured, continuing what can only be described as an American tragedy.
Thanks to the student-led protest, some change is likely already in the
offing. A federal bump stock ban is in the works though the NRA is already
gearing up to fight it. But, even if it becomes law, it is clearly not enough.
Continue to make your voices heard. Write your elected officials and
tell them where you stand on the issue; reach out to organizations that
are organizing events and help organize gun safety events in your own
community.
This is your time. Seize it and make your efforts count!
Joshua Schneps // josh@qns.com
JOSHUA SCHNEPS | Publisher | Aspire
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6 SPRING 2018
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