NATIONAL SCHOOL WALKOUT LIVE: Thousands of students rally in solidarity to end gun violence

Thousands of students streamed out of schools across the country this morning to protest against gun violence in the wake of last month’s mass shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people.
“I’m just mad there’s no action by our government representatives,” Daniel Rogov, a junior in Brooklyn, New York, said today.
“It’s all thoughts and prayers; it’s all talk,” he told ABC News. “After a gun violence tragedy there’s a speech talking about how we need change but there never is change.”
PHOTO: Young people participate in the National School Walkout over gun violence at a rally on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House in Washington, D.C., March 14, 2018.Michael Reynolds/EPA/REX/Shutterstock
Young people participate in the National School Walkout over gun violence at a rally on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White Houss
PHOTO: Students from Fiorello H. Laguardia High School sit down on West 62nd street in support of the National School Walkout in the Manhattan borough of New York, March 14, 2018.
Students from Fiorello H. Laguardia High School sit down on West 62nd street in support of the National School Walkout in the Manhattan borough of New York, March 14, 2018.
The event, which began at 10 a.m. across every time zone, was officially scheduled to last 17 minutes -- one minute for each of the victims gunned down in the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. But many students are rallying for much longer.
To the students at Stoneman Douglas, Daniel's message is, “Keep making your voices heard. While the politicians might stop talking about this, we’re not done.”
PHOTO: Students gather in Parkland, Fla., for the National School Walkout, March 14, 2018.ABC News

ABC Students gather in Parkland, Fla., for the National School Walkout, March 14, 2018.
PHOTO: Students from Fiorello H. Laguardia High School lie down on West 62nd street in support of the National School Walkout in the Manhattan borough of New York, March 14, 2018.Mike Segar/Reuters
Students from Fiorello H. Laguardia High School lie down on West 62nd street in support of the National School Walkout in the Manhattan borough of New York, March 14, 2018.
Over 3,000 walkout events were registered to take part in today's call on Congress to pass tighter gun control laws, according to ENOUGH National School Walkout, the event organizers.
The walkouts are across the nation, from Maine to Maryland, from North Dakota to North Carolina, from the White House to Washington state, and even in Hawaii and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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