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Parkland Students Organize March On Washington

"Students all over the country are going to be joining us because the adults have let us down."

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Parkland Students Organize March On Washington
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Nikolas Cruz opened fire on teachers and students at Stoneman Douglas High School and killed 17 people in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine's Day. Now, students from the school are speaking out. Several told “Face the Nation” and “Meet the Press” this past Sunday that the government is letting them down. They say they are creating a national movement to stomp out gun violence.

Government polarization and the cultural divide in the United States separates the country on gun control. 75 percent of Republicans worry the government will go too far in restricting gun rights while 73 percent of Democrats fear the government will fail to do enough to regulate guns, according to NBC’s “Meet The Press.”

Five student survivors talked with CBS’s “Face The Nation” about their discontent with the government's actions towards gun regulation. One of the survivors, Emma Gonzalez, said: “People who we put into power, who should be working for us, they have us working for them. And that’s pitiful.” The teenagers are organizing a march on Washington to rally students from all parts of the country and persuade politicians to enforce stricter gun laws.

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