WILFREDO LEE / AP [19659005] David Hogg, 18, one of the best known student leaders, wants more people to register to vote.
Parkland students – survivors of a shootout in February in Florida, United States – brought their activism to Los Angeles this week as they try to maintain their momentum for better control of firearms locally and nationally. , a member of a newly created organization called March for Our Lives, is on a bus tour to speed up voter registration among young people.
"Lack of voter turnout is unacceptable," said David Hogg, 18, one of the student leaders' profiles, speaking at an event in Los Angeles. "Voting is the best form of civil discourse available."
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The student busload has been debuted on June 15 in Chicago and across the United States in 20 states
. The underlying agenda of the group remains tighter control of weapons, including the prohibition of assault weapons, high-capacity ammunition magazines (which allow fencers to shoot for long periods without reloading) and rebound stocks (semi-automatic weapons). 19659007] READ MORE: * Cruz confesses to the shooting school * Who is Nikolas Cruz? * "I'm not a crisis actor": Florida teenagers retaliate with right-wing conspiracy theorists * Hundreds of thousands of people for gun control in the United States United States
Students also plan to target politicians who oppose gun control in the November elections
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Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland became a force leader in the camp
En highlighting the vote, the group tries to find a non-partisan and unifying agreement. But this question also has a political dimension.
Young voters, such as those who are engaged in registration, are more likely to vote for candidates for gun control. And in the wider political sphere, Democratic political consultants generally favor a high, younger and more diverse participation rate; Republican strategists often prefer elections dominated by older voters who do not need any encouragement or assistance to vote.
The Road to Change tour began June 15 in Chicago, where students took part in a walk. Students from across the country are taking part in a route of more than 50 stops in 20 states, some of which have pro-gun protesters displaying gun cases. A separate Florida tour will have 25 stops, hitting every congressional district.
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Nikolas Cruz, accused of murder in Florida, was charged with 17 counts of murder and 17 attempted murders in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on February 14, 2018
. Thursday's events in the Los Angeles area included one with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and California Secretary of State Alex Padilla
The venue was the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools Complex Library. , which occupies the location of the Ambassador Hotel. An assassin killed Kennedy 50 years ago. The library was built on the imprint of the hotel's ballroom, where Kennedy delivered his last speech a few minutes before being shot.
Garcetti called the campus "sacred ground … where gun violence changed the course of history. ] Padilla – who stands for reelection – pointed to the state's progress in voter registration. Garcetti – who may have political aspirations beyond Los Angeles – recited local gun control and social welfare efforts, and drew attention to his Student Advisory Council on Violence. army in schools and communities. He added that these students would work with local authorities on voter registration campaigns and civic engagement.
The election of President Donald Trump in 2016 sparked student protests in Los Angeles and elsewhere. But student activism seemed to narrow after the Feb. 14 shootout at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which killed 14 students and three staff members. Since then, March for Our Lives and other groups have organized more than 800 events.
They also successfully pressured the largely Republican and strongly gun-friendly legislature to pass a $ 400 million school security bill. . Students have not had any luck right here at the federal level.
Activism remains a work in progress, an effort to maintain momentum – and find the right tone and the right problems. Parkland students quickly decided to take advantage of public outrage over mass shooting on their suburban campus to take the daily gunshot violence in the neighborhood that plagues students in urban and minority communities . Minority schools are like riots and walkouts in schools in thriving neighborhoods such as enlightened civic participation.
For Hogg, the Supreme Court's candidate, Brett Kavanaugh, could be part of a majority of the court that would abolish semiautomatic weapons. in California and in other liberal states, and establish a universal right for law-abiding citizens to openly carry firearms.
Hogg added that if the group of students objected to some politicians, he avoided the recommendations. group later said that Hogg's anti-Kavanaugh views are his, and that the group has not taken a stand on the ominee. The group has also not published a list of targeted officials.
The organizers say that March for Our Lives is a non-profit "welfare" organization, under federal tax laws. Advocacy groups and special interests have used this tax device to get the most out of political messages with minimal cost and disclosure.
Leftist analysts accuse rich and obscure conservatives of abusing social welfare organizations as tools for political gains. . The group of students and supporters see each other very differently.
"Thank you for shaking this country with its complacency," Garcetti told the student delegation. "Armed violence can not be normal, it can not be accepted, it can not be settled, it can not be a reality."
