I always thought kids had a disdain for being manipulated.
shortly after the shootings, i posted this on FR several times, hoping it would spark further investigation...
18 Feb: NaplesDailyNews: #NeverAgain: ‘This generation ... The next generation will never have to worry about this.’
by Patrick Riley
The students will pack into buses Tuesday and make the nearly 450-mile trek from Parkland to Tallahassee, where they will split up into groups of 10 to talk to 10 state senators and representatives from both parties Wednesday. The journey comes less than a week after a gunman killed 17 people at the school.
“The action has been so quick,” said Corin, 17. “And that’s necessary because this is a fresh and open wound and we can’t let it close up. We need to do something about it before it just disappears like it always has.”...
Corin, who was hiding in a classroom during the shooting, said a family friend connected her with U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, whose aide helped her start organizing the trip.
A handful of other Democratic politicians, including state Sens. Lauren Book and Kevin Rader and state Reps. Carlos Guillermo Smith and Jared Moskowitz, also helped, she said...
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/crime/2018/02/18/florida-shooting-marjory-stoneman-douglas-students-work-ban-ar-15-and-change-gun-laws/349727002/