US students who survived the deadly mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, are calling for a march on Washington, DC, next month to demand political action on gun violence.
Student organizers of the protest, dubbed the “March for Our Lives,” told US media on Sunday that they are determined to use protests to make the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas a turning point in the national debate over gun control.
The organizers said they will demand members of the US Congress to pass gun control legislation, which has always been opposed and foiled by the National Rifle Association (NRA), a powerful lobby group that advocates for gun rights.
“We are losing our lives while the adults are playing around,” Cameron Kasky, an 11th-grader told ABC News. “This is about us creating a badge of shame for any politicians accepting money from the NRA and using us as collateral.”
“This isn’t about the GOP (Republicans), this isn’t…