Students from Douglas Freeman High School walk out of school to participate in a gun violence protest Source: Steve Helber via AP

STUDENTS ACROSS THE United States have walked out of classes today in a nationwide call for action against gun violence following the shooting deaths last month at a Florida high school. “After a gun violence tragedy there’s a speech talking about how we need change but there never is change.”

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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. (Source: KTVI/CNN)

One month after the Florida shooting, students walk out to honor the dead and protest gun violence. Organisers come from the same group behind the Women’s March, which saw millions of demonstrators take to the streets in cities across the country in January 2017 to protest Donald Trump’s White House inauguration. The group urged students to leave class at 10 a.m. local time for 17 minutes — one minute for each victim in the Florida shooting — and suggested demands for lawmakers, including an assault weapons ban and mandatory background checks for all gun sales.
Students throughout the United States participate in a walkout protest against gun violence.