Submitted by Student Protest Organizers
(Fairfax, VA) – The groundswell movement of students demanding changes to our nation’s lax gun laws is sweeping across the country. Youth from Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut and Florida will hold a Student Protest at the NRA headquarters, 11250 Waples Mill Rd., Fairfax, VA, from 12-2 p.m. on Saturday, April 14 - the two-month anniversary of the shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Among the student speakers is Olivia Mumma of Patriot High School, who helped organize the school's two student-led walkouts, and organized a bus trip to March for Our Lives for local teens. She is also one of the founders of Save Our Schools Nova, or @SOS_Nova on Twitter.
Other speakers include survivors from deadly school shootings in Parkland, Florida and Newtown, Connecticut.
Speakers:
Inspired by the student movement to address gun violence, the youth intend to focus attention on the NRA’s influence over legislators and their attempts to thwart all sensible gun violence prevention legislation.
“We are calling out the gun lobby for their opposition to even sensible changes,” says Paige Szipszky, a sophomore at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, and one of the organizers of the protest.
“And we are calling on legislators to stop taking orders from the NRA and to start protecting kids, not guns,” said Tommy Murray, a student organizer from Newtown, Connecticut.
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