Nationwide walkout
NPHS students participate in a nationwide protest against gun violence.
Over 100 students walked out of school to protest school shootings.
Over 100 NPHS students walked out of school at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 20, with each student having a different reason for doing so. Some students were protesting for more strict gun control laws, for teachers to be armed, because they know someone who attends the school in Parkland, or to remember the lives of the students who have been affected by gun violence. Another student was outside protesting the protest that was taking place, wearing a sign saying that he is “Pro-Guns, For Guns”. The students who walked out will not be punished for exercising their First Amendment rights.
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John Jiler • Nov 12, 2018 at 7:35 PM
THE NOTORIOUS NINETEEN
Dear Editor;
Autumn is deepening, and seniors are seriously thinking about their next step. For many of us, your generation is the hope of the future. The Parkland high school shootings galvanized young people across the nation to passionately advocate for common sense gun laws. Now, as your attention turns to college, we want to turn our admiration into action.
With the help of the Brady Center, the new Gabby Giffords consortium, Everytown for Gun Safety and the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, we’re reaching out to high school journalists across the country with our list of the NOTORIOUS NINETEEN—the states with dangerous, inadequate gun laws. Many of them condone the open carry of weapons on college campuses, but even those who don’t have encouraged or tolerated a state-wide, lawless violent culture. Our mission is to make these states known to high school seniors, whom we encourage NOT to apply to college in:
ALABAMA, ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, IDAHO, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NORTH DAKOTA, OKLAHOMA, TEXAS, UTAH, WEST VIRGINIA, and WYOMING.
We’ll be following up with letters to college presidents, Governors and legislators of the “Notorious Nineteen.” If they’re curious why their state-wide college applications are down this year, we’ll be happy to tell them!
Thank you for considering the publication of this letter in your newspaper. This is how the world changes. Good luck throughout senior year…… and beyond!
Best,
John Jiler,
Coordinator,
Committee for Scholastic Action On Guns
Breanna • Apr 20, 2018 at 1:36 PM
Good.