The student survivors of the Parkland shooting who propelled their voices on Twitter are now being launched on the cover of TIME magazine to spread awareness of gun violence in the United States. They are using their voices to say, “The School Shooting Generation Has Had Enough.”
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Cameron Kasky, who is a junior at Stoneman Douglas High School where the shooting took place, is one of the student advocates who found himself on the cover of TIME magazine, along with his peers: Emma González, Alex Wind, David Hogg, and Jaclyn Corin. They have been traveling the country hand-in-hand not only to speak about their experiences, but to demand action to ensure that assault rifles stay out of the hands of everyday people to prevent future tragedies from taking place not only inside of school hallways, but in movie theaters, concert venues, and nightclubs.
These students, along with many other advocates for gun control and survivors of the Parkland massacre, have painted themselves as America’s future by fearlessly attacking the National Rifle Association (NRA), congressmen and women, and even the president, who have all failed to hear their voices and work in favor of their movement. As Cameron Kasky, Emma González, Alex Wind, David Hogg, and Jaclyn Corin have fought to remove guns from schools across the country, President Trump has proposed legislation that would arm teachers with guns inside of the classroom to ensure “protection” to students. I don’t think he exactly heard their words, and he might have forgotten about Scot Peterson, the armed security officer who failed to protect the student’s of Parkland during the shooting.
Not only are these students using their platform to spread awareness of gun violence in the United States and engage the conversation of gun control without allowing politicians to tiptoe around the question, but they are also engaging students and young voters to get out to the polls and vote during midterm elections. As David Hogg puts it, if all politicians care about is their money, that is exactly what these kids intend to go after.
Every politician that is not in favor of protecting children in America should be fearsome, because the school shooting generation has had enough, and they are expecting to mobilize the youth in great numbers to the polls for midterm elections and replace anyone disfavoring their movement and vision for the future.
They have also been able to raise almost 10 million dollars through online donations, and have been using that money in order to organize their march on March 24, 2018, in Washington D.C. and throughout the country. The title of the march is March For Our Lives and has been paying for thousands of victims, survivors, and students throughout the country to participate in this revolutionary event and movement.
Social media has not only allowed these survivors to rise as advocates that will likely be faced in future history textbooks, but they have influenced other students around the country to rise too and use their voices to shout: the school shooting generation has had enough!
