Today is #NationalWalkoutDay. It’s exactly what it sounds like. Students across the country are participating. The superintendents of SOME districts are encouraging participation.
[brid video=”209244″ player=”11456″ title=”live”]It’s one thing to allow students to do this. It’s another to encourage them to actively participate.
But the walkouts. They’re happening.
Happening Now: Students across the nation stage walkouts in protest of gun violence. #NationalWalkoutDay https://t.co/CYwD9qyzVq pic.twitter.com/AtKmpof44q
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 14, 2018
Do you think you have the power to make change?
12-year-old student: "By myself, I don't think I have the power. But together with all these people here, I think we can make a change." #NationalWalkoutDay pic.twitter.com/tbTK9LTIVA
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 14, 2018
Sizable crowd outside the White House this morning for the student walkout — chants of "hey hey ho ho the NRA has got to go" and "no more silence, end the violence" pic.twitter.com/McHZ054D39
— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) March 14, 2018
These students defied school officials to participate in #NationalWalkoutDay . Was it worth it?
"Absolutely, this is so much more important to me than any sort of school discipline, this meant so much to me." pic.twitter.com/wp8hatyeoa
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 14, 2018
There’s a group of students outside the White House, protesting guns and the Second Amendment and the NRA and basically everything associated with law-abiding citizens, so that’s neat.
Students sit silently with backs to White House for 17 minutes on #NationalWalkoutDay https://t.co/LPOtngT4uY pic.twitter.com/sWUfiYxhxJ
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 14, 2018
Students are chanting “we want change” outside the White House. It’s been a month and they are still every bit as fired up. Change is happening this time. #NationalWalkoutDay pic.twitter.com/WBu5GzfhMx
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) March 14, 2018
There’s one clip floating around of these student protesters, and I was able to catch a really good glimpse at their signs. I spotted one sign in particular that immediately made me sick to my stomach.
“Enough is enough” | Students already protesting outside of the @WhiteHouse for #NationalWalkoutDay. @wusa9 pic.twitter.com/eZlm3bd6ik
— Michael Quander WUSA (@MikeQReports) March 14, 2018
Did you see it? Here it is.
That. That right there. That’s why I hate these protests. They don’t want to talk about the real problem and real solutions. They want to demonize law-abiding gun owners. It’s clear as day. The sign literally says, “If you are part of, support, or take donations from the NRA, you have blood on your hands.”
I’m a law-abiding NRA member. That student is trying to tell me I’m responsible for those precious kids losing their lives last month. How DARE you say that. That’s some freaking nerve.
I know some kids are genuinely hoping for change, but screaming about how NRA members are responsible– THAT’S NOT THE ANSWER. It’s stupid and offensive, so of course liberals love it.
Keep at it, libs. The more you tell kids we’re the problem, the more we’ll dig our heels in. WE actually CARE about protecting kids. We don’t want to create more soft targets. We don’t want kids to feel unsafe, and we’ll continue to tell them that they’re being lied to. Your “solutions” aren’t solutions at all.