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From Bellingham To Tallahassee Students 'Walk Out' Demanding Gun Reform

Students grappling with fear and frustration after last week's fatal school shooting staged peaceful protests mourning for victims and urging a ban on assault rifles.
Hundreds of students in the D.C. metro area marched to the Capitol and the White House Wednesday, demanding an end to school violence.

In the seven days that have followed the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people, students from the Florida campus have moved from terror to grief to activism, inspiring a national youth-led protest against political inaction on gun reform.

On Wednesday, the Parkland students — still mourning and fueled

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