The Parkland kids just unveiled one of the biggest plans we've ever seen on gun control.
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The students who survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, Florida just released one of theThe Parkland kids became famous for the worst possible reason– surviving a horrible mass shooting where 17 people were killed, including many of their classmates. But they have taken their collective pain and used it to hopefully, make our country safer in some major ways.
Other important points laid-out in the Peace Plan are automatic voter registration when those eligible turn 18, as well as creating a “Safety Corps,” which would be like a Peace Corps for gun violence prevention. Mental health services are part of the plan, too. Really, it takes an “all-angles” approach, which is so desperately needed right now. And, it’s certainly better than the “thoughts and prayers” approach that’s pretty much all we have thus far.
And who better to write it really, than the kids who have been through what these kids have been through? They are leading the charge on gun control because they know first-hand how urgently change is needed. While it would be great if action was coming directly from our leaders, these kids are sick of waiting. So, they stepped into those leader roles on their own.Policymakers have failed, so survivors are stepping up.is written by the generation that’s only ever known lockdown drills.
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