"Go out and vote, go out and register in the electoral census" , was the last thing that was heard on the stage of the March for Our Lives, in Washington . It was said by Emma Gonzalez , one of the student leaders who emerged from the massacre at the Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland , Florida, in which 17 people died at the hands of a former student of the center. Gonzalez, who has stood out for his speeches loaded with emotion, snatched the microphone from Jennifer Hudson, the singer who closed the proceedings (her mother, brother and nephew died in a shooting in 2008), to once again impinge on the great goal of the mobilization: that there is a political change in the USA. that allows a better regulation on access to weapons.
The opportunity is in a not too distant horizon, in the legislative elections of November , which will completely renew the House of Representatives and part of the Senate . Students and organizations in favor of restricting access to weapons have heated up the debate at a time when Republican and Democratic candidates are fighting in the primaries of their parties to try to be elected in the fall. The tragedy of Parkland, the students' march and their impact on public opinion will force candidates to position themselves in the debate during the campaign.
It is something that the Women's March of last year did not achieve , a mobilization with much more force in the streets of the USA, but which lacked a clear political objective and elections around the corner to materialize it . It was celebrated on January 21, 2017, with demonstrations around the world, commanded by one of historic proportions in Washington. It was a day after Donald Trump's inauguration on the same stage, and it seemed more an angry reaction to the election of the New York billionaire than a concrete mobilization.
On Saturday, on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, the reference to the political muscle of the March for Our Lives was constant. Along with attacks on the National Rifle Association (NRA ), the main "lobby" of the arms industry, the most repeated cries were the calls to vote in November. "Let's take them to votes" was the most repeated shout in the march and in the thousands of posters of the protesters were read calls to vote only to those who have in their program the regulation of weapons and attacked those who receive funding from the NRA .
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The hope for the defenders of the cause is that the arms debate becomes a matter that turns Congress upside down, as has happened on previous occasions: the presence of troops in Iraq recovered both houses for the Democrats in 2006 , Obama lost the total majority in 2010 for health reform and the two chambers in 2016, in the face of popular disaffection at the end of his presidency.
Among those who are playing his seat is Marco Rubio , a Republican senator from Florida. Rubio has had to position himself since the Parkland massacre for a double reason: it happened in the state that he represents and has had the NRA as financial support for his campaigns, like many Republican politicians. The senator was exposed to public opinion at a community meeting televised by CNN shortly after the shooting, where he heard the recriminations of high school students and parents of victims, but he remained firm in not breaking his relationship with the NRA.
This weekend, after the massive march, he recalled that there are "many Americans" who do not support greater regulation of access to weapons and who "also want to avoid massive shootings" without undermining the Second Amendment of the US Constitution. (the one that enshrines the right to bear arms). Rubio's position makes clear his political commitment: access to weapons is a very polarized issue in the United States. and that there are millions of people - also in Florida, a state where guns are popular - that do not want to be touched , even though they do not go out.
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sharing a rant I made for youtube about the idiotic march.
The tide is turning in favour of those who seek peace and safety in our homes, community and lands.
One millenial can make a different, 50 million can change the face of America.
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@cause-no-harm @cyberwarrior I'm down here in Florida, about 30 minutes from Parkland. I like what these kids are doing but at the same time I don't know that someone who is unable to maintain a clean room is capable of making good choices for the Country. My teenage sister in law participated in some protests and, from what I gather from her stories, most of the kids were looking for a 'like' on social media. They planned walk-outs that turned into sit-ins as they were guided by the school administration. The schools don't want to be liable for anyone getting hurt and don't want to encourage the protests because well, that would conflict with the school's agenda. When I asked several of the students what they thought about the sit-in and what they hoped to come from it, they said "We'll probably get a few tweets." Obviously this doesn't describe all teens involved here, but I did want to share this point of view from my experiences.
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Why do bodyguards have access to guns when protecting "important" people but the people who are suppose to protect our children in schools don't?
@pwny Who are you referring to in regard to the people 'who are supposed to' protect our children? My daughter's school has a full time Police Officer and so did MSD in Parkland.
I'm talking about any adults capable of handling a firearm in a reasonable and responsible manner. It's a natural duty of the American people to protect those who live beside them that are not capable of doing it themselves. Be it emotionally or physically. If we won't stand up for ourselves in the face of a shooter how is it righteous to expect someone else to do it for us?
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