BOSTON (AP/WHDH) — Students who survived last month’s shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead have participated in a panel discussion at Harvard about the social movement they’ve started calling in part for tougher restrictions on guns.
The event Tuesday evening at Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics featured six students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
The students have become vocal advocates for stricter gun laws.
“We are talking about gun safety and gun legislation, so anyone on any side who is not stepping in the right direction on that, that’s who we’re here to stand up against,” said Cameron Kasky.
They said they’re expecting more than 1 million people to participate in marches on Saturday in Washington and in other parts of the country calling for tougher firearms regulations.
“You can disagree with an assault weapons ban, you can disagree with facts and figures we give, but at the end of the day people are dying and we are trying to stop that,” said Ryan Deitsch.
They’ve already helped lead rallies and lobbied lawmakers in Washington and Florida.
“For me, I think it is something that I will embrace as a lifelong fight because it has to be. When I’m speaking, I’m not speaking for myself, I’m speaking for those 17 individuals that died at my school,” said David Hogg.
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