Parkland Students Challenge the National Rifle Association
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 March for Our Lives 5 CHAPTER 2 Mass Shootings in the United States 9 IN THEIR OWN WORDS Alfonso Calderon 14 CHAPTER 3 Guns in the United States 17 CHAPTER 4 Students Take a Stand 23 IN THEIR OWN WORDS Emma Gonzalez 28 CHAPTER 5 The NRA Responds 31 CHAPTER 6 Making Change 37 CHAPTER 7 The Parkland Students Legacy 43 Focus on Parkland Students 46 Glossary 47 To Learn More 48 Index 48
CHAPTER 1 MARCH FOR OUR LIVES On On March 24 2018 students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School gathered in Washington DC The students were not on a field trip They were in the nation’s capital to speak out against gun violence The students were survivors of a school shooting in Parkland Florida The month before a young man had entered their school and started shooting He had killed 17 people Thousands of people gather in Washington DC for the March for Our Lives protest 5
