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Watch: Students Put Pencils Down, Walk Out in Gun Protests
Thousands of students across the D.C. area staged walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Florida.
Police cruisers escorted hundreds of students from Montgomery Blair High School as they marched through Silver Spring, Maryland, carrying signs that said "Protect Children, Not Guns" and "Our Blood, Your Hands."
The walkout is one of the first of many in the region.
The first large-scale, coordinated national demonstration is planned for 10 a.m. Wednesday, when organizers of the Women's March called for a 17-minute walkout -- with one minute for each of the 17 students and staff members killed in Florida. Many organizers and participants are using the #enough hashtag.
Thousands of Students Are Walking Out of School in Nationwide Protests. Here’s Why
Next nationwide protest is March 24th, and I will be attending that one.The 1969 Supreme Court ruling on the case Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District makes it clear that students don’t “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” But that does come with some caveats and complications.
- First, it only applies to public schools. “This is because public schools are run by the government and private schools aren’t, and the First Amendment only controls what the government can and can’t do,” the ACLU explains on its “Know Your Rights” page. Students at private schools can be stopped from participating in protests like the #Enough National School walkout, and students should consult with their teachers and school administrators and know what the policies are regarding protests or absences.
- Second, free speech in schools extends “as long as you don’t disrupt the functioning of the school or violate the school’s content-neutral policies,” the ACLU explains, and what is “disruptive” is contextual. If deemed disruptive, “schools can stop students from participating,” according to CNN.
- Third, you can be punished for participating — not over what you are protesting, but for being absent from class. “The exact punishment you could face will vary by your state, school district, and school,” the ACLU explains. “Find out more by reading the policies of your school and school district. If you’re planning to miss a class or two, look at the policy for unexcused absences.” If planned ahead with parents, students may be able to be signed out of a class by a parent.
- Finally, schools are mandated to be guardians to their students. “Schools stand in what’s known as loco parentis, so we don’t simply release our students into the ether,” Francisco Negron, the Chief Legal Officer at the National School Boards Association, told NPR. Negron issued guidance to schools ahead of the walkouts. “Chief among our recommendations is that to the extent possible, school districts should plan ahead and engage your students, parents, and stakeholders,” the checklist reads. Teachers also have a complex position when it comes to protesting; they can often protest on their own time, but not during class time, according to CNN.
March for our Lives
Parkland student: My generation won't stand for this (Opinion) - CNN
Activists Lay Thousands of Shoes Outside U.S. Capitol
Activists placed thousands of pairs of shoes on the lawn outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Tuesday to memorialize children killed by gun violence.
The demonstration was planned by international advocacy group Avaaz to represent the number of children killed by guns since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, CBS News reports.
The demonstration was based on research by the American Academy of Pediatrics that found that 1,300 children die from gun shot wounds in the U.S. annually, or about three daily. Thus the display featured 7,000 pairs of shoes.
The protestors assembled the empty shoes on the southeast lawn from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in an effort to push Congress for gun reform.
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I'm curious, would educators also coordinate a nation wide protest by children on abortion?
How about the insane amount of spending the government does as the government spends their future away?
And how about a protest about the 50,000 Americans per year who are killed by heroin that's being brought in by the Mexican Drug Cartels.
BTW the Dems are fighting for open borders and Obama sold guns to the Mexican Drug Cartels.
Then the Constitution protects your right to protest that. So what are you doing about it?
If the NRA, their blood cult members, and the politicians they've bought have anything to say about it. And just counting down until the next mass shooting. Where the NRA and gun makers can make even more $$$$.And at the end of the day nothing will have changed.
f the NRA, their blood cult members, and the politicians they've bought have anything to say about it.
Those that want to ban young children of 18 -20 years old from having a legal rifle and exercise their 2nd amendment, yet they can go out with liberal propaganda and exercise their 1st amendment...Under 21?Inflammatory much?
No young children involved. L2read.
That's not young children. These are older teens.Young children would be elementary school age.
If a 19 year old with serious problems had not had that gun designed for war, 17 of them would not be dead.
Yes
because guns are the only way for a 19 year old with serious problems to kill mass amounts of people.
An AR 15 is not designed for war just because you keep saying it doesn't make it trueThose that want to ban young children of 18 -20 years old from having a legal rifle and exercise their 2nd amendment, yet they can go out with liberal propaganda and exercise their 1st amendment...Under 21?If a Muslim decided that it would be a good time to get his 72 virgins, and took a truck into the mall and ran over those snowflakes, would the school be responsible for using young children for their propaganda needs?
Inflammatory much?
No young children involved. L2read.
That's not young children. These are older teens.Young children would be elementary school age.
If a 19 year old with serious problems had not had that gun designed for war, 17 of them would not be dead.
Oh sure, now you’re quoting the ACA!no these days people are children until they are 26Those that want to ban young children of 18 -20 years old from having a legal rifle and exercise their 2nd amendment, yet they can go out with liberal propaganda and exercise their 1st amendment...
18-20 y/o’s are young ADULTS.
Which also states that young adults offspring. They are not children, and we both know that
They can exercise their right all they want but they should all be disciplined for walking out of school.I'm so glad I finished with all of my schooling before libtards took over everything.
Wouldn't want people exercising their right to protest, now would we?
The US Bill of Rights as seen by the right.
First Amendment
Don't say anything about taking my guns away, don't protest my guns, and don't mention my religion either.
Second Amendment
Guns, guns, guns, guns, guns, guns, guns, guns shall not be infringed to me or my buddies, other fuckers we don't care about.
Third Amendment
Keep away from my house bitch, I've got guns.
Fourth Amendment
I have the right to be secure in my guns, and no warrants shall be made to take my guns, bitches.
Fifth Amendment
No person shall be arrested for using their gun unless they're a criminal, and I'm not a criminal no matter how many laws I break.
Sixth Amendment
I have the right to not be tried for using my guns.
Seventh Amendment
See the Sixth Amendment, guns, guns, guns.
Eighth Amendment
Taking my guns away is the only cruel and unusual punishment not allowed.
Ninth Amendment
Even if all the other Amendments don't make you think you can take my guns away, this one means you can't take my fucking guns away. Fuck you.
Tenth Amendment
You can amend any of these Amendments, except the ones about guns, now fuck off.
In fact they should all be sued to reimburse the salaries of teachers for the day
If they want to protest they can do it on their own time
Unless of course they were conservative kids. That would obviously be completely different.
When yiou can be listed as a dependent on your Mommy's tax returns you are NOT an adult
From a legal perspective, you are quite wrong.
The demonstrators are going to learn that the U.S. has a representative government, and they are going to see clearly who is represented. Then, after they see it is not they who are represented, perhaps they will start to demonstrate for a real cause; the end of the two party dictatorship and dominance by vested interests.
Then they will begin to vote the asses out that are controlled by the NRA!
Many of those students will turn 18 this year. All will be 18 by 2020!
They will not forget their dead friends. That sight will never go away in their lifetimes.
Of course....the NRA hasn't bought them some politicians......If the NRA, their blood cult members, and the politicians they've bought have anything to say about it. And just counting down until the next mass shooting. Where the NRA and gun makers can make even more $$$$.And at the end of the day nothing will have changed.f the NRA, their blood cult members, and the politicians they've bought have anything to say about it.
Those that want to ban young children of 18 -20 years old from having a legal rifle and exercise their 2nd amendment, yet they can go out with liberal propaganda and exercise their 1st amendment...Under 21?Inflammatory much?
No young children involved. L2read.
That's not young children. These are older teens.Young children would be elementary school age.
If a 19 year old with serious problems had not had that gun designed for war, 17 of them would not be dead.
Yes
because guns are the only way for a 19 year old with serious problems to kill mass amounts of people.
Good luck raising that voting age, Skippy.The demonstrators are going to learn that the U.S. has a representative government, and they are going to see clearly who is represented. Then, after they see it is not they who are represented, perhaps they will start to demonstrate for a real cause; the end of the two party dictatorship and dominance by vested interests.
Then they will begin to vote the asses out that are controlled by the NRA!
Many of those students will turn 18 this year. All will be 18 by 2020!
They will not forget their dead friends. That sight will never go away in their lifetimes.
And due to their immature temper-tantrums, the age to buy guns, vote, and join the military will have been raised to 21 by then.
They wont forget Barney Fife outside shivering afraid to go in and confront the 19 year old with a gun. They wont forget how the FBI failed at Boston, San Bernardino, Orlando and now Broward County. They wont forget their unarmed teacher who stood in front of the 19 year old and was shot so he could protect those children.. Yep, lots to remember there..The demonstrators are going to learn that the U.S. has a representative government, and they are going to see clearly who is represented. Then, after they see it is not they who are represented, perhaps they will start to demonstrate for a real cause; the end of the two party dictatorship and dominance by vested interests.
Then they will begin to vote the asses out that are controlled by the NRA!
Many of those students will turn 18 this year. All will be 18 by 2020!
They will not forget their dead friends. That sight will never go away in their lifetimes.
They wont forget Barney Fife outside shivering afraid to go in and confront the 19 year old with a gun. They wont forget how the FBI failed at Boston, San Bernardino, Orlando and now Broward County. They wont forget their unarmed teacher who stood in front of the 19 year old and was shot so he could protect those children.. Yep, lots to remember there..The demonstrators are going to learn that the U.S. has a representative government, and they are going to see clearly who is represented. Then, after they see it is not they who are represented, perhaps they will start to demonstrate for a real cause; the end of the two party dictatorship and dominance by vested interests.
Then they will begin to vote the asses out that are controlled by the NRA!
Many of those students will turn 18 this year. All will be 18 by 2020!
They will not forget their dead friends. That sight will never go away in their lifetimes.
With all those mass murders by guns, they still haven't come close to the preferred method of killing.Those that want to ban young children of 18 -20 years old from having a legal rifle and exercise their 2nd amendment, yet they can go out with liberal propaganda and exercise their 1st amendment...Under 21?
That's not young children. These are older teens.Young children would be elementary school age.
If a 19 year old with serious problems had not had that gun designed for war, 17 of them would not be dead.
Yes
because guns are the only way for a 19 year old with serious problems to kill mass amounts of people.
You are correct in that guns are not the only way to kill mass amounts of people. However, guns tend to be the preferred method of killing in these instances. That is something that should be looked into.
Guns seem to be the preferred tool of choice in mass murder, followed by vehicles? I think. We don't seem to be plagued by Mass Poisoning, Mass Drowning, Mass Vehicular Homicide, Mass Throat Slitting, Mass Head Crushing, Mass Tank Attack, Mass Land Mine Attack, etc....
No, it's guns, guns, guns....
I'm not going to claim to know why guns are overwhelmingly the method of choice for mass murder, but I would like people smarter than me to look into it.
Also, How about why security hides outside the school whilst kids are being murdered? How about why security in schools is utterly crap but is great in federal buildings? How about the recent removal of security from schools in ? NY?Watch: Students Put Pencils Down, Walk Out in Gun Protests
Thousands of students across the D.C. area staged walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Florida.
Police cruisers escorted hundreds of students from Montgomery Blair High School as they marched through Silver Spring, Maryland, carrying signs that said "Protect Children, Not Guns" and "Our Blood, Your Hands."
The walkout is one of the first of many in the region.
The first large-scale, coordinated national demonstration is planned for 10 a.m. Wednesday, when organizers of the Women's March called for a 17-minute walkout -- with one minute for each of the 17 students and staff members killed in Florida. Many organizers and participants are using the #enough hashtag.
Thousands of Students Are Walking Out of School in Nationwide Protests. Here’s Why
Next nationwide protest is March 24th, and I will be attending that one.The 1969 Supreme Court ruling on the case Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District makes it clear that students don’t “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” But that does come with some caveats and complications.
- First, it only applies to public schools. “This is because public schools are run by the government and private schools aren’t, and the First Amendment only controls what the government can and can’t do,” the ACLU explains on its “Know Your Rights” page. Students at private schools can be stopped from participating in protests like the #Enough National School walkout, and students should consult with their teachers and school administrators and know what the policies are regarding protests or absences.
- Second, free speech in schools extends “as long as you don’t disrupt the functioning of the school or violate the school’s content-neutral policies,” the ACLU explains, and what is “disruptive” is contextual. If deemed disruptive, “schools can stop students from participating,” according to CNN.
- Third, you can be punished for participating — not over what you are protesting, but for being absent from class. “The exact punishment you could face will vary by your state, school district, and school,” the ACLU explains. “Find out more by reading the policies of your school and school district. If you’re planning to miss a class or two, look at the policy for unexcused absences.” If planned ahead with parents, students may be able to be signed out of a class by a parent.
- Finally, schools are mandated to be guardians to their students. “Schools stand in what’s known as loco parentis, so we don’t simply release our students into the ether,” Francisco Negron, the Chief Legal Officer at the National School Boards Association, told NPR. Negron issued guidance to schools ahead of the walkouts. “Chief among our recommendations is that to the extent possible, school districts should plan ahead and engage your students, parents, and stakeholders,” the checklist reads. Teachers also have a complex position when it comes to protesting; they can often protest on their own time, but not during class time, according to CNN.
March for our Lives
Parkland student: My generation won't stand for this (Opinion) - CNN
Activists Lay Thousands of Shoes Outside U.S. Capitol
Activists placed thousands of pairs of shoes on the lawn outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Tuesday to memorialize children killed by gun violence.
The demonstration was planned by international advocacy group Avaaz to represent the number of children killed by guns since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, CBS News reports.
The demonstration was based on research by the American Academy of Pediatrics that found that 1,300 children die from gun shot wounds in the U.S. annually, or about three daily. Thus the display featured 7,000 pairs of shoes.
The protestors assembled the empty shoes on the southeast lawn from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in an effort to push Congress for gun reform.
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I'm curious, would educators also coordinate a nation wide protest by children on abortion?
How about the insane amount of spending the government does as the government spends their future away?
Good luck getting rid of the 26th Amendment.Oh sure, now you’re quoting the ACA!no these days people are children until they are 2618-20 y/o’s are young ADULTS.
Which also states that young adults offspring. They are not children, and we both know that
They can exercise their right all they want but they should all be disciplined for walking out of school.Wouldn't want people exercising their right to protest, now would we?
The US Bill of Rights as seen by the right.
First Amendment
Don't say anything about taking my guns away, don't protest my guns, and don't mention my religion either.
Second Amendment
Guns, guns, guns, guns, guns, guns, guns, guns shall not be infringed to me or my buddies, other fuckers we don't care about.
Third Amendment
Keep away from my house bitch, I've got guns.
Fourth Amendment
I have the right to be secure in my guns, and no warrants shall be made to take my guns, bitches.
Fifth Amendment
No person shall be arrested for using their gun unless they're a criminal, and I'm not a criminal no matter how many laws I break.
Sixth Amendment
I have the right to not be tried for using my guns.
Seventh Amendment
See the Sixth Amendment, guns, guns, guns.
Eighth Amendment
Taking my guns away is the only cruel and unusual punishment not allowed.
Ninth Amendment
Even if all the other Amendments don't make you think you can take my guns away, this one means you can't take my fucking guns away. Fuck you.
Tenth Amendment
You can amend any of these Amendments, except the ones about guns, now fuck off.
In fact they should all be sued to reimburse the salaries of teachers for the day
If they want to protest they can do it on their own time
Unless of course they were conservative kids. That would obviously be completely different.
When yiou can be listed as a dependent on your Mommy's tax returns you are NOT an adult
From a legal perspective, you are quite wrong.
And, perhaps that is something that should be changed. If an 18 year old is not responsible enough to own a firearm, then they probably aren't ready to enter into contracts and vote. So, we should raise the age of adulthood to 21 or more and protect those people from themselves.
Also, How about why security hides outside the school whilst kids are being murdered? How about why security in schools is utterly crap but is great in federal buildings? How about the recent removal of security from schools in ? NY?Watch: Students Put Pencils Down, Walk Out in Gun Protests
Thousands of students across the D.C. area staged walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Florida.
Police cruisers escorted hundreds of students from Montgomery Blair High School as they marched through Silver Spring, Maryland, carrying signs that said "Protect Children, Not Guns" and "Our Blood, Your Hands."
The walkout is one of the first of many in the region.
The first large-scale, coordinated national demonstration is planned for 10 a.m. Wednesday, when organizers of the Women's March called for a 17-minute walkout -- with one minute for each of the 17 students and staff members killed in Florida. Many organizers and participants are using the #enough hashtag.
Thousands of Students Are Walking Out of School in Nationwide Protests. Here’s Why
Next nationwide protest is March 24th, and I will be attending that one.The 1969 Supreme Court ruling on the case Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District makes it clear that students don’t “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” But that does come with some caveats and complications.
- First, it only applies to public schools. “This is because public schools are run by the government and private schools aren’t, and the First Amendment only controls what the government can and can’t do,” the ACLU explains on its “Know Your Rights” page. Students at private schools can be stopped from participating in protests like the #Enough National School walkout, and students should consult with their teachers and school administrators and know what the policies are regarding protests or absences.
- Second, free speech in schools extends “as long as you don’t disrupt the functioning of the school or violate the school’s content-neutral policies,” the ACLU explains, and what is “disruptive” is contextual. If deemed disruptive, “schools can stop students from participating,” according to CNN.
- Third, you can be punished for participating — not over what you are protesting, but for being absent from class. “The exact punishment you could face will vary by your state, school district, and school,” the ACLU explains. “Find out more by reading the policies of your school and school district. If you’re planning to miss a class or two, look at the policy for unexcused absences.” If planned ahead with parents, students may be able to be signed out of a class by a parent.
- Finally, schools are mandated to be guardians to their students. “Schools stand in what’s known as loco parentis, so we don’t simply release our students into the ether,” Francisco Negron, the Chief Legal Officer at the National School Boards Association, told NPR. Negron issued guidance to schools ahead of the walkouts. “Chief among our recommendations is that to the extent possible, school districts should plan ahead and engage your students, parents, and stakeholders,” the checklist reads. Teachers also have a complex position when it comes to protesting; they can often protest on their own time, but not during class time, according to CNN.
March for our Lives
Parkland student: My generation won't stand for this (Opinion) - CNN
Activists Lay Thousands of Shoes Outside U.S. Capitol
Activists placed thousands of pairs of shoes on the lawn outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Tuesday to memorialize children killed by gun violence.
The demonstration was planned by international advocacy group Avaaz to represent the number of children killed by guns since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, CBS News reports.
The demonstration was based on research by the American Academy of Pediatrics that found that 1,300 children die from gun shot wounds in the U.S. annually, or about three daily. Thus the display featured 7,000 pairs of shoes.
The protestors assembled the empty shoes on the southeast lawn from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in an effort to push Congress for gun reform.
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I'm curious, would educators also coordinate a nation wide protest by children on abortion?
How about the insane amount of spending the government does as the government spends their future away?
Poor dumb kids are being used.
If the authorities had taken his ‘serious problems’ seriously, ‘17 of them would not be dead’.Those that want to ban young children of 18 -20 years old from having a legal rifle and exercise their 2nd amendment, yet they can go out with liberal propaganda and exercise their 1st amendment...Under 21?If a Muslim decided that it would be a good time to get his 72 virgins, and took a truck into the mall and ran over those snowflakes, would the school be responsible for using young children for their propaganda needs?
Inflammatory much?
No young children involved. L2read.
That's not young children. These are older teens.Young children would be elementary school age.
If a 19 year old with serious problems had not had that gun designed for war, 17 of them would not be dead.
An AR 15 is not designed for war just because you keep saying it doesn't make it trueThose that want to ban young children of 18 -20 years old from having a legal rifle and exercise their 2nd amendment, yet they can go out with liberal propaganda and exercise their 1st amendment...Under 21?Inflammatory much?
No young children involved. L2read.
That's not young children. These are older teens.Young children would be elementary school age.
If a 19 year old with serious problems had not had that gun designed for war, 17 of them would not be dead.
Those that want to ban young children of 18 -20 years old from having a legal rifle and exercise their 2nd amendment, yet they can go out with liberal propaganda and exercise their 1st amendment...Under 21?
That's not young children. These are older teens.Young children would be elementary school age.
If a 19 year old with serious problems had not had that gun designed for war, 17 of them would not be dead.
Yes
because guns are the only way for a 19 year old with serious problems to kill mass amounts of people.
You are correct in that guns are not the only way to kill mass amounts of people. However, guns tend to be the preferred method of killing in these instances. That is something that should be looked into.
Guns seem to be the preferred tool of choice in mass murder, followed by vehicles? I think. We don't seem to be plagued by Mass Poisoning, Mass Drowning, Mass Vehicular Homicide, Mass Throat Slitting, Mass Head Crushing, Mass Tank Attack, Mass Land Mine Attack, etc....
No, it's guns, guns, guns....
I'm not going to claim to know why guns are overwhelmingly the method of choice for mass murder, but I would like people smarter than me to look into it.
Agree, but that is no excuse for him having all those killing machines. Quit baming others for the deaths.If the authorities had taken his ‘serious problems’ seriously, ‘17 of them would not be dead’.Those that want to ban young children of 18 -20 years old from having a legal rifle and exercise their 2nd amendment, yet they can go out with liberal propaganda and exercise their 1st amendment...Under 21?Inflammatory much?
No young children involved. L2read.
That's not young children. These are older teens.Young children would be elementary school age.
If a 19 year old with serious problems had not had that gun designed for war, 17 of them would not be dead.
The AR 15 has never been used by the militaryAn AR 15 is not designed for war just because you keep saying it doesn't make it trueThose that want to ban young children of 18 -20 years old from having a legal rifle and exercise their 2nd amendment, yet they can go out with liberal propaganda and exercise their 1st amendment...Under 21?
That's not young children. These are older teens.Young children would be elementary school age.
If a 19 year old with serious problems had not had that gun designed for war, 17 of them would not be dead.
Funny, but those fighting in wars call them made for killing. There is no need for those on the streets of this country.
Get back to me when you have seen the damage to a loved ones organs hit by them.
